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Number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike rises to 11

Date: 2019-07-02 09:01:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8006062

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - Three Palestinian prisoners commenced a hunger strike Monday night, bringing the total number of detainees joining the campaign to 11. The hunger strike is the Palestinian prisoners' way to protest administrative ....

White House: 'Little doubt' Iran was enriching uranium under Obama administration's watch

Date: 2019-07-02 07:08:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8005940

WASHINGTON, July 2 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has said that Iran is "playing with fire," hours after the country effectively acknowledged that it was violating the terms of the 2015 multinational nuclear accord and threatened to pursue ....

White House warns Iran over breach of enriched uranium limit

Date: 2019-07-01 21:12:19 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:8005735

WASHINGTON, July 1 (MENA) - The White House on Monday issued a warning to Iran after the country announced it surpassed limits on enriched uranium under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, The Hill reported. "Maximum pressure on the Iranian ....

SOHR: Hezbollah ‘secretly’ withdrawing from Syria

Date: 2019-07-01 12:52:44 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8004726

DAMASCUS, July 1 (MENA) - The Hezbollah party is secretly pulling out its fighters from Syria, Asharq Al-Awsat reported Monday. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), large numbers of Hezbollah forces have been withdrawn ....

US-led coalition says targeted Al-Qaeda in northwest Syria

Date: 2019-07-01 11:02:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8004521

WASHINGTON, July 1 (MENA) - The US-led coalition said Monday its aircraft carried out a strike in northwestern Syria, according to Arab News. "This operation targeted AQ-S operatives responsible for plotting external attacks threatening US ....

SOHR: Casualties of Israeli shelling on Syria rise to 15

Date: 2019-07-01 11:00:46 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8004595

LONDON, July 1 (MENA) - The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the casualties of Israeli warplanes' shelling on Syrian territories increased to 15 people including six civilians, Al Arabiya Al Hadath reported on ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams "unjust & arbitrary" rulings of Israeli courts

Date: 2019-07-01 10:54:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8004524

RAMALLAH, July 1 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned what it called "unjust and arbitrary" rulings reached by Israeli courts, including the latest by a supreme court to demolish 16 Palestinian houses in southern Al Quds. ....

AL condemns Israel's opening of new tunnel in E.Jerusalem

Date: 2019-07-01 10:29:04 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8004548

CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) vehemently condemned Israel's opening of a new tunnel running under a Palestinian village in East Jerusalem during a ceremony inaugurating a settler archaeological project. The ceremony, inaugurating ....

Israeli settlers storm archaeological site in Sebastia

Date: 2019-07-01 09:18:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8004453

RAMALLAH, July 1 (MENA) - A group of Israeli settlers Monday stormed an archaeological site in the town of Sebastia near Nablus, in the northern West Bank. The mayor of Sebastia, Mohamed Azem, said the settlers stormed the site for the second day ....

Syrian air defenses intercept Israeli aggression on military sites in Homs, Damascus

Date: 2019-07-01 05:44:24 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8004198

DAMASCUS, July 1 (MENA) - A Syrian military source said that the army air defenses confronted hostile missiles launched by Israeli warplanes at midnight from Lebanese airspace towards some military sites in Homs and the surrounding of Damascus, SANA ....