Middle East
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Israeli forces launch security crackdown in Al Quds
Date: 2017-12-26 13:09:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7160064
RAMALLAH, Dec 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces launched Tuesday a security campaign in Silwan town in east Jerusalem, as they detained more than 10 citizens and destroyed two buildings under the pretext of building without a permit. The ....
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Syrian National Dialogue Congress to be sponsored by UN, says Russian diplomat
Date: 2017-12-26 11:03:38 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7159748
MOSCOW, Dec 26 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has said that a Syrian National Dialogue Congress - to be held in Sochi late January - should be sponsored by the international community. In an interview with Ria Novosti, ....
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Surgeries in Gaza Strip's hospitals halted
Date: 2017-12-26 11:00:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7159579
GAZA, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Tuesday that surgeries at all Gaza Strip hospitals would be postponed following a strike by cleaners for not getting paid. Cleaning companies stopped work at all hospitals and Ministry ....
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Occupation forces detain 23 Palestinians from WB
Date: 2017-12-26 10:43:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7159769
RAMALLAH, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoner Club said that Israeli occupation forces detained on Tuesday morning 23 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank. The arrests take the number of Palestinians detained since protests ....
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Israeli forces arrest 19 Palestinians in WB, Jerusalem
Date: 2017-12-26 09:40:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7159556
RAMALLAH, Dec 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces launched in the wee hours of Tuesday a large-scale arrest campaign in various areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem. Seven Palestinians from the West Bank were detained by the troops under the ....
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Palestinian students suffer suffocation after Israeli troops storm school in Jenin
Date: 2017-12-26 09:17:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7159567
RAMALLAH, Dec 26 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinian students suffered suffocation after Israeli troops fired gas bombs and bullets inside a school in Ya'abad town, southwestern Jenin earlier Tuesday. The Israeli troops stormed the school without any ....
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Greek leftists attack Israeli embassy in Athens
Date: 2017-12-26 09:05:40 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7159558
ATHENS, Dec 26 (MENA) - Greek leftist activists attacked on Monday the Israeli embassy here and hurled bottles with red paint towards its building , reported the Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on its electronic site on Tuesday. The attack by ....
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Turkey court resumes trial of opposition newspaper staff
Date: 2017-12-25 19:23:06 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7159249
ANKARA, Dec 25 (MENA) – The controversial trial of staff from Turkey’s main opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet (Republic) accused of terrorist links resumed Monday, Russia Today reported. Seventeen current and former writers, cartoonists and ....
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Israel extends detention of Ahd el Tamimi for ten days
Date: 2017-12-25 16:28:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7158910
RAMALLAH, Dec 25 (MENA) - The Israeli military prosecution extended on Monday the detention of Palestinian teenager Ahd al Tamimi for an additional 10 days pending further investigation. An Israeli court has declined Sunday a request by Tamimi's ....
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In Christmas message, Pope Francis calls for peace in Jerusalem
Date: 2017-12-25 14:20:05 GMT - Vatican - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7158729
VATICAN CITY, Dec 25 (MENA) - Pope Francis of the Vatican on Monday called for “peace for Jerusalem”, hoping that the “will to resume dialogue may prevail between the Palestinian and Israeli parties and that a negotiated solution can finally be ....