RAMALLAH/GAZA -- Three Palestinians were killed on Friday by Israel in clashes and car-ramming attack in the West Bank and Gaza, medical sources said. (Gaza-Attack)
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DAMASCUS -- The death toll of the triple bombings that rocked a northeastern Syrian town on Thursday rose to 22, a monitor group reported Friday.
The bombings were caused by three booby-trapped vehicles that tore through the predominantly-Assyrian town of Tal Tamir in the western countryside of Syria's northeastern province of al-Hasakah, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Syria-Bombings)
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ANKARA -- Turkish security forces have detained a total of 913 Islamic State (IS) militants since January as they were trying to illegally cross through Turkey's border, private Dogan News Agency reported on Friday.
About 61 percent of the arrests of the IS members took place in the second half of 2015 as the Turkish military stepped up security measures on border with Syria, according to the report.(Turkey-IS)
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BEIRUT -- The son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was kidnapped by an armed group in Lebanon, the New TV reported Friday.
The TV showed a video in which Hanibaal Gadaffi appeared and said he is in good health and was kidnapped "by people whom we owe them the truth." (Lebanon-Libya-Gaddafi) Enditem
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Dec. 11
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RAMALLAH/GAZA -- Three Palestinians were killed on Friday by Israel in clashes and car-ramming attack in the West Bank and Gaza, medical sources said. (Gaza-Attack)
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DAMASCUS -- The death toll of the triple bombings that rocked a northeastern Syrian town on Thursday rose to 22, a monitor group reported Friday.
The bombings were caused by three booby-trapped vehicles that tore through the predominantly-Assyrian town of Tal Tamir in the western countryside of Syria's northeastern province of al-Hasakah, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Syria-Bombings)
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ANKARA -- Turkish security forces have detained a total of 913 Islamic State (IS) militants since January as they were trying to illegally cross through Turkey's border, private Dogan News Agency reported on Friday.
About 61 percent of the arrests of the IS members took place in the second half of 2015 as the Turkish military stepped up security measures on border with Syria, according to the report.(Turkey-IS)
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BEIRUT -- The son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was kidnapped by an armed group in Lebanon, the New TV reported Friday.
The TV showed a video in which Hanibaal Gadaffi appeared and said he is in good health and was kidnapped "by people whom we owe them the truth." (Lebanon-Libya-Gaddafi) Enditem
