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Israeli forces injure Palestinian youth in north of West Bank

Date: 2019-11-05 09:45:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8174902

RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers opened fire on Tuesday at a Palestinian youth in the north of the West Bank injuring him in the leg, according to medical sources. The sources said the Israeli troops shot Ibrahim Ghanameh, 24, from ....

US building 2 new military bases in Deir ez-Zor

Date: 2019-11-05 08:59:06 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8174816

DAMASCUS, Nov 5 (MENA) - The US is building two new military bases in Syria's Deir ez-Zor. The military bases are being built in the 113th Brigade area and near al-Sur region, local sources said. An Additional 250 US soldiers, as well as ....

Israel to release hunger-striking Jordanian detainees by weekend

Date: 2019-11-04 22:52:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:8174574

RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) - A Jordanian citizen of Palestinian decent held by Israel without charges for over two months, ended her hunger strike after being informed that she would be released by the weekend. Israel and Jordan announced Monday they ....

Turkey continues its military buildup inside Syria's border area

Date: 2019-11-03 13:37:05 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8172210

DAMASCUS, Nov 3 (MENA) - Turkey has stepped up its military build up in rural border areas in Syria's Ras al Ain. According to Russia Today news channel, fortifications have been erected by the Turkish army in Syrian regions it has ....

Israeli forces raid school in Al Quds, detain student

Date: 2019-11-02 10:22:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8170967

RAMALLAH, Nov 2 (MENA) - Israeli police units raided on Saturday morning the Issawiyeh Secondary School for Boys in occupied East Jerusalem, WAFA news agency reported. Israeli police raided the school while the students were arriving to classes ....

Palestinian youth killed, three injured in Israeli shelling on Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-11-02 07:06:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8170770

GAZA CITY, Nov 2 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was killed and many others were injured at dawn Saturday in a shelling launched by Israeli warplanes on several areas in the Gaza Strip. Sites and property of the Palestinian citizens in the area ....

Washington: Iran remains world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism

Date: 2019-11-02 06:22:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8170735

WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (MENA) - Iran remains the world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism, according to a report released on Saturday by the US State Department. "The regime, often through its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, has spent ....

Israeli forces injure 100 Palestinians at Gaza border

Date: 2019-11-01 19:47:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8170622

GAZA CITY, Nov 1 (MENA) - At least 100 Palestinians were injured Friday as Israeli forces attacked dozens of protesters taking part in the weekly Great March of Return at Gaza-Israel border, WAFA reported. Soldiers manning the separation fence ....

Scores of Palestinians suffer suffocation as Israeli forces fire tear gas on WB march

Date: 2019-11-01 16:50:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8170415

RAMALLAH, Nov 1 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinians and foreign activists suffered suffocation from tear gas canisters fired by Israeli occupation forces on an anti-settlement march in Kafr Qaddum village, north of the West Bank (WB), Palestinian ....

59 Palestinians injured at Gaza borders

Date: 2019-11-01 15:46:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8170377

GAZA CITY, Nov 1 (MENA) - As many as 59 Palestinians were injured on Friday when Israeli soldiers stationed on the border with the Gaza Strip opened fire at thousands of participants in the weekly March of Return peaceful protests, the Palestinian ....