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  • Ban, Arabi call for ending bloodshed in Syria

    Date: 2013-09-22 19:06:45 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:145 - ID:302304

    UN/Syria/Politics Ban, Arabi call for ending bloodshed in Syria NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi renewed calls to end the bloodshed in Syria. ....

  • Israeli shot in Hebron area; in serious condition

    Date: 2013-09-22 19:03:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:143 - ID:302313

    Palestine/Israel Israeli shot in Hebron area; in serious condition GAZA CITY, Sept 22 (MENA) - An Israeli man sustained serious injuries on Sunday in a shooting near a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Ban town of Hebron. A ....

  • Israel allows entry of building materials into Gaza

    Date: 2013-09-22 18:30:22 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:142 - ID:302174

    Palestine/Israel Israel allows entry of building materials into Gaza GAZA CITY, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Israeli authorities on Sunday allowed the entry of 70 trucks carrying building materials into the Gaza Strip for the first time since the ....

  • Israel continues to violate Lebanese airspace

    Date: 2013-09-22 18:09:51 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:137 - ID:302219

    Lebanon/Israel Israel continues to violate Lebanese airspace BEIRUT, Sept 22 (MENA) - An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft violated the Lebanese skies, entering into the airspace from over Rmeich village. The plane flew over areas of the ....

  • Mortar shell hits Russian Embassy in Damascus

    Date: 2013-09-22 17:49:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:126 - ID:302160

    Russia/Syria Mortar shell hits Russian Embassy in Damascus MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) – A mortar shell struck the Russian embassy in Damascus on Sunday injuring at least three, Russian officials were quoted by RIA Novosti as saying. “About an hour ....

  • "Jihad" calls for rallies Tues. in response to settlers' calls to storm Al-Aqsa

    Date: 2013-09-22 17:06:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:116 - ID:302060

    Palestine/Jihad "Jihad" calls for rallies Tues. in response to settlers' calls to storm Al-Aqsa GAZA, Sept 22 (MENA) – The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine called the Palestinian masses to go out to the streets on Tuesday to join protest ....

  • Israeli forces fire tear gas at school students in Hebron

    Date: 2013-09-22 16:26:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:109 - ID:301932

    Palestine/Israel Israeli forces fire tear gas at school students in Hebron RAMALLAH, Sept 22 (MENA) – Clashes that broke out on Sunday between Israeli occupation forces and Palestinian school students and citizens in Hebron, resulted in ....

  • Occupation authorities extend detention of 33 prisoners

    Date: 2013-09-22 15:14:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:93 - ID:301861

    Palestine/Prisoners Occupation authorities extend detention of 33 prisoners GAZA CITY, Sept 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday extended the detention of 33 Palestinian prisoners including a female, Palestinian human rights ....

  • 91.000 Syrian refugees return to their country

    Date: 2013-09-22 14:50:09 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:301837

    AMMAN, Sept 22 (MENA) – A total of 91,297 Syrian refugees, who fled to Jordan two years ago when the Syrian crisis began, returned voluntarily to their country, according to Wadah Hmoud, director of the Syrian refugee camps administration, Petra ....

  • Lavrov: US pressuring Russia into passing UN resolution on Syria under Chapter 7

    Date: 2013-09-22 14:37:03 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:301835

    MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday accused the United States of blackmailing Russia over a tough UN resolution against Syria, and said the West is blinded by the idea of regime change in the war-torn ....

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