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Syrian Army send reinforcements to borders with Iraq, Jordan
Date: 2017-05-15 07:16:29 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:6811409
DAMASCUS, May 15 (MENA) - The armed Syrian opposition said that the Syrian Army sent reinforcements towards borders with Iraq and Jordan, Russia Today reported Monday. Sources at the armed Syrian opposition said intelligence showed that hundreds ....
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Turkish airstrikes kill 10 PKK militants in northern Iraq
Date: 2017-05-14 19:44:48 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:6811062
ANKARA, May 14 (MENA) - Turkish fighter jets pounded outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq, killing 10 militants, Hurriyet quoted the Turkish General Staff as saying in a statement Sunday. The military statement ....
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US embassy move will 'shatter Palestinian fantasy': Netanyahu
Date: 2017-05-14 19:04:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:6811121
GAZA CITY, May 14 (MENA) - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to earlier remarks by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who revealed that President Trump was assessing whether moving the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Al Quds ....
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5.7 quake jolts remote northern region in Iran
Date: 2017-05-13 21:09:20 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:6809864
TEHRAN, May 13 (MENA) - A 5.7 magnitude earthquake has jolted a remote area in the northeast of Iran, ABC news reported. The epicenter of the quake was the town of Pishqaleh, with a population of about 2,000 people, some 800 kilometers northeast ....
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Taliban leaders, Al-Qaeda members among 43 killed in Pakistan latest operations
Date: 2017-05-13 20:32:28 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:6809823
KABUL, May 13 (MENA) – The Taliban local leaders and Al Qaeda terrorist network members are among at least 40 militants killed in latest counter-terrorism operations, Khaama Press quoted the Pakistani Ministry of Defense as saying ....
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US-backed forces push into Mosul in final stages of battle against Daesh
Date: 2017-05-13 11:27:25 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:6809063
LONDON, May 13 (MENA) - Wave after wave of people continue to flee Mosul as the last stages of the fight to free the Iraqi city rage on. While US-backed Iraqi troops have forced the last of terrorist Daesh’s hardened fighters into a handful of ....
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SFD bombardment kills 6 civilians in Raqqa
Date: 2017-05-13 09:19:49 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:6808923
LONDON, May 13 (MENA) - At least six civilians were killed and others injured in bombardment by Syrian Democratic Forces (SFD) and the US-lead coalition warplanes on Raqaa city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on ....
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2 elements of Iraq's popular mobilization killed, injured in Diyala attack
Date: 2017-05-13 08:27:24 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:6808820
BAGHDAD, May 13 (MENA) - A fighter of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces was killed and another injured in an explosion that targeted a checkpoint in Diyala governorate. An explosive device has been placed near a checkpoint northwestern Diyala's ....
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Breaches of Astana de-escalation deal reported: SOHR
Date: 2017-05-13 08:23:02 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:6808774
LONDON, May 13 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Saturday said that governmental forces have violated Astana deal and pounded the countrysides of Hama, Daraa and Homs. The London-based observatory added that opposition ....
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66 Palestinians injured in WB clashes with Israeli forces
Date: 2017-05-12 15:56:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:6808361
RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) - As many as 66 Palestinians have been wounded in clashes currently going on with Israeli troops in Nablus of the occupied West Bank. Head of the Palestinian Red Crescent emergency department Ahmad Jibril said 47 ....
