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US condemns arrest of peaceful protesters in Iran
Date: 2017-12-30 08:37:09 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7165971
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (MENA) - The White House has strongly condemned the arrests in Iran of peaceful protesters, as reports emerged that more than 50 people were arrested in the past two days for protesting in Iranian cities against the country’s ....
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World watching Iran response to anti-govt protests, US warns
Date: 2017-12-30 08:26:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7165969
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (MENA) - The US says "the world is watching" how Iranian authorities respond to anti-government protests that have broken out in several cities, the BBC reported on Saturday. Thousands of people have joined the protests, with ....
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Israeli occupation authorities release youngest Palestinian captive
Date: 2017-12-29 12:59:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7164855
RAMALLAH, Dec 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces released Friday youngest Palestinian captive who spent eight months in Israeli prisons, most recently Hasharon prison. Representatives of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees ....
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Several rockets fired from Gaza hit building in Israeli southern settlement
Date: 2017-12-29 12:16:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7164724
GAZA, Dec 29 (MENA) - Several rockets have been fired on Friday from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel with two intercepted by Israeli air defense system and another damaging a building, Haaretz reported on its website. One of the rockets ....
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3 rockets fired from Gaza into Israel, one falls in Israeli territory
Date: 2017-12-29 11:19:48 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7164700
GAZA CITY, Dec 29 (MENA) - Three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel on Friday morning, the Jerusalem Post reported. It added that two of the rockets were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system. Israel ....
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Strict Israeli measures in WB ahead of Friday's protests
Date: 2017-12-29 11:10:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7164693
RAMALLAH, Dec 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces stepped up security measures in the occupied West Bank and Al Quds city ahead of the fourth "Friday of Rage" protests against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of ....
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52 arrested during gathering in Iran’s Mashhad
Date: 2017-12-29 10:17:59 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7164634
TEHRAN, Dec 29 (MENA) - Over 50 people have been arrested during a protest in the northeastern city of Mashhad against recent rises in some commodity prices, Press TV quoted Local Judiciary Official Hassan Heidari as saying on Friday. Thursday’s ....
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Last batch of Eastern Ghouta patients evacuated: Syrian activists
Date: 2017-12-29 07:36:59 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7164359
DAMASCUS, Dec 29 (MENA) - The third and last batch of Damascus Eastern Ghouta patients has been evacuated to hospitals in the capital through Alwafdeen camp, Syrian activists quoted the Red Crescent as saying on Friday. Under a deal reached ....
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Israel plans to demolish school, mosque, 7 houses southern Hebron
Date: 2017-12-28 20:11:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7164180
RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities issued orders to demolish a school, a mosque, seven houses and a warehouse of batteries of solar energy in Birayn area in southern Hebron. The European Union had renovated and built rooms ....
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Protesters arrested in Iran after rally against price hikes
Date: 2017-12-28 16:54:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7163948
TEHRAN, Dec 28 (MENA) - Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency says people have been detained following protests in a major city over price hikes. The report Thursday quotes the governor of the northeastern city of Mashhad, Mohammad Rahim ....
