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PLO slams Netanyahu's call for dismantling UNRWA - Erekat
Date: 2017-06-15 12:56:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:6856159
RAMALLAH, June 15 (MENA) - PLO Executive Committee Secretary Saeb Erekat reiterated on Thursday the PLO's rejection of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call for dismantling the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). What we really need is ....
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Unprecedented detentions in Palestinian lands during 1st half of 2017 - AL
Date: 2017-06-15 12:53:15 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:6855995
CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - A remarkable increase in detentions has been witnessed in the Palestinian territories during the first half of this year, said the Arab League. The Israeli government and its executive bodies continue to commit violations ....
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Russian diplomat points to Damascus gaining ground as setting Daesh up for total defeat
Date: 2017-06-15 11:57:30 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:6855909
MOSCOW, June 15 (MENA) - Syria’s new military-political realities create conditions for the final defeat of the terrorist groups like Daesh and Jabhat al Nusra, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing. "Syria’s ....
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Haaretz: Trump's envoy Jason Greenblatt to visit region soon
Date: 2017-06-15 11:06:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:6855862
RAMALLAH, June 15 (MENA) - A senior Israeli official stated that Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump's envoy on the peace process, will come to the region soon to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President ....
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Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli attempts to silence UN officials
Date: 2017-06-15 10:32:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6855734
RAMALLAH, June 15 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned on Thursday Israeli attempts to silence UN officials, saying this fierce offensive against UN officials will not change the fact that Israel is occupying the land of ....
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UN: 'Staggering' civilian toll in strikes on Daesh in Raqqa
Date: 2017-06-14 14:57:34 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:6854608
GENEVA, June 14 (MENA) - The chairman of the independent commission of inquiry for Syria noted that Daesh had been losing territory at a rapid pace in the north and center of Syria over the past few months, the BBC reported. In an address to the ....
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Israel's renewal of law restricting family unification condemned as 'apartheid'
Date: 2017-06-14 11:08:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:6854325
RAMALLAH, June 14 (MENA) - Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, renewed the controversial “Citizenship and Entry into Israel” law, which sets severe limitations on Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory married to Israeli citizens, for the ....
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Syria army retakes areas from Daesh in Homs
Date: 2017-06-14 07:12:12 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:6853966
DAMASCUS, June 14 (MENA) - Forces of the Syrian army have managed to retake a triangle of areas and nearby hills from the terrorist group of Daesh in eastern Homs countryside, according to a military source. As they advanced in city, the troops ....
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Daesh retake most of liberated districts in central, eastern Raqqah
Date: 2017-06-13 12:58:40 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:6852990
DAMASCUS, June 13 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group retook control of most districts that it lost in central and east Raqqah, local Syrian sources said on Tuesday. This came following fierce clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and ....
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Israeli gunboat, 2 reconnaissance aircraft violate Lebanese territorial waters, airspace
Date: 2017-06-12 20:34:47 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:6852200
BEIRUT, June 12 (MENA) - The Lebanese army said Monday an Israeli gunboat violated the country's territorial waters, while a reconnaissance planes violated the country's airspace. The gunboat violated the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras al ....
