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Israeli Defense Minister Says More Gaza Violence Inevitable

Another round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip is inevitable, Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday, despite attempts to reach a long-term truce.

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Death Toll in Syria Arms Depot Blast Rises to 69

The death toll of an explosion of unknown origin at a weapons depot in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib has risen to 69, mostly civilians, a monitor said Monday.

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Reunited Post-Aleppo Battle, Syria Medics Mete out 'Hope'

Her scarred hands wrapped in gloves, Malakeh Harbaliyya lifted an infant out of an incubator at a hospital in Syria's rural north, holding him gently as he guzzled milk from a bottle.

Nearly two years ago, the nurse and her brave colleagues were scrambling to save premature babies from heavy regime bombardment of Aleppo city, before ultimately being forced to quit the facility altogether.

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Children among 39 Civilians Killed in Syria Arms Depot Blast

An explosion at a weapons depot in a rebel-held town in northwest Syria killed at least 39 civilians including a dozen children on Sunday, a monitor said.

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Egypt Says 12 'Terrorists' Killed in Sinai Shootout

Egyptian security forces have killed "terrorists" in a shootout in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, where the Islamic State group is active, an interior ministry source said Sunday. 

The Egyptian army has since February been conducting a major operation focused on Sinai to wipe out jihadists from IS.

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Arab Israelis Rally against Jewish Nation-State Law

Tens of thousands of Arab Israelis and their supporters have chanted against "apartheid" and for "equality"in central Tel Aviv at a rally protesting a law that declares Israel the nation state of the Jewish people.

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Egypt Monk Detained over Murder of Bishop

An Egyptian Coptic monk accused of murder has been detained and will remain in custody for four days pending investigations into the suspicious death of a bishop, his lawyer has said.

Bishop Epiphanius, 68, was the head of Saint Macarius monastery in Wadi el-Natrun, northwest of Cairo.

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Morocco Authorities Force Hundreds of Migrants Out of North

Moroccan authorities have forcefully relocated hundreds of migrants in recent days from camps and homes in the kingdom's north, a local official and a rights group have said.

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4 Security Force Members, 3 'Terrorists' Killed in Jordan Raid

Four members of the Jordanian security forces and three "terrorists" have been killed during a raid on a militant hideout after an officer died in a bomb blast near the capital, the government said Sunday.

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One Dead in Attack on Jordan Security Patrol

A member of Jordan's security forces died and six were wounded when a bomb exploded under a patrol car at a music festival near Amman, the interior ministry said Saturday.

The blast hit a security patrol in Al-Fuhais, 12 kilometres (8 miles) west of the capital on Friday evening, it said.

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