Middle East
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Mayor of Turkey's capital resigns under Erdogan's pressure
Date: 2017-10-23 21:36:48 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:7055053
ANKARA, Oct 23 (MENA) - The mayor of Turkey's capital says he is resigning, apparently succumbing to weeks of pressure from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ABC News reported. Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek announced after a meeting with Erdogan on ....
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Israel seizes land from Nabi Saleh village to expand settlement
Date: 2017-10-23 19:32:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7054978
RAMALLAH, Oct 23 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation’s military government issued orders on Monday expropriating Palestinian land near the illegal settlement of Halamish, northwest of Ramallah, a local activist said on Monday. Mohammad Tamimi, from ....
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Lieberman: Hezbollah fired on Israel from Syria
Date: 2017-10-23 16:52:40 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7054595
GAZA CITY, Oct 23 (MENA) – Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday accused Hezbollah and its chief Hassan Nasrallah of firing from Syria at Israel on Saturday, Haaretz reported. The projectiles fired at Israel from Syria "was not ....
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Daesh executes 116 civilians in Homs
Date: 2017-10-23 10:10:53 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7053637
LONDON, Oct 23 (MENA) - Daesh militant group executed more than 116 civilians in two villages in Homs before it lost control over them to the Syrian forces, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. In 20 days, the ....
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Israel detains 51 Palestinians during Quds raids
Date: 2017-10-23 08:30:56 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7053484
GAZA CITY, Oct 23 (MENA) - The Israeli police detained 51 Palestinians during wide-scale overnight incursions in al Quds. The forces conducted the incursions in Issawiya village in al Quds, Haaretz reported Monday. Given the Israeli police ....
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Israeli police set ultimatum to PM: Set date for questioning, or we will
Date: 2017-10-22 20:47:55 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7052944
GAZA, Oct 22 (MENA) - Israeli police investigators have grown tired of waiting for the Prime Minister's Office to coordinate a date for them to question Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, making it clear that if the PMO doesn't set a date, they ....
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Israel detains 6 Palestinians from West Bank
Date: 2017-10-22 10:07:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7051903
RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Sudnay six Palestinians from the West Bank. The detained are from Qalqiliya, Bethlehem and Nablus, Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a statement. (MENA) M H K/R G E ....
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Israeli army cordons off West Bank village
Date: 2017-10-22 07:04:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7051738
RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - Israeli troops cordoned off a village in the West Bank over what the Israeli army alleged a repeated throwing of stones at a military checkpoint outside the village. Quoted by Israeli media, the army said the closure of ....
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Clashes between Palestinians, Israeli forces in Hebron
Date: 2017-10-21 22:01:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:7051596
RAMALLAH, Oct 21 (MENA) – Dozens of Palestinian civilians suffered suffocation on Saturday during clashes with Israeli occupation forces in Hebron in northern the West Bank, witnesses said. Earlier, the occupation forces stormed the area and ....
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Russia has no doubts Iran observes JCPOA - deputy foreign minister
Date: 2017-10-21 11:56:13 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7050780
MOSCOW, Oct 21 (MENA) - Moscow has no doubts Tehran observes all aspects of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on its nuclear program, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the Moscow non-proliferation conference on ....