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Palestinian arrested after stealing truck to run over Israeli soldiers
Date: 2017-10-20 15:09:28 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7049384
GAZA CITY, Oct 20 (MENA) - A 39-year-old Palestinian from Ramallah city was arrested Thursday after he had stolen a truck in Holon city, in an attempt to hit Israeli soldiers in a car-ramming attack, Ynetnews reported on Friday. When the truck ....
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SDF to hands over Raqqa to local council
Date: 2017-10-20 10:41:35 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7048964
DAMASCUS, Oct 20 (MENA) - The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday they will hand over administration of Raqqa city to a council made up of local officials and tribal leaders. The SDF managed to evacuate 450,000 civilians from ....
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Netherlands condemns Israeli new settlement plans in WB
Date: 2017-10-20 07:42:09 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7048736
AMSTERDAM, Oct 20 (MENA) - The Netherlands condemned on Thursday Israel's recent decision to build new settlement units in the West Bank. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said that such decision has raised serious questions about the way ....
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Russian experts create 3D model of Palmyra to be handed over to Damascus
Date: 2017-10-19 19:28:03 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:7048467
MOSCOW, Oct 19 (MENA) - Specialists from the Institute for the History of Material Culture at the Russian Academy of Sciences plan to hand over a unique 3D model of the city of Palmyra to the Syrian government, which could help restore its cultural ....
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Israeli tanks strike Syrian army post after errant mortar fire
Date: 2017-10-19 17:14:42 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7048346
DAMASCUS, Oct 19 (MENA) – Israeli tanks struck a Syrian army mortar position near the city of Quneitra on Thursday, hours after a shell from Syria landed in the northern Golan Heights, the Times of Israel quoted the Israeli military as saying. On ....
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Israel may quit inter-parliamentary union
Date: 2017-10-19 16:59:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7048108
GAZA CITY, Oct 19 (MENA) – Days after Israel announced its departure from UNESCO, the Knesset is weighing whether to remain in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Jerusalem Post quoted Zionist Union MK Nachman Shai as saying on Thursday. Shai’s ....
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Israeli forces arrest 7 Palestinians in West Bank
Date: 2017-10-19 09:37:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7047342
RAMALLAH, Oct 19 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Thursday seven Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said. The arrests took place in Ramallah, Bireh, Nablus and Jericho. (MENA) S R E ....
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China asks for int'l efforts to accelerate Palestine-Israel peace process
Date: 2017-10-19 06:27:52 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:7046933
BEIJING, Oct 19 (MENA) - China has asked the international community for more efforts to tackle the Palestine issue, saying it should have a sense of urgency to push for a political settlement. The Palestine issue is the crux of the Middle East ....
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Saudi Arabia to UNSC: Iran used lifting sanctions to destabilize region
Date: 2017-10-19 06:17:47 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:7046946
NEW YORK, Oct 19 (MENA) -The Political Coordinator of the Saudi Mission in the United Nations, spokeswoman Manal Hassan Radwan told a meeting of the Security Council on the Middle East that Iran has taken advantage of lifting sanctions to ....
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UN celebrates opening 5 public schools in Gaza Strip
Date: 2017-10-18 22:38:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7046697
GAZA CITY, Oct 18 (MENA) – The UNDP’s Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP) celebrated with the Palestinian Education Ministry the inauguration of five public schools in the Gaza Strip. The move came within the context of ....
