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Palestinian foreign ministry appreciates Egypt's role to stop aggression on Gaza

Date: 2019-05-05 13:53:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7929176

RAMALLAH, May 5 (MENA) - The Palestinian foreign ministry reiterated appreciation of Egypt's role and efforts, led by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, to halt the continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The ....

Jordan backs Egypt's efforts to end Israeli escalation against Gaza

Date: 2019-05-05 11:15:49 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7929004

AMMAN, May 5 (MENA) - Jordan has reiterated support for efforts exerted by the UN and Egypt to end the current Israeli escalation against the Gaza Strip. In a statement, quoted by the state news agency (Petra), the foreign ministry warned of the ....

Russia records 2 ceasefire violations in Syria over past 24 hours

Date: 2019-05-05 09:46:34 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7928902

MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) - The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian ceasefire registered two truce breaches in Syria over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side recorded four ceasefire violations, ....

Israeli airstrikes kill 2 Palestinians in central Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-05-05 06:48:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:7928691

GAZA CITY, May 5 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes carried out more airstrikes on the Gaza Strip last night in a continuing aggression which started on Friday late night, killing two Palestinians in Bureij refugee camp in the center of the enclave, ....

Palestine calls for UNSC urgent action to stop aggression on Gaza

Date: 2019-05-04 17:37:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7928440

RAMALLAH, May 4, (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Saturday called on the UN Security Council to act immediately to stop the "brutal aggression" on the Palestinian people; both in the Gaza Strip and the occupied ....

Two Turkish soldiers killed, injured in YPG attack in Syria

Date: 2019-05-04 14:49:01 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7928051

MOSCOW/DAMASCUS, May 4 (MENA) A Turkish solider was killed, another was injured on Saturday in an attack by the US-backed Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Afrin district, North of Syria, RT News quoted a statement released by ....

Erekat: Palestinian delegations deliver messages to world countries from Abbas

Date: 2019-05-04 11:08:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7927650

RAMALLAH, May 4 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat said the Palestinian leadership is holding constant meetings and sending delegations to the world countries to deliver written messages from ....

Palestinian killed, others injured in Israeli shelling of Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-05-04 10:20:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7927649

GAZA CITY, May 4 (MENA) - A Palestinian was killed on Saturday and several others were injured in Israeli shelling of a target in the north of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency Wafaa quoted the Ministry of Health as saying. It said Imad ....

Israeli occupation forces impose curfew on Nablus city

Date: 2019-05-02 11:14:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7925306

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces imposed on Thursday a curfew on Hawara village in the southern part of Nablus City, in the north of the West Bank, after the reported injury of an Israeli settler. Palestinian sources said ....

Russia records 3 ceasefire violations in Syria over past 24 hours - Defense Ministry

Date: 2019-05-02 11:11:46 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7925292

MOSCOW, May 2 (MENA) - The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian ceasefire registered three truce breaches in Syria over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side recorded 21 ceasefire violations, ....