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Turkish police arrest 82 people in Istanbul over joining Daesh terrorist group
Date: 2018-02-03 16:14:14 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7225675
ANKARA, Feb 3 (MENA) - Turkish police arrested 82 people, including 77 foreigners, in Istanbul on charges of joining Daesh terrorist group, Russia Today TV channel reported on Saturday. It said counter-terror police squads carried out raids on 16 ....
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Washington supports Iranian women protesting against compulsory hijab
Date: 2018-02-03 10:15:31 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7224755
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (MENA) - The US is supporting Iranians who are protesting against the compulsory hijab enforced following the 1979 revolution, said State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert. Nauert added that the US condemns the arrests in ....
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Israeli troops surround house in WB, arrest 2 Palestinians
Date: 2018-02-03 09:05:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7224746
RAMALLAH, Feb 3 (MENA) - Israeli troops surrounded the house of Walid Arshid, a Palestinian citizen, in Kafir village in the northern West Bank early Saturday. The troops also arrested two Palestinians. They declared the village a closed ....
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Israeli jets hit Hamas posts in western Rafah
Date: 2018-02-03 07:33:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7224665
GAZA CITY, Feb 3 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes have bombed two sites affiliated with Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Hamas movement, in western Rafah. Four missiles were fired at the posts overnight Saturday causing ....
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Mattis says US has no evidence of Syrian use of sarin gas
Date: 2018-02-02 15:56:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7224170
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the US has no evidence that the Syrian government has used the deadly chemical sarin on its citizens despite reports from aid groups and others in the country, Fox News ....
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Russian-British talks over Iran's nuclear program
Date: 2018-02-02 15:19:00 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7224135
MOSCOW, Feb 2 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov had talks with Political Director General at the UK Foreign Office Karen Pierce on Iran's nuclear program, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday. The two ....
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Israeli warplanes shell posts in northern Gaza Strip
Date: 2018-02-02 11:28:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7223387
GAZA CITY, Feb 2 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes at dawn Friday shelled a site belonging to the Palestinian resistance near Abraj Al Nada area, northeastern Beit Lahia in the north of Gaza Strip without causing any casualties The Israeli bombardment ....
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Israeli settler shoots Palestinian youth northwest of Ramallah
Date: 2018-02-02 11:08:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7223388
RAMALLAH, Feb 2 (MENA) - An armed Israeli settler shot and injured a Palestinian young man in northwest of Ramallah early Friday, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported. Mohamed Kamal Misfr, 25, who was on his way home in Mazari' al-Nubani ....
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Israeli settlers storm Ottoman-era site in Nablus
Date: 2018-02-02 08:47:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7223295
RAMALLAH, Feb 2 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli Jewish settlers stormed early Friday an Ottoman-era site in the outskirts of Burqa village, north of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement construction in the northern West Bank, said that ....
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Israel decides to close several Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem
Date: 2018-02-01 22:52:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:7223172
RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Israeli Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan issued Thursday a decision to close a number of Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem. The decision includes the chamber of commerce, higher council for tourism, Palestinian ....
