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Israel arrests 17 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2018-02-28 08:53:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7269700
RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested Wednesday 17 Palestinians in various parts of the West Bank. Israeli troops detained three youths in Hebron, eight in Bethlehem, one in Nablus, one in Salfit, two in Ramallah and two in Jericho. ....
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US-led coalition responsible for difficult situation in Syria: Russia
Date: 2018-02-28 08:19:21 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7269594
MOSCOW, Feb 28 (MENA) - Spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov blamed the US-led international coalition for the difficult situation in the areas it controls in Syria. Humanitarian aid supplies and evacuating the injured will ....
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US blames Russia for Syria developments due to its continued backing for Assad
Date: 2018-02-28 08:15:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7269554
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (MENA) - US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert blamed Moscow for again “throwing a wrench” into Syria peace negotiations to block the ceasefire, Al Arabiya reported. After fresh air and rocket strikes by Syrian ....
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre re-opened as Israeli taxes decision reversed
Date: 2018-02-28 07:36:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7269541
RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Jerusalem heads of churches announced on Wednesday the re-opening of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre after Israeli authorities retreated its decision on imposing taxes on churches in Jerusalem. The church was closed ....
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Syrian Army controls district in Eastern Ghouta
Date: 2018-02-28 07:16:27 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7269514
DAMASCUS, Feb 28 (MENA) - Syrian army units on Wednesday imposed their full control over Housh al Dhawahera district in Eastern Ghouta after fierce clashes between Al Nusra Front and the factions allied with them, Russia Today reported quoting field ....
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Israeli minister says Netanyahu should resign only after final conviction
Date: 2018-02-27 18:08:25 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7269150
GAZA CITY, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said Tuesday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should only resign after a final conviction, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. "I hope it won't come to that," she added. "The attorney ....
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Israel postpones collection of taxes following closure of Holy Sepulchre
Date: 2018-02-27 16:26:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7268823
RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat agreed to postpone the collection of taxes which led to the closure of Holy Sepulchre in protest to the levies, the Israeli i24news TV channel ....
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OIC slams Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnap in Nigeria
Date: 2018-02-27 16:11:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7268766
JEDDAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al Othaimeen strongly condemned Tuesday abduction of over 110 school girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe ....
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PPS accuses Israel of maltreating prisoner Wael Natshe
Date: 2018-02-27 13:54:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7268397
RAMALLAH, Feb 27 MENA) - The Israeli Prisons Service is holding Palestinian prisoner Wael Natshe in solitary confinement keeping his hands and feet tied and denying him food or going to the toilet, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, quoted by WAFA ....
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Israeli settlers storm Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2018-02-27 13:00:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7268382
RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the holy Mosque of Al Aqsa amid tight security measures by Israeli police, according to sources on Tuesday. About 96 Israeli settlers broke into the courtyards of the mosque, while the ....
