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Turkey not to recognize results of Kurdistan independence referendum
Date: 2017-09-25 09:41:04 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7007638
ANKARA, Sept 25 (MENA) – Turkey announced on Monday that it will not recognize the results of Kurdistan independence referendum which started today, asserting that it will consider the results null and void. In a statement quoted by the ABC News, ....
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Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Occupation's escalatory measures diminish hopes of peace
Date: 2017-09-25 09:35:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7007796
RAMALLAH, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu continued its escalation and violent measures against Palestinian citizens and their homeland. In a statement released on Monday, ....
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Iran halts flights to Iraqi Kurdistan
Date: 2017-09-24 13:44:54 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7006700
TEHRAN, Sept 24 (MENA) - Iran has halted flights to airports in Iraqi Kurdistan at the request of the central government in Baghdad, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday, a day before a Kurdish independence referendum. The agency ....
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Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israel moves to foil Interpol bid
Date: 2017-09-24 11:37:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7006191
RAMALLAH, Sept 24 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned what it called "a fierce campaign by the Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu to foil attempts by the Palestinian state to join the Interpol." Israel fears ....
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Jewish settlers perform Talmudic rituals in vicinity of Al Aqsa mosque
Date: 2017-09-24 11:12:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7006231
RAMALLAH, Sept 24 (MENA) - A group of Jewish settlers performed Sunday Talmudic rituals at Al Ghazali precinct in Al Aqsa mosque compound, near the mosque's Al Asbaat gate, under heavy guard by Israeli forces. Eyewitnesses said the Jewish ....
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Israel approved structural plans for 122 settlements in six months, says Palestinian authority
Date: 2017-09-24 09:14:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7006042
RAMALLAH, Sept 24 (MENA) - Chairman of the Palestinian Authority Committee Against the Wall and Settlements Walid Assaf said Sunday Israel approved plans to establish 1,700 settlements since the beginning of the current year until now. Assaf ....
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Istanbul police detain 36 suspected Daesh militants
Date: 2017-09-23 13:55:12 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7005272
ANKARA, Sept 23 (MENA) - Istanbul police have detained 36 people as alleged members of Daesh group. Anti-terror police conducted simultaneous raids at 15 different addresses in Istanbul to apprehend five suspects who allegedly had traveled to Iraq ....
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Iran test-fires ‘Khorramshahr’ ballistic missile
Date: 2017-09-23 11:26:43 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7004892
TEHRAN, Sept 23 (MENA) - Iran has successfully test-fired a new long-range ballistic missile called the ‘Khorramshahr’ missile on Friday, Mehr News Agency reported Saturday. The Khorramshahr missile is Iran’s third missile with a range of 2,000 ....
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Ceiling of Church of Holy Sepulchre partially collapses
Date: 2017-09-22 18:38:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7004169
RAMALLAH, Sept 22 (MENA) - Part of the Church of Holy Sepulchre's ceiling collapsed Friday noon in Al Quds, without causing injuries among worshipers. Eyewitnesses said hundreds of worshipers were inside the church when part of the ceiling ....
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Israeli jets bombed site close to Damascus airport, reports say
Date: 2017-09-22 12:44:56 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7003732
LONDON, Sept 22 (MENA) - Israeli jets have reportedly bombed on Friday an area near the Damascus international airport in the third attack in as many weeks by the Israeli military on targets associated with the Lebanese group Hezbollah, The Guardian ....
