Middle East
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Israel suppress protest in support of Ahed Tamimi in Ramallah
Date: 2017-12-28 14:30:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7163537
RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces arrested Thursday Manal Tamimi, one of Ahed Tamimi's relatives, during a protest by women activists outside Ofer prison near Ramallah, in support for Ahed. The Israeli forces fired tear gas ....
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Several Palestinian students suffer suffocation after settlers storm school in Nablus
Date: 2017-12-28 12:41:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7163049
RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - A number of Palestinian students suffered suffocation because of teargas canisters fired by Israeli forces to disperse clashes between students and a group of Israeli settlers. The clashes ensued after nearly 15 settlers ....
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Hundreds of settlers storm Kifl Haris town
Date: 2017-12-28 09:46:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7162855
RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed on Thursday Kifl Haris town in the northern West Bank under the guard of a large force of the Israeli occupation army. Nearly 700 settlers barged into the town and proceeded to ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest two Palestinians on outskirts of Al Quds
Date: 2017-12-28 08:33:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7162833
RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Thursday arrested two Palestinians after the eruption of violent clashes on the outskirts of the occupied city of Al Quds (Jerusalem). Eyewitnesses said the troops fired tear gas and canister ....
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Turkish warplanes bombard border area in Iraq's Dahuk
Date: 2017-12-27 20:43:08 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7162544
BAGHDAD, Dec 27 (MENA) - Turkish jet fighters bombarded on Wednesday an area in Dahuk governorate on the border with Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Eyewitnesses told Alsumaria News website that the airstrike lasted for one hour and prompted scare among ....
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Turkey is one of worst countries in treating reporters
Date: 2017-12-27 12:21:17 GMT - Tunisia - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7161629
TUNIS, Dec 27 (MENA) - Head of the Tunisian Press Syndicate Nagui Baghouri said on Wednesday that Turkey is one of the worst countries in treating reporters. The International Press Federation is designating it as the biggest prison for ....
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Arab ministerial delegation on Jerusalem to meet in Amman Jan. 6
Date: 2017-12-27 12:20:09 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7161531
CAIRO, Dec 27 (MENA) - Assistant Arab League Secretary General Hossam Zaki said the Arab ministerial delegation, formed upon a resolution by the Arab Foreign Ministers Council during their meeting on December 9 on the US decision on Al Quds ....
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Israel targets Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza
Date: 2017-12-27 11:15:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7161357
GAZA CITY, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Israeli navy targeted Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza shores on Wednesday. Palestinian sources said that Israeli gunboats shot at them but none of the fishermen or their boats were harmed. Also, the sources ....
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AP rejects Israeli candidacy to UNSC seat
Date: 2017-12-27 08:58:57 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7161181
CAIRO, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Palestine committee at the Arab Parliament (AP) drew up a plan for the parliament's action to stand up to Israel's candidacy to a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council for 2019-2020. This stance was ....
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Iran will never stop boosting defense power: Defense minister
Date: 2017-12-26 22:22:49 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:7160888
TEHRAN, Dec 26 (MENA) - Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the Islamic Republic will boost its military prowess with full strength and without any halt, Press TV reported. Speaking in a meeting with a number of Iranian ....