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Army destroys Jabhat al Nusra fortifications in Idlib countryside

Date: 2019-06-17 13:23:14 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7984110

DAMASCUS, June 17 (MENA) - Syrian regime forces conducted intensive bombardments against fortified positions of Jabhat al Nusra terrorists in the Idleb southern countryside and Hama northern countryside. The shelling inflicted heavy losses on ....

140 Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-06-17 12:34:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7984108

RAMALLAH, June 17 (MENA) - About 140 Israeli settlers stormed on Monday the holy Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Maghraba gate, guarded by heavily-armed special units of the Israeli police, according to eyewitnesses. The Jewish settlers conducted ....

Israeli forces storm into Rimon Prison

Date: 2019-06-17 09:39:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7983702

RAMALLAH, June 17 (MENA) - Israeli forces broke into the Israeli prison of Rimon and conducted a wide-scale inspection campaign messing with the belongings of the Palestinian prisoners. A state of tension has been prevailing in the jail since the ....

12 killed in armed factions' shelling of Aleppo countryside

Date: 2019-06-17 06:49:41 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7983531

DAMASCUS, June 17 (MENA) - Rocket fire has killed 12 civilians in a regime-held village in northwestern Syria, state news agency SANA reported. Some 15 people were also wounded late Sunday in the attack on Al-Wadihi village south of Aleppo ....

Pelosi: We have 'absolutely no appetite' for going to war with Iran

Date: 2019-06-16 22:01:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7983361

WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview that aired Sunday that "we have absolutely no appetite for going to war with Iran" amid heightened tensions with the Middle Eastern power, The Hill reported. "We have ....

Pompeo blames Iran for tanker attacks

Date: 2019-06-16 21:33:23 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7983312

WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated on Sunday President Trump's claim that Iran was behind last week's attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz and that the United States is ready to take ....

US seeks to 'build int'l consensus' blaming Iran for tanker attacks - report

Date: 2019-06-16 19:41:14 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7983211

LONDON, June 16 (MENA) - The US is hoping to "build international consensus" around Iran's responsibility for damaging two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, as UK officials joined the US in formally accusing Iran of carrying out the attacks, The ....

Israel arrests 5 Palestinians in Al Quds

Date: 2019-06-16 14:37:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7982692

RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained on Sunday five Palestinians after raiding their homes in Al Quds, local sources said on Sunday. The Israeli troops raided the detained's house including Khalil Al-Tarhouni, a guard at ....

Palestinian detainees in Israel's Ashkelon prison suspend hunger strike

Date: 2019-06-16 14:12:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7982685

RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) - Palestinian detainees in Israeli Ashkelon prison suspended the open-ended hunger strike they staged on Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said in a statement. The strike's suspension comes after the Israeli prison ....

UNRWA advisory commission convenes in Jordan Monday to discuss financial woes

Date: 2019-06-16 13:51:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7982642

RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) - A meeting of UNRWA Advisory Commission opens on Monday in Jordan in the presence of 25 permanent members, representatives of the Arab host countries of Palestinian refugees, donors to UNRWA, the European Community, besides ....