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MKs storm into Aqsa mosque under tight security
Date: 2017-08-29 08:20:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:6966856
RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) - Knesset members Yehuda Glick and Shuli Moalem-Refaeli entered early Tuesday Aqsa Mosque under tight security. They were accompanied by a number of ultra-extremists and Jewish rabbis. The visit is the first by Knesset ....
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UN chief says dreaming to achieve two-state solution
Date: 2017-08-28 21:56:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:6966636
RAMALLAH, Aug 28 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday disclosed what he said was a long-time dream that the Holy Land be home to two states, with a Jerusalem which is shared by three religions, the UN News Center ....
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2 killed in suicide car bombing in Iraq
Date: 2017-08-28 11:29:51 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:6965558
BAGHDAD, Aug 28 (MENA) - Two persons were killed and seven others wounded on Monday when a suicide car bombing struck eastern Baghdad. A security official said that a suicide car bombing exploded in the Jamila neighborhood of Sadr City, leaving ....
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1 killed, 5 Injured in southern Baghdad blast
Date: 2017-08-28 10:31:30 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:6965489
BAGHDAD, Aug 28 (MENA) - One person was killed and five others injured in an explosive device blast in Yusufiyah district in southern Baghdad on Monday, an Iraqi police source said. Security forces cordoned off the area and wounded were ....
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Israeli navy targets fishermen boats in Gaza waters
Date: 2017-08-28 10:16:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:6965531
GAZA CITY, Aug 28 (MENA) - Israeli navy boats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza Strip coasts, local sources said. The attack forced the fishermen to return to shore. There were no reports of casualties. Israel’s navy regularly ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest 11 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2017-08-28 10:04:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6965402
RAMALLAH, Aug 28 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 11 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said. In a statement, the club said the occupation forces arrested four citizens from Ramallah and Al ....
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Turkish forces target Northern Aleppo
Date: 2017-08-28 09:57:39 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:6965225
LONDON, Aug 28 (MENA) - Turkish forces targeted areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Aleppo countryside on Monday, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Turkish forces targeted ....
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Civil defense, police stations to take over duties in Tal Afar
Date: 2017-08-28 09:15:42 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:6965278
BAGHDAD, Aug 28 (MENA) - Iraqi Interior Minister Qasim al Araji called on Monday for re-opening police stations and civil defense directorates in liberated Tal Afar in the governorate of Nineveh. The Interior Ministry, in a statement, said Araji ....
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Israeli vehicles push deep east of Khan Younis
Date: 2017-08-28 08:10:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:6965198
GAZA CITY, Aug 28 (MENA) - Israeli vehicles and bulldozers pushed deep into the Palestinian lands east of the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Monday. Eyewitnesses said six Israeli military vehicles; including three bulldozers and three ....
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Iranian state TV: Light, 4.9 magnitude quake injures 10
Date: 2017-08-28 07:17:40 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:6965147
TEHRAN, Aug 28 (MENA) - Iranian state TV is reporting that a light, 4.9 magnitude earthquake has injured 10 people in northern Iran, ABC News reported. The report says the pre-dawn temblor struck early on Monday about some 600 kilometers, or ....
