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SOHR: Six militants killed in Israeli airstrike near Damascus

Date: 2020-02-24 09:46:14 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8324985

LONDON, Feb 24 (MENA) - Six pro-Syrian regime fighters were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes near Damascus, a war monitor said Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two members of the Islamic Jihad militant group and four ....

Pope Francis warns against ‘unfair’ solutions to end Israel-Palestine conflict

Date: 2020-02-23 13:22:18 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8324001

ROME, Feb 23 (MENA) - Pope Francis cautioned against “unfair” solutions aimed at ending the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, Al Arabiya reported on Saturday. In a speech Sunday during a visit to the Italian southern port city of Bari ....

Magnitude 5.7 quake hits northwest Iran

Date: 2020-02-23 10:00:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8323589

TEHRAN, Feb 23 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Khoy County in West Azarbaijan Province to the northwest of Iran on Sunday, according to the Iranian Seismological Center. The powerful earthquake hit near Qotur in Khoy County in West ....

EU calls on Israel to reconsider plans to build new settlements on Palestinian territories

Date: 2020-02-23 07:03:11 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8323351

BRUSSELS, Feb 23 (MENA) - EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Chief Josep Borrell called on Israel to reconsider its plans to build new settlements on Palestinian territories. In a statement released by the European Union, Borrell said "The ....

Iran says 6th person dead of new virus

Date: 2020-02-22 21:04:00 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8323193

TEHRAN, Feb 22 (MENA) - Iranian officials Saturday reported a sixth death from the new virus that emerged in China, ABC news reported. The governor of Markazi province told the official IRNA news agency that tests of a patient who recently died ....

Israeli police kills Palestinian in Jerusalem

Date: 2020-02-22 19:05:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8322696

RAMALLAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was killed by Israeli forces near Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement Saturday. Israeli forces fired live ammunition at the Palestinian young man who ....

Iran: Two border guards killed in clashes in southeastern country

Date: 2020-02-22 08:57:22 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8322276

TEHRAN, Feb 22 (MENA) - Two Iranian border guards were killed in clashes with gunmen in Jakigor, southeastern Iran, state news agency IRNA reported Saturday. According to Iranian border guards Command, some terrorists were advancing toward a ....

UN says it fears 'bloodbath' in northwest Syria fighting

Date: 2020-02-21 18:12:25 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8322023

GENEVA, Feb 21 (MENA) - The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could "end in a bloodbath, Sky news reported. OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke told a news briefing in Geneva said "We call for an immediate ceasefire to ....

Israel confirms first coronavirus case as cruise ship returnee diagnosed

Date: 2020-02-21 13:39:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8321642

GAZA CITY, Feb 21 (MENA) - One of 11 Israeli travelers who returned to the country early Friday after being quarantined for the last two weeks on a cruise ship off Japan’s coast tested positive for coronavirus Friday, the Israeli Health Ministry ....

Israeli settlers storm northern Jordan Valley villages

Date: 2020-02-21 13:37:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8321631

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) - Thousands of Israeli settlers stormed on Friday the northern Jordan Valley villages of al-Burj and Umm al-Qaba. Aref Daraghmeh, a local activist, confirmed that Israeli forces escorted a convoy of buses packed with some ....