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Maliki: Abbas to tender peace plan, overture at UNSC meeting
Date: 2018-02-20 13:57:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7255581
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki said President Mahmoud Abbas will tender a Palestinian peace overture and plan in his address later Tuesday at the United Nations Security Council meeting. Speaking to Sawt ....
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Palestinian administrative detainees boycott Israeli courts for 5th day
Date: 2018-02-20 13:40:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7255596
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Palestinian administrative detainees continued boycotting the Israeli military courts for the fifth day in a row in protest their arbitrary administrative detention. In a statement on Tuesday, the detainees said that the ....
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Explosion in Al Quds due to gas leak
Date: 2018-02-20 13:28:52 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7256062
GAZA, Feb 20 (MENA) - An explosion suspected to be caused by a gas leak was heard in the neighborhood of Bakah in Al Quds, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday. Ten firefighting teams as well as police and other emergency forces are working ....
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Erdogan says 32 Turkish soldiers killed since start of Afrin operation
Date: 2018-02-20 12:22:44 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7255602
ANKARA, Feb 20 (MENA) - Thirty-two Turkish soldiers have been killed since the start of a military operation in Syria's Afrin, says Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Addressing parliament Tuesday, the Turkish president also said that 60 fighters of the Free ....
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Preparations underway for int'l donor conf. to plug gap in UNRWA's budget
Date: 2018-02-20 11:32:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7255533
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) Sami Mshasha said preparations are underway for an international donor conference that will discuss means of filling in the gap in UNRWA's ....
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Israeli settlers storm Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2018-02-20 10:26:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7255410
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Israeli settlers on Tuesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab Al Magharbah Gate under the heavy protection of Israeli forces. Eyewitnesses said the settlers toured the holy site and several shops were shut down. (MENA) M ....
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Israel removes illegal settlement outpost in Nablus
Date: 2018-02-20 09:32:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7255421
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Israeli forces removed on Tuesday an illegal outpost set up by Jewish settlers earlier this month on Beita, Qabalan, and Yatma lands to the south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, according to a local official. Beita ....
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Israeli gunboats attack Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza shore
Date: 2018-02-20 09:02:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7255321
GAZA CITY, Feb 20 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats opened fire early Tuesday at Palestinian fishing boats off the Gaza Strip shore. Local Palestinian sources said the Israeli gunboats opened intensive fire at the Palestinian fishermen, with no ....
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3 Iranian officers killed in clashes with protesters
Date: 2018-02-19 21:23:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:7254940
TEHRAN, Feb 19 (MENA) - Three police officers were killed on Monday in clashes with protesters in northern Tehran, Al Arabiya TV quoted police spokesman Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi as saying on state television. The clashes were between security ....
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Report: Iran, Israel tension deepens fears over catastrophic war in ME -- 2 last New York
Date: 2018-02-19 19:29:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7254882
Meanwhile, a senior Israeli general on Monday warned that the chances of war were higher than ever for 2018 in light of the battlefield victories in the Syrian civil war by President Bashar Assad and his allies Iran and Hezbollah. "The year 2018 ....
