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Air strikes stop in Syria's Idlib after truce announced

Date: 2019-08-31 08:53:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8084250

LONDON, Aug 31 (MENA) - Air strikes on Syria's northwestern Idlib region stopped on Saturday after a Russian-backed ceasefire went into effect, France 24 quoted a war monitor as saying on Saturday. "There are no warplanes in the sky and air ....

PLO member: Honduras, Nauru announcements on Jerusalem are affront to international law

Date: 2019-08-29 20:26:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:8082821

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) – Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Hanan Ashrawi condemned the announced opening of a Honduran diplomatic mission to Israel in occupied Jerusalem, WAFA reported ....

Israel bans two Palestinians from entering Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-08-29 14:31:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:8082384

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities on Thursday handed two Palestinian citizens orders to keep them away from Al Aqsa Mosque. According to an Israeli court's orders, one Palestinian identified as Madeline Issa will be banned ....

Germany's Merkel insists on two-state solution for Israel-Palestine conflict

Date: 2019-08-29 12:12:00 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8081879

BERLIN, Aug 29 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Thursday for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict even if this goal is "increasingly difficult to achieve", Deutsche Welle reported. Speaking alongside Palestinian ....

Palestine files complaint with UN over Honduras' opening of diplomatic office in Jerusalem

Date: 2019-08-29 12:04:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8082097

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry decided to file a complaint with the UN over Honduras' decision to open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem. The ministry condemned the move, saying it is a flagrant violation of the ....

Palestinian prisoner completes 60 days of hunger strike

Date: 2019-08-29 11:38:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8081952

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) - Palestinian Prisoner Huthayfa Halabiyeh completed 60 days of hunger strike to protest being placed under administrative detention by Israeli authorities. In a statement on Thursday, the Palestinian Prisoner Society ....

Israeli forces demolish Araqib village for 156th time

Date: 2019-08-29 11:32:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8082052

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) - Israeli forces have made hundreds of Bedouin Palestinians homeless after demolishing their village in the Negev region for the 156th time. Israeli authorities demolished on Thursday the homes and tents in the Bedouin ....

Israeli forces arrest 16 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2019-08-29 10:35:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8081827

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Thursday arrested 16 Palestinians, including a girl, in different parts of the West Bank (WB), the Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) said in a statement. Around 11 Palestinians were nabbed in ....

Israel closes Hebron's Ibrahimi mosque to Muslim worshipers

Date: 2019-08-29 10:20:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8081804

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) - Israeli forces Thursday closed the Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim worshipers for 24 hours in preparation for Israeli settlers raid to mark a Jewish holiday, WAFA news agency reported. Director of the Hebron Waqf ....

Israeli forces arrest 10 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2019-08-28 10:59:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8080140

RAMALLAH, Aug 28 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested ten Palestinians in different areas of the West Bank on Wednesday. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said the arrests took place in Ramallah, Tulkarm, and Salfit governorates. In ....