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Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque amid tight security measures by Israeli police
Date: 2017-09-20 09:54:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7000240
RAMALLAH, Sept 20 (MENA)- Jewish settlers stormed on Wednesday Al Aqsa Mosque from Mugharba Gate amid tight security by the Israeli occupation forces. The Israeli police strictly checked the identity of worshipers entering the the ....
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Next round of pan-Syrian talks in Geneva to be held in October, says De Mistura
Date: 2017-09-19 18:50:15 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:6999727
MOSCOW, Sept 19 (MENA) - Parties to the pan-Syrian peace talks in Geneva will discuss the dates of the next round at consultations in the course of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, Staffan de Mistura, the special envoy of the UN ....
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Israeli forces arrest 16 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2017-09-19 10:02:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:6998385
RAMALLAH, Sept 19 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested in the wee hours of Tuesday 16 Palestinians in the West Bank. In a statement released by the Palestinian Prisoners Club, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said Israeli troops seized four ....
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US military opens its first base in Israel
Date: 2017-09-18 21:23:18 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:6997876
GAZA CITY, Sept 18 (MENA) - The US army inaugurated its first military base in Israel, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday. The base's opening comes as Israel faces a slew of regional threats, especially from its arch nemesis ....
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Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israeli defense min. remarks on settlement
Date: 2017-09-18 09:52:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:6996385
RAMALLAH, Sept 18 (MENA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has strongly deplored remarks by Israel's defense minister, who described the settlements in the West Bank, Al Aghwar and the Dead Sea areas as “Israel’s true defensive wall.” In a ....
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Israel detains 18 Palestinians from West Bank
Date: 2017-09-18 08:14:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:6996355
RAMALLAH, Sept 18 (MENA) – Israeli forces detained 18 Palestinians at dawn Monday from different parts of the West Bank. The forces detained seven youths from Quds, five from Ramallah and six from Tulkarm, Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a ....
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Trump admin doesn't expect Palestinian-Israeli peace breakthrough during UNGA
Date: 2017-09-17 16:56:09 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:6995801
GAZA CITY, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Trump administration does not expect any kind of breakthrough regarding the Palestinian-Israeli peace process during the United Nations General Assembly this week despite their overall optimism, a senior White House ....
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Iran says to shut all border crossings if Kurdistan secedes from Iraq
Date: 2017-09-17 14:29:33 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:6995611
BAGHDAD, Sept 17 (MENA) - A senior Iranian official said on Sunday that that the legitimacy of Iran’s border crossings with the Iraqi Kurdistan region hinged upon the fact that the Kurdish areas are part of an undivided Iraq. "The Islamic Republic ....
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PNC head hails European Parliament's stance towards UNRWA
Date: 2017-09-17 12:28:32 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:6995227
AMMAN, Sept 17 (MENA) - Chairman of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) Salim Zanoun lauded the stance of the European Parliament which stressed the importance of the role played by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine ....
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Direct flights between Baghdad, Moscow inaugurated
Date: 2017-09-17 11:15:20 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:6994936
BAGHDAD, Sept 17 (MENA)- Iraqi Transport Minister Kazem Finjan announced on Sunday the inauguration direct flights between Baghdad and Moscow, Iraqi news agency reported. In a statement, Finjan said that the first flight is to operate on Sunday ....
