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Jordan denies Israeli interception of plane
Date: 2017-09-28 09:12:53 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7013037
The Royal Jordanian Airlines dismissed reports on Wednesday that Israeli air force jet fighters intercepted one of its planes en route from Egypt to Jordan. "The reports are categorically unfounded," the flag carrier said in a press ....
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Israeli PM: House of Quds operation attacker will be demolished
Date: 2017-09-26 10:22:28 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7009754
Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that the house of the perpetrator of today's Al Quds attack will be demolished. In press statements, he added that work permits for the family of the attacker will also be withdrawn, ....
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93% of voters support Kurdistan Independence - electoral commission
Date: 2017-09-26 10:02:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7009713
The electoral commission supervising the independence referendum said Tuesday that initial results have shown that 93 percent of Iraqi Kurds support Kurdistan independence from Iraq. Alsumaria news quoted the independent commission as saying that ....
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Curfew lifted in Iraqi Kirkuk governorate
Date: 2017-09-26 09:50:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7009693
A curfew imposed in Iraqi Kirkuk governorate was lifted in the wee hours of Tuesday and gateways with other Iraqi governorates have been reopened, Kirkuk Police Command announced. Security conditions in Kirkuk are stable and everything back to ....
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Abul Gheit regrets holding Kurdistan independence referendum on Monday
Date: 2017-09-26 09:49:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7009692
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit regretted the Kurds' holding of the independence referendum on Monday despite intensive Arab and international efforts exerted to prevent it. Abul Gheit said "there is still time to contain the ....
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Kuwait totally supports maintaining Iraq's unity, stability, says deputy FM
Date: 2017-09-26 09:45:14 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7009685
Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al Jarallah said Monday evening that Kuwait always supports the unity, security, sovereignty and independence of Iraq, KUNA news agency reported. Al Jarallah was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a ....
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Kurdistan referendum will increase regional instability: US
Date: 2017-09-26 07:26:43 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7009435
The US Department of State expressed disappointment over Iraqi Kurdistan region independence referendum that was held on Monday saying that it will increase instability in the region. In a statement on Tuesday, State Department spokeswoman ....
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3 Israelis killed, 1 seriously injured in attack outside Jerusalem
Date: 2017-09-26 06:21:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7009366
Three Israelis were killed and one seriously wounded Tuesday morning in an attack in the town of Har Adar outside Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post reported. According to an initial report by the Border Police, the four were attacked during a patrol ....
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Ongoing settlement activities undermining Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, warns UN envoy
Date: 2017-09-26 06:20:13 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7009364
A senior United Nations official told the UN Security Council said that continuing settlement expansion, most notably in occupied East Jerusalem, is making the two-State solution increasingly unattainable and undermining Palestinian belief in the ....
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Fierce clashes between regime forces, opposition factions in Damascus countryside
Date: 2017-09-25 13:57:19 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7008592
The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that fierce clashes took place Monday between the regime forces and the opposition factions in Damascus countryside and eastern Ghouta . A woman was seriously injured during the clashes . ....