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  • Israeli forces deployed around Aqsa

    Date: 2013-09-27 11:43:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:310079

    Palestine/Israel/Politics Israeli forces deployed around Aqsa RAMALLAH, Sept 27 (MENA) – Israeli army forces were widely deployed around Al-Aqsa Mosque, a day before Palestinians commemorate the 13th anniversary of the second Aqsa ....

  • 900 Syrian refugees cross into Jordan

    Date: 2013-09-27 10:35:25 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:309976

    Jordan/Syria/Refugees 900 Syrian refugees cross into Jordan AMMAN, Sept 27 (MENA) – A total of 900 Syrian refugees crossed into Jordan on Thursday, while 264 returned home, a Jordanian official said. Wadah al-Hammoud, who oversees ....

  • 2 Jordanians carry out suicide attack against Syria regime forces

    Date: 2013-09-27 10:33:12 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:309963

    Jordan/Syria 2 Jordanians carry out suicide attack against Syria regime forces AMMAN, Sept 27 (MENA) – Two Jordanian nationals, fighting for the armed Syrian opposition, carried out a suicide attack against a barrier erected by regime ....

  • Palestinian lawyers to sue Al-Jazeera TV

    Date: 2013-09-27 10:28:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:309973

    Palestine/Lawyers Palestinian lawyers to sue Al-Jazeera TV RAMALLAH, Sept 27 (MENA) – The board of the Palestinian Legal Bar Association decided to sue Qatari Al-Jazeera TV channel for hosting some figures who slandered and defamed late ....

  • UN special envoy back to Yemen Monday

    Date: 2013-09-27 09:44:32 GMT - Yemen - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:309820

    Yemen/UN/Politics UN special envoy back to Yemen Monday SANAA, Sept 27 (MENA) - Special United Nations Adviser on Yemen Jamal Benomar will start a new visit to the country on Monday in a bid to resolve disputes emerging over a ....

  • Syria shells fall in North Lebanon

    Date: 2013-09-27 00:09:47 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:194 - ID:309738

    Lebanon/Syria Syria shells fall in North Lebanon BEIRUT, Sept 26 (MENA) – Lebanese border towns have been subject to attacks of shells from the Syrian sides. Shells fall near the Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi in the Wadi Khalid, Northern ....

  • UNSC holds informal consultations on Syria

    Date: 2013-09-26 23:51:31 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:191 - ID:309728

    UN/Security Council UNSC holds informal consultations on Syria NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) - President of the Security Council Gary Quinlan has said that the United Nation Security council will hold an informal meeting on Syrian on ....

  • 3 soldiers killed, officer injured in explosion in Iraq

    Date: 2013-09-26 23:39:28 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:188 - ID:309715

    Iraq/Blast 3 soldiers killed, officer injured in explosion in Iraq BAGHDAD, Sept 26 (MENA) – As many as three soldiers were killed and one officer injured Thursday in an explosion in Mosul, the capital of the Nineveh Province, some 400 km ....

  • Washington, Moscow to refer draft resolution on Syria to UNSC

    Date: 2013-09-26 23:33:49 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:185 - ID:309726

    US/UNSC/Politics Washington, Moscow to refer draft resolution on Syria to UNSC WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (MENA) – Washington and Moscow will refer a draft resolution on Syria to the UN Security Council, diplomatic sources said on Thursday. ....

  • Israeli police to bar men under 50 from entering Aqsa Mosque Friday

    Date: 2013-09-26 23:33:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:184 - ID:309722

    Palestine/Aqsa Israeli police to bar men under 50 from entering Aqsa Mosque Friday RAMALLAH, Sept 26 (MENA) – The Israeli police said on Thursday it plans to close Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday to men under the age of 50, without stating any ....

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