Middle East
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Israeli settlers storm Solomon's Pools in Bethlehem
Date: 2017-12-15 09:08:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7141517
RAMALLAH, Dec 15 (MENA) - A number of Israeli settlers stormed on Friday morning a tourist area of Solomon's Pools in southern Bethlehem. A security source said that 40 settlers broke into the area under tight protection of Israeli occupation ....
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US vice president Mike Pence delays Israel visit
Date: 2017-12-14 11:03:58 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7139951
GAZA CITY, Dec 14 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence has delayed his visit to Israel due to tax reform issues in Congress, the Knesset confirmed to The Jerusalem Post Thursday. Pence was scheduled to arrive in Israel on Sunday. The Knesset ....
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China reiterates continued efforts to settle Syrian crisis
Date: 2017-12-14 09:36:54 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7139788
BEIJING, Dec 14 (MENA) - China stressed it will continue its efforts to reach a settlement to the Syrian crisis, highlighting the Russian role in the crisis, Deputy Director of the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs at the Chinese Foreign ....
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More than 200 settlers storm al Aqsa Mosque under Israeli protection
Date: 2017-12-14 09:26:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7139799
RAMALLAH, Dec 14 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers on Thursday broke into the holy mosque of al Aqsa under tight protection of the Israeli occupation forces. Eyewitnesses said the settlers stormed the mosque from Bab el Maghreba gate and made ....
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378 Palestinians injured in Wednesday confrontation
Date: 2017-12-14 07:21:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7139635
RAMALLAH, Dec 14 (MENA) - Confrontations that broke out on Wednesday between the Palestinians and Israeli troops in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip left 378 Palestinians injured, including 42 who were taken to hospitals for treatment, the ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest eight Palestinians from West Bank
Date: 2017-12-14 07:16:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7139659
RAMALLAH, Dec 14 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces at dawn Thursday stormed several print houses in Nablus city in the West Bank while they detained eight Palestinians from various districts of the West Bank. The Israeli occupants also carried ....
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Israeli warplanes continue airstrikes over Gaza Strip
Date: 2017-12-14 06:01:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:7139604
RAMALLAH, Dec 14 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes launched a number of raids over Gaza Strip late on Wednesday targeting a position of the Palestinian resistance, Palestinian sources said. An Apache fighter fired several rockets at a position in ....
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Israeli undercover police seen attacking Palestinian protesters -- report
Date: 2017-12-13 22:08:43 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:7139521
LONDON, Dec 13 (MENA) - Israeli undercover forces infiltrated and broke up a violent Palestinian demonstration in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, Telegraph reported. Police officers disguised themselves as young Palestinians by wearing ....
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Israeli troops disperse Al Aqsa worshipers; three people injured
Date: 2017-12-13 18:33:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:7139325
RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation troops dispersed worshipers who were preparing to perform Maghreb prayer at the yard of the Damascus gate of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The forces assaulted the worshipers and fired tear gas at them amid protests ....
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OIC summit calls for internationalizing struggle for peace in response to US decision on Al-Quds
Date: 2017-12-13 16:44:44 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7139094
ISTANBUL, Dec 13 (MENA) – The extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held Wednesday in Istanbul, called on the US to revoke its decision recognizing Jerusalem as capital of Israel, affirming its condemnation and ....