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Israeli forces arrest 11 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2019-05-13 08:27:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7939243

RAMALLAH, May 13 (MENA) - Israeli troops arrested Monday 11 Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank. Five Palestinians were arrested in Jenin and one Palestinian was arrested in each of Qalqiliya and Nablus, the Prisoners' Club said ....

Greece strongly refuses Turkish statements on Aegean islands

Date: 2019-05-12 21:04:13 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:7938997

ATHENS, May 12 (MENA) - The Greek Foreign Ministry strongly refused its Turkish counterpart's claim that Greece wants to drag NATO into a dispute between itself and Turkey, the local Ekathimerini reported Sunday. Spokesman for the Greek Foreign ....

Pompeo: White House welcomes opportunity to negotiate with Tehran

Date: 2019-05-12 20:38:43 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7938951

WASHINGTON, May 12 (MENA) - Iran is an active threat to American interests as it sows chaos in the Middle East, but the White House would "of course" welcome the opportunity to negotiate with Tehran, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. In ....

9 children killed, injured in terrorist attack on Hama countryside

Date: 2019-05-12 11:13:52 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7938070

DAMASCUS, May 12 (MENA) - Three children were killed and six injured on Sunday when terrorist factions fired shells on Reef Hama countryside, Russia Today reported. The shelling was carried out by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah in Reef Hama in ....

Israeli occupation forces storm Al Aqsa Mosque, evict worshipers

Date: 2019-05-12 07:01:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7937752

RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces after midnight on Saturday forcibly evicted worshipers from the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, which led to confrontations across the Old City of Jerusalem. Large numbers of ....

Israeli-made weapons, ammo seized in Syria

Date: 2019-05-11 19:07:03 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7937513

DAMASCUS, May 11 (MENA) - The Syrian competent authorities in Quneitra found on Saturday weapons, equipment and medicine, some of them of Israeli-made, left by terrorists in Quneitra countryside, the Syrian news agency SANA reported. SANA ....

Cyprus says Turkish provocations in EEZ hinder efforts to resume peace talks

Date: 2019-05-11 17:43:06 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7937479

NICOSIA, May 11 (MENA) - The Cypriot National Council, the top advisory body to the President, on Saturday agreed that the Turkish provocations in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone hinder efforts for the resumption of the peace talks, under the UN ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Israel exploits Eurovision contest to consolidate its colonialism

Date: 2019-05-11 09:58:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7936844

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates sent several letters calling on the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to withdraw any promotional materials for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, filmed in the ....

One Palestinian killed, 32 others injured in Gaza border protests

Date: 2019-05-10 20:14:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7936526

GAZA CITY, May 10 (MENA) - One Palestinian was killed and 32 others were injured by live bullets, including four children, when Israeli forces attacked hundreds of protesters taking part in the weekly Great March of Return rallies at the Gaza-Israel ....

Daesh claims responsibility for Baghdad market attack

Date: 2019-05-10 09:52:19 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7935846

BAGHDAD, May 10 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that hit a popular marketplace in the eastern Baghdad city of Al Sadr on Thursday. A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up at the ....