Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Aug. 23

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian army on Friday captured remaining rebel-held areas in the northern countryside of Hama province in central Syria, besieging a Turkish point in that region, according to a monitor group.

For the first time since 2012, the Syrian army captured rebel-held areas in the northern countryside of Hama, besieging the Turkish military point in the town of Morek, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Syria-Rebel-Hama)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone on Friday about coordination between the two nations' armies in the region, said the Israeli prime minister's office.

The office issued a statement saying the two leaders discussed "regional developments and the situation in Syria, with an emphasis on tightening the mechanisms of military coordination." (Israel-Russia-Phone Talks)

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GAZA -- At least 122 Palestinians, including three paramedics, were injured on Friday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the eastern Gaza Strip.

Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the Health Ministry in Gaza, told reporters that 50 were injured by Israeli soldiers' gunfire. (Gaza-Israel-Clashes)

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BAGHDAD -- Four people were killed and 30 others injured on Friday in a motorcycle bombing in a town in Babil Province south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

The blast took place in the evening when a booby-trapped motorcycle went off at a crowded marketplace in the town of al-Mussayab, some 80 km south of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Babil-Bombing) Enditem

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