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Iran sanctions nine US firms as countermeasure
Date: 2017-05-18 08:35:54 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:6816215
TEHRAN, May 18 (MENA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has imposed sanctions on nine American firms and individuals as counter-measure for US new sanctions on Iran for its missile program, the Iranian news agency Mehr reported on Thursday. In a ....
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Lieberman praises US-Israel security ties amid intel leak reports
Date: 2017-05-17 15:58:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:6815648
RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) – Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman praises security ties between Israel and the US despite the surfacing of reports that President Trump leaked classified Israeli intelligence to Russia that could jeopardize ....
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US amb.: Trump has no 'diplomatic plan' for Mideast peace
Date: 2017-05-17 15:38:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:6815441
RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - The United States has not asked for a settlement freeze and the Palestinians have dropped that demand as a precondition for talks with Israel, America’s new Ambassador David Friedman told the Hebrew daily Yisrael ....
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UNRWA: Situation in Gaza is very tragic
Date: 2017-05-17 14:39:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:6815449
GAZA CITY, May 17 (MENA) - The Director of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Operations in Gaza Bo Schack described Wednesday situation in Gaza Strip as very tragic. In a press conference held ....
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Families of hunger strikers shut down UN headquarters in Ramallah
Date: 2017-05-17 09:20:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:6814749
RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Families of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners shut down the UN headquarters in Ramallah on Wednesday in protest against the international organization's silence towards the demands of the prisoners. The relatives ....
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Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike for 31st day
Date: 2017-05-17 09:10:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:6814737
RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Around 1,600 Palestinian prisoners continued on Wednesday their hunger strike for the 31st consecutive day in protest against continued administrative detention, solitary confinement, denial of family visits and medical ....
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Netanyahu denies urging US administration not to move embassy to Al Quds
Date: 2017-05-16 09:42:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:6813154
GAZA CITY, May 16 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied that several Israeli officials sent letters to the US Administration in order not to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Al Quds (East Jerusalem). The US-funded Radio ....
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Settlers set up tents in Khirbet al Sweidah
Date: 2017-05-16 09:02:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:6813021
RAMALLAH, May 16 (MENA) – Israeli settlers set up tents and residential structures in Khirbet al Sweidah in the northern Jordan Valley, Aref Daraghmeh, who monitors settlers’ violations, told WAFA on Tuesday. He said settlers are setting up a new ....
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Israeli occupation forces detain 19 Palestinians from WB
Date: 2017-05-16 08:44:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:6812944
RAMALLAH, May 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces at dawn Tuesday detained 19 Palestinians while storming of several cities in the the West Bank. Local sources said the Israeli forces pushed deep into several areas of Nablus province, in ....
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Palestinian prisoners maintain their hunger strike for one month now
Date: 2017-05-16 08:36:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:6812947
RAMALLAH, May 16 (MENA) - As many as 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails completed the "Freedom and Dignity" prisoner hunger strike for one month now. The media committee supporting the hunger strike said on Tuesday that health ....
