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Israel to ban all humanitarian visits by Hamas members - paper
Date: 2018-01-16 10:32:09 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7193720
The Israeli government told the High Court on Monday that members of the Palestinian movement of Hamas and their first-degree relatives will be banned from making humanitarian visits to Israel, Times of Israel reported Tuesday. It was responding ....
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Military spokesman: 3 Takfiris arrested in central Sinai
Date: 2018-01-16 09:36:11 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7193533
Third Field Army forces Tuesday arrested three Takfiri elements while monitoring movements of security forces, according to the military spokesman. Colonel Tamer el Refaey said in a statement a bomb targeting forces in central Sinai has been ....
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Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under Israeli army protection
Date: 2018-01-16 09:29:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7193521
A group of extremist Jewish settlers on Tuesday stormed the precincts of Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab el Maghreba gate under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The settlers carried out provocative tours at the holy site and performed ....
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3 Houthi leaders killed in clashes with Yemeni army in Saada
Date: 2018-01-16 09:00:32 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7193443
Three Houthi leaders have been killed in clashes with Yemen's legitimate troops in al Boqaa district of Saada. Saleh Ali Saleh Ghaidaa, Nayef Sadeq Abdullah al Faqih and Mohamed al Sahari were killed in the face-off, military sources were quoted ....
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UN defends work of Palestinian refugee agency
Date: 2018-01-16 08:43:52 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7193402
United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the work of the UN agency that helps Palestinian refugees "is critical" and if the United States or any other donor cuts its contributions "we will have to find other sources". Dujarric was ....
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Saudi Arabia condemns interception of Qatari fighters to UAE civilian planes
Date: 2018-01-16 08:42:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7193398
An official source at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed his country's condemnation of the interception by Qatari fighter planes of two civilian UAE planes bound for Bahrain's capital, Manama, according to a statement by the UAE ....
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UAE says Bahraini radars detected flights intercepted by Qatari fighter jets
Date: 2018-01-16 07:43:21 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7193290
The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, said Monday Qatar's military aircraft intercepted two civilian UAE planes carrying a total of 277 passengers while preparing to land in Manama International Airport, the UAE's official news agency ....
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Mossad most likely behind Sidon blast, says Lebanese official
Date: 2018-01-16 06:55:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7193187
Mayor of Sidon Mohamed al Saudi said Monday that the Israeli Mossad is most likely behind a car bomb explosion that occurred on Sunday in the city in southern Lebanon. The blast was an attempt on the life of the car's owner Mohamed Hemdan, ....
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Israel extends remand of Palestinian girl who hit soldiers
Date: 2018-01-16 06:54:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7193183
An Israeli military court has extended the detention of a Palestinian teen filmed last month slapping soldiers. Ahed Tamimi was filmed in December outside her family home, pushing, kicking and slapping the soldiers, who fended off the blows ....
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PLO central council suspends Oslo agrement with Israel
Date: 2018-01-16 06:39:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7193212
The Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Central Council Monday has decided that the transitional period stipulated in the agreements signed in Oslo, Cairo and Washington, with its obligations no longer stand. The Central Council called, in ....