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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 ....
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Palestinian shot dead during solidarity march in WB village
Date: 2017-05-12 14:20:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:6808225
RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) – Israeli forces Friday afternoon shot dead a Palestinian young man as they forcefully quelled a march in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah of the occupied West ....
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Abbas reiterates readiness to convene with Putin, Netanyahu - FM
Date: 2017-05-12 10:57:08 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:6807921
MOSCOW, Mat 12 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated anew his preparedness for meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if the latter approved to attend, the Palestinian foreign ....
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US decision to arm Syrian Kurdish YPG counter to relationship with Turkey, Erdogan says
Date: 2017-05-12 08:33:47 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:6807770
ANKARA, May 12 (MENA) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday the United States' decision to arm the Syrian Kurdish YPG is contrary to its relationship with Turkey, adding he believed issues with Washington would be largely solved in an upcoming ....
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Turkey detains dozens of former bourse staff over Gulen links - media
Date: 2017-05-12 08:14:51 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:6807741
ANKARA, May 12 (MENA) - Turkish police detained 53 former employees of the Istanbul stock exchange on Friday over alleged links to Fethullah Gulen, the US-based cleric accused of orchestrating last July's attempted coup, The Daily Mail ....
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Austria convicts asylum seeker of Syria war crimes
Date: 2017-05-11 06:02:43 GMT - Austria - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:6806163
VIENNA, May 11 (MENA) - An asylum seeker has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Austria after being found guilty of killing 20 people in Syria, the BBC reported Thursday. The 27-year-old man was accused of shooting unarmed or ....
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Police shooting of Palestinian teen with knife in Jerusalem was excessive, witnesses say
Date: 2017-05-10 16:13:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:6805637
RAMALLAH, May 10 (MENA) - Witnesses say the shooting of 16-year-old Fatima Afif Hajiji near Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday was excessive and unnecessary. Hajiji, from the village of Qarawat Bani Zeid north of Ramallah in the West Bank, was shot dead ....
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Israel demolishes five Palestinian houses in Negev's Saawah village
Date: 2017-05-10 11:01:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:6805098
RAMALLAH, May 10 (MENA) - Israeli bulldozers on Wednesday demolished five Palestinian houses in Negev's Saawah village. Israel's move to demolish the homes came under the pretext that the houses were built without permits. (MENA) M N E/A S E ....
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Palestinian Foreign Ministry accuses Israel of escalating atrocities against Palestinians
Date: 2017-05-10 10:52:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:6805023
RAMALLAH, May 10 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry says Israel is escalating atrocities against "the Palestinian national and humanitarian existence in occupied Palestine." The Israeli government, under Benjamin Netanyahu, is acting to ....
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Hunger strikes of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails enters its 24rd day
Date: 2017-05-10 09:10:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:6804900
RAMALLAH, May 10 (MENA) - The hunger strike observed by more than 1,600 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails has entered its 24rd day while the health condition of most of them has deteriorated. The hunger strike was joined by leading ....
