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US judge halts deportation of 1,400 Iraqis
Date: 2017-07-25 07:47:43 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6914283
A US judge has halted the deportation of 1,400 Iraqis, Sky News reported Tuesday. US District judge Mark Goldsmith granted an injunction to give the immigrants more time to individually challenge their removal in the courts. He said many of ....
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Israel installs security cameras near holy site
Date: 2017-07-25 07:17:04 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6914243
Israel has placed CCTV cameras near an entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem as tensions over security measures there continue. Metal detectors were installed after the killing of two Israeli policemen have sparked protests by Palestinians. It ....
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Israeli wounded in stabbing by Palestinian in Tel Aviv suburb
Date: 2017-07-24 11:36:08 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6912900
An Israeli has been wounded in a stabbing by a Palestinian in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva on Monday morning, Haaretz reported quoting the Israeli police. The Magen David Adom emergency service that the man, who appears to be in his ....
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Assad forces on outskirts of Euphrates River
Date: 2017-07-23 08:31:11 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6911021
Assad forces scored another advance in the southeastern countryside of Al Raqqa after capturing a number of villages that were under the control of militants, Syrian activists said Sunday. The new advance made the army forces 18 kilometers away ....
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Abbas freezes contacts with Israel over Al Aqsa violations
Date: 2017-07-22 11:18:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6909934
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday all contacts with Israel will be suspended till the occupation forces stop their attacks on Al Aqsa Mosque. In a speech, Abbas urged all Palestinian factions to overcome their differences and to ....
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AL chief denounces Israeli excessive use of force against Palestinians in Al Quds
Date: 2017-07-22 11:16:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6909930
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned on Friday Israel's excessive use of force and live bullets against unarmed Palestinians in the occupied al Quds city and in areas near Al Aqsa Mosque, AL Spokesman Mahmoud Afifi said in ....
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Abbas contacts world governments to halt Israeli measures in Jerusalem
Date: 2017-07-20 07:54:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6906834
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas contacted several world governments to urge their intervention to put a stop to new Israeli measures in occupied East Jerusalem and particularly at the Muslim holy place, Al-Aqsa Mosque, where Israel had set up ....
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Iraq buys ‘large batch’ of T-90 tanks – Kremlin aide
Date: 2017-07-20 07:15:09 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6906790
A Kremlin aide has confirmed that the Iraqi armed forces will soon take delivery of Russian-made T-90 battle tanks, Russia Today reported Thursday. The Russian hardware will be deployed alongside the US M1A1 Abrams tanks. "A significant ....
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Syrian army takes control of new oilfields in Raqqa
Date: 2017-07-18 08:56:47 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6903357
Syrian armed forces managed to take more oilfields in the desert area, southwest of Raqqa province. In a statement on Tuesday, the Syrian army said that it captured al Daylaa oil field and the Zamla gas field in large stretches of territory the ....
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Turkey's Erdogan plans Gulf trip on July 23-24 - Turkish presidency
Date: 2017-07-18 07:44:14 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6903250
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is planning to visit Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar on July 23-24, the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday. Erdogan has been a staunch ally of Qatar in its dispute with Gulf Arab neighbors, The Daily Mail ....