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Israel says arrested three Turks in Jerusalem amid unrest

Israeli authorities have arrested three Turkish tourists in Jerusalem over an incident that followed Muslim prayers at a flashpoint holy site, a police spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman did not elaborate on the circumstances of Friday's arrests, which came as Israel confronted...

Israel police arrest 3 Turkish citizens outside al-Aqsa

Israeli police arrested three Turkish citizens who tried to performed Friday prayers at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque, according to eyewitness accounts.   “Earlier today, Israeli police banned a number of Turkish pilgrims from entering the Al-Aqsa mosque compound,” an...

Yazidi sisters reunited after three years

When Rosa, now 14, asked her Daesh (ISIS) captors about her younger sisters Bushra, 12, and Suhayla, 7, she was told they had been killed for misbehaving. “At that point, I didn’t care about anything anymore. Even if I died,” she said. “I never thought I’d see them again.”...

Hamas warns of Palestinian reconciliation collapse

A senior leader in Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas warned Thursday of the potential collapse of a reconciliation agreement made with political rivals Fatah. "The reconciliation is collapsing and everyone must intervene to save it," Yahya Sinwar, the Gaza head of Hamas, told a...