Middle East
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Israeli forces arrest 9 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2017-09-06 12:12:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:6977442
RAMALLAH, Sept 6 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested nine Palestinians from various places of the Western Bank during the past hours. Palestinian Prisoner's Club said the occupation forces arrested three citizens from Jayyous town in ....
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Erekat: Israel should be punished for violating Palestinian rights
Date: 2017-09-06 10:18:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:6977038
RAMALLAH, Sept 6 (MENA) - Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Saeb Erekat called on the international community to take action against the Israeli occupation forces for violating the rights of ....
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Settlers storm Aqsa mosque amid protection of Israeli occupation forces
Date: 2017-09-06 08:46:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:6977006
RAMALLAH, Sept 6 (MENA) - Groups of settlers stormed on Wednesday al Aqsa Mosque through Bab el Magharba amid the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. Eyewitnesses said settlers toured the mosque compound in a provocative way with the ....
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Abbas receives ICRC President
Date: 2017-09-05 22:11:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:6976644
RAMALLAH, Sept 5 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a meeting Tuesday with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). During the meeting, Abbas briefed Maurer about the situation in the ....
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Palestinian foreign ministry slams Israeli intransigence
Date: 2017-09-05 16:21:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:6976089
RAMALLAH, Sept 5 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates warned that the continuity of Israeli intransigence opens the door to all probabilities, especially in light of the Israeli imperialist escalation in the occupied ....
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Palestinian PM posts Swiss minister on occupation obstacles
Date: 2017-09-05 16:09:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:6976224
RAMALLAH, Sept 5 (MENA)- The Palestinian prime minister posted on Tuesday the Swiss State Secretary for International Finance Matters Joerg Gasser, who is visiting here, on Israeli obstacles in development and investment in Palestine. Rami ....
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Jerusalem Post: War unlikely to be launched with Hezbollah
Date: 2017-09-05 15:14:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:6976124
GAZA, Sept 5 (MENA) – As Israel's army began their largest drill in 20 years simulating a war with Hezbollah, it is unlikely that Israeli soldiers will see a real conflict with it in the near future, Jerusalem Post said in a report on Tuesday. ....
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Russian strikes destroy Daesh strongholds in Deir ez-Zor: Moscow
Date: 2017-09-05 15:10:57 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:6976095
MOSCOW, Sept 5 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry revealed on Tuesday that Russian airstrikes helped the Syrian army to break through terrorist defenses and lift Deir ez-Zor's siege, Russian news agency Sputnik reported. Moreover, the Russian ....
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ICRC head starts visit to Palestine, Israel Tuesday
Date: 2017-09-04 12:46:55 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:6974560
GENEVA, Sept 3 (MENA) - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer will embark Tuesday on a three-day visit to Palestine and Israel to assess the humanitarian situation there. Maurer is set to hold high-level meetings ....
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Netanyahu Pledges to deport African migrants
Date: 2017-09-04 09:26:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6974264
GAZA CITY, Sept 4 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged various steps to deport more of the country’s remaining 38,000 African migrants, Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post reported. At Sunday’s cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said, ....