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Israel launches airstrike targeting resistance position in Gaza Strip

Date: 2020-08-20 23:04:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8555553

GAZA CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - Israeli military aircraft raided a site of the Palestinian resistance south the Gaza Strip Thursday night. Five missiles were fired during the airstrike aiming at a resistance position in western Khan Yunis, south the ....

Israeli forces shell Gaza, shot 3 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2020-08-20 13:01:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8555038

GAZA CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation troops bombarded several posts on the outskirts of eastern Gaza Strip, reported Wafa News Agency Thursday. Israeli occupation forces opened fire at two checkpoints in Qarara village, east of Khan ....

Turkish planes violate Iraqi airspace, shell sites in Duhok

Date: 2020-08-19 13:09:40 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8553689

BAGHDAD, Aug 19 (MENA) - Turkish military planes launched raids on sites in the north of Duhok governorate. The Turkish jets violated the Iraqi airspace and shelled two sites in the north Duhok, Alarabiya Alhadath reported. (MENA) M H K/M O H ....

Mortar shells target US base in Syria's Deir ez-Zor

Date: 2020-08-18 22:39:45 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:8552898

DAMASCUS, Aug 18 (MENA) - According to local authorities in Syria's Deir ez-Zor Governorate, several rockets landed near the US base set up outside the region's eponymous capital city, causing no damage or casualties, Sputnik news agency ....

Israeli troops open fire at Palestinian fishing boats

Date: 2020-08-18 11:08:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8551814

RAMALLAH, Aug 18 (MENA) - Israeli warships opened fire on Tuesday at Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza coast causing damage to the boats. Occupation troops prevented the Palestinian fishermen in Gaza from fishing and opened fire at them, said ....

Israeli occupation troops round up more Palestinians in WB

Date: 2020-08-18 10:43:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8551726

RAMALLAH, Aug 18 (MENA) - Israeli forces Tuesday overnight detained eight Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS confirmed in a press release, carried by WAFA news agency, that Israeli ....

Moscow evacuates 26 Russian children from Syria

Date: 2020-08-18 10:12:16 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8551659

MOSCOW, Aug 18 (MENA) - A plane of the Russian Defense Ministry has evacuated 26 Russian children from Syria, the press service of Russian children’s rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova told reporters. The plane successfully landed at Chkalovsky ....

Israeli planes shell farmlands in Gaza

Date: 2020-08-18 09:30:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8551592

RAMALLAH, Aug 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation planes on Tuesday shelled farmlands in southern Gaza Strip. The Palestinian News Agency WAFA quoted local sources and eyewitnesses as saying that the Israeli aircraft and military vehicles targeted sites ....

UAE-Israel agreement is sovereign decision, not directed at Iran: Gargash

Date: 2020-08-17 11:05:33 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8550204

ABU DHABI, Aug 17 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates agreement with Israel is a sovereign decision and is not directed at Iran, the UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said in a tweet on Monday. “The UAE-Israeli peace treaty ....

9 Palestinians rounded up by Israeli troops in WB

Date: 2020-08-17 10:40:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8550190

RAMALLAH, Aug 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained Monday nine Palestinians during raid operations in several areas in the occupied West Bank, WAFA reported. The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said in a statement that Israeli ....