Middle East
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ME peace plan nearly finished: The New York Times
Date: 2018-03-12 12:40:20 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7290803
WASHINGTON, March 12 (MENA) - The Trump administration is putting the finishing touches on its long-awaited Middle East peace plan, three senior officials said on Sunday, and President Trump is likely to present it soon, despite risking swift ....
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Administrative prisoners threaten to stage hunger strike in Israeli jails
Date: 2018-03-12 10:16:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7290182
RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Qaraqe said administrative prisoners in the Israeli jails are threatening to stage a hunger strike in Israeli jails in April if the Israeli authorities did not ....
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Yisrael Beytenu threatens to quit government if Israeli draft bill passes 3rd reading
Date: 2018-03-12 09:04:34 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7290184
GAZA CITY, March 12 (MENA) - An Yisrael Beytenu source said Monday that if the Israeli draft bill passes its third reading in the Knesset, the party would quit the government, Ynet reported. According to a compromise reached late Sunday between ....
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Palestinian FM to file lawsuit against Netanyahu, Lieberman at ICC -- Official
Date: 2018-03-12 08:54:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7290174
RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki will leave for the Hague in days to file a lawsuit at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor ....
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27 Palestinians detained from West Bank, Quds
Date: 2018-03-12 08:42:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7290095
RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Monday 27 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank and al Quds. The occupation forces stormed a number of homes during the detention campaign, Palestinian sources said. The forces ....
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Israeli forces destroy headstones of several tombs in Old City
Date: 2018-03-12 08:05:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7290094
RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Israeli forces destroyed the headstones of several tombs in Al Shuhada cemetery off the walls of the Old City in Al Quds. Eyewitnesses said the occupation forces stormed the cemetery and knocked down several headstones ....
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Israel detains 10 Palestinian fishermen in Rafah
Date: 2018-03-12 07:58:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7290055
GAZA CITY, March 12 (MENA) - Israeli navy detained on Monday ten Palestinian fishermen while fishing in the sea in Rafah in southern the Gaza Strip. Nizar Ayash, head of the Palestinian fishermen's union, said the ten fishermen were on board of a ....
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Death toll among Turkish troops, their allied factions in Afrin rises to 421
Date: 2018-03-12 06:24:15 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7289986
LONDON, March 12 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Monday that the death toll among Turkish troops and their affiliated factions rose to 421 during the Turkish military campaign on Afrin city in Northern Syria, Sky News ....
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Death toll from Ghouta raids up to 1,140 -- SOHR
Date: 2018-03-12 05:59:55 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7289968
DAMASCUS, March 12 (MENA) - The death toll from raids on eastern Ghouta has risen to 1,140 over 22 days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Syrian army has fully surrounded Doma city and is advancing in the vicinity of Haresta city, ....
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Israeli opposition leader calls for early elections
Date: 2018-03-11 21:39:05 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7289648
GAZA, March 11 (MENA) - Zionist Union head and Opposition leader Avi Gabbay called for early elections Sunday in the wake of mounting evidence against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in at least four corruption investigations, The Jerusalem Post ....