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Iran's navy kicks off annual drill near key Strait of Hormuz
Date: 2018-01-22 08:33:55 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7203971
TEHRAN, Jan 22 (MENA) - Iran's state TV said the country's navy has kicked off its two-day annual drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Fox news reported. The strait is a key waterway through which a third of all oil traded by sea passes and ....
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Palestinian FM: Abbas to urge EU to officially recognize Palestine
Date: 2018-01-22 07:50:40 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7203828
BRUSSELS, Jan 22 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will urge the EU to officially recognize the state of Palestine when he meets the foreign ministers of the bloc on Monday, Sky news ....
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Syrian troops begin eliminating surrounded Jabhat al-Nusra task force
Date: 2018-01-22 06:36:26 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7203820
MOSCOW, Jan 22 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry said Syrian troops and militia forces have begun to eliminate a 1,500-strong group of Jabhat al Nusra militants in the Idlib province, TASS reported Monday. "Syrian government troops and ....
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US Vice President Pence starts visit to Israel
Date: 2018-01-21 22:21:21 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:115 - ID:7203609
GAZA, Jan 21 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence began a three-day visit to Israel on Sunday after visiting Egypt and Jordan as part of his Middle East tour, Ynet news reported. Pence was welcomed at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport by Israel's ....
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US advised ahead of Turkish strikes in Syria - Mattis
Date: 2018-01-21 21:49:54 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:112 - ID:7203697
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Sunday Turkey advised his country ahead of its air strikes in Syria against the Kurdish militia in Syria's Afrin, Al Hurra television reported. "Turkey was candid. We are ....
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Pence visits US military base near Syria border
Date: 2018-01-21 18:30:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:7203469
GAZA, Jan 21 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence made an unscheduled visit to a US military base near the Jordan-Syria border, according to pool reporters accompanying him. Pence's visit comes hours before he is slated to arrive in Israel, ....
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Palestinian govt renews condemnation of applying Israeli sovereignty to settlements
Date: 2018-01-21 10:32:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7202284
RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian national unity government renewed on Sunday its condemnation of applying Israeli sovereignty to settlements in the West Bank. Such a move is meant to cement Israeli occupation and reinforce wider Israeli ....
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Settlers storm Aqsa; perform Jewish rituals
Date: 2018-01-21 09:57:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7202260
RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - Jewish settlers Sunday stormed the compound of Al Aqsa Mosque, where they performed religious rituals. Israeli security forces guarded the ultra orthodox settlers who continued their provocative acts at the holy Muslim ....
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Turkish FM arrives in Baghdad
Date: 2018-01-21 08:26:34 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7202101
BAGHDAD, Jan 21 (MENA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived here Sunday on an official visit for talks with Iraqi government officials, topped by the premier, Iraqi sources said. In statements to Al Sumaria News channel, the sources ....
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Israeli settlers storm into religious shrines in Awarta village
Date: 2018-01-21 08:20:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7202051
RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - Israeli settlers stormed early Sunday religious shrines in Awarta village, southeast of Nablus. Scores of settlers stormed into the village under tight security to perform Talmudic rituals, Palestinian security sources ....
