Middle East
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Former Jordanian PM Tarawneh passes away
Date: 2021-12-15 09:06:13 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:9319890
AMMAN, Dec 15 (MENA) - Jordanian Prime Minister Bishr al Khasawneh mourned Wednesday the death of former premier Fayez Tarawneh, who served the homeland in many positions. Tarawneh passed away earlier today after a long fight with a terminal ....
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JAF denies Jordanian soldier opened fire on Israelis
Date: 2021-12-15 07:47:24 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:9319725
AMMAN, Dec 15 (MENA) - An official military source at the General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) on Wednesday denied reports circulated on social media networks that a Jordanian soldier opened fire on Israelis near the northern ....
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US, Palestinian officials meet virtually to renew economic dialogue
Date: 2021-12-15 05:27:45 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:9319600
WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (MENA) - US and Palestinian officials have gathered virtually to renew the US-Palestinian Economic Dialogue (USPED), a statement by the spokesperson for the US Department of State said. The first such meeting in five years, ....
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Israel imposes travel bans for Britain, Denmark over Omicron spread
Date: 2021-12-13 20:26:47 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:9317505
GAZA CITY, Dec 13 (MENA) - Israel has announced that it was adding Britain and Denmark to its "red" list of countries that Israelis are forbidden to visit, citing concern over the spread of the Omicron variant. The travel restrictions for the ....
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Israel releases Sheikh Raed Salah after 17 months in prison
Date: 2021-12-13 14:42:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:9316689
RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Sheikh Raed Salah, who was imprisoned by Israeli authorities for inciting resistance against occupation, was released on Monday from Megiddo prison in northern Israel after 17 months in jail. Salah is the leader of the ....
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Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque precincts
Date: 2021-12-13 13:36:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:9316683
RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers on Monday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in the occupied East Jerusalem (Al-Quds), according to eyewitnesses. The settlers toured the mosque's yards and provocatively performed ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest 23 Palestinians from WB
Date: 2021-12-13 10:17:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:9316376
RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday carried out a large-scale detention campaign in various cities of the West Bank, arresing 23 Palestinians. In Ramallah and Al Beira, Israeli occupants detained seven Palestinians, ....
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US emb in Libya welcomes arrival of UN sec general's adviser in Tripoli
Date: 2021-12-13 09:29:38 GMT - Libya - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:9316222
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (MENA) - The US embassy in Libya welomed the arrival of the Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Stephanie Williams in Tripoli to support holding presidential and parliamentary elections in the country. ....
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Palestinian youth killed, two injured in Nablus
Date: 2021-12-13 09:01:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:9316202
RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was killed and two others were injured during an Israeli incursion Monday into Ras al-Ein village in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. In statements, Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest 5 Palestinians from WB cities
Date: 2021-12-12 11:07:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:9314833
RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Sunday arrested five Palestinians, including two released prisoners, from various areas of the West Bank. Local sources in Hebron said a Palestinian youth was injured after the Israeli ....