GAZA -- Israeli tanks stationed on the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel struck on Friday a military post belonging to Islamic Hamas militants with no injuries reported, local media in Gaza said.

The reports quoted security officials as saying that the Israeli tanks targeted a military lookout post stationed close to the border with Israel, causing severe damage to the facility. (Israel-Gaza-Strike)

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LUXOR, Egypt -- The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities opened Opet Temple for the first time for visitors on Friday after its recent restoration at Karnak Temple Complex on the Nile River's east bank in Upper Egypt's monument-rich province of Luxor.

Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany and Tourism Minister Rania al-Mashat inaugurated the temple in a ceremony witnessed by Mostafa Waziri, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, and a number of Egyptian parliamentarians, celebrities and public figures, as well as some foreign diplomats. (Egypt-Opet-Temple-Luxor)

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ANKARA -- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday that Turkey understands NATO's concerns over its procurement of the Russian S-400 air defense missiles.

"We are aware of NATO's concerns. It is not right to say that Turkey is not considering them," Cavusoglu said at a press conference with his Romanian and Polish counterparts in Ankara, adding that Turkey needs air defense systems urgently. (Turkey-U.S.-Russia-Missile)

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DAMASCUS -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday received a Russian delegation, which was coming from Saudi Arabia.

State news agency SANA said the Syrian leader received the delegation headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin's Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev. (Syria-Russia) Enditem

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