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Moscow: Over 1,129 Syrian refugees return home over past 24 hours

Date: 2019-05-02 10:54:44 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7925275

MOSCOW, May 2 (MENA) - Over 1,100 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country from Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for the Reception, Allocation and Accommodation of Refugees said on ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israeli transgression, urges UNSC intervention

Date: 2019-05-02 10:35:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7925099

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the Israeli transgression as an Israeli settler set up a building few meters away from the Palestinian village of Khan al Ahmar. In a statement on Thursday, the ministry urged ....

Israeli warplanes attack targets in Gaza

Date: 2019-05-02 07:54:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7924995

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes attacked targets in the Gaza Strip early Thursday causing damage to property but no casualties, according to WAFA News Agency. He said warplanes fired five missiles at a post north of Beit Lahya in the ....

Israeli bulldozers demolish house of Palestinian citizen in Hebron

Date: 2019-05-01 11:14:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7924105

RAMALLAH, May 1 (MENA) - Israeli bulldozers demolished a house of a Palestinian citizen in southern Hebron in the West Bank. The Israeli forces evacuated the house and prevented the people from reaching the area, said coordinator of the popular ....

Thousands of settlers storm village in Salfit

Date: 2019-05-01 08:27:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7923791

RAMALLAH, May 1 (MENA) - Thousands of settlers guarded by the Israeli army stormed on Wednesday Kifl Haris in the north of Salfit village in northern West Bank. Head of Kifl Haris municipality Abdel-Rahim Bozyeh said that the settlers stormed the ....

Palestinian fisherman injured, 2 detained in Gaza sea

Date: 2019-05-01 07:55:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7923800

GAZA CITY, May 1 (MENA) - Israeli forces injured a Palestinian fisherman on Wednesday and detained two others in northern Gaza Sea. The Israeli gunboats fired at the boats of the fishermen, Coordinator of Palestinian Fishermen Union in Gaza ....

Russia, Turkey should increase patrols in Syria’s Idlib - UN envoy

Date: 2019-05-01 07:35:40 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7923754

MOSCOW, May 1 (MENA) - Russia and Turkey should uphold the ceasefire and increase patrolling in Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone, Sputnik news agency quoted UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen as having said at a Security Council ....

Iran's economy on brink of collapse thanks to US sanctions: IMF

Date: 2019-04-30 21:09:41 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7923578

WASHINGTON, April 30 (MENA) - Iran's economy is on the brink thanks to the Trump administration's sanctions, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Iran is in a deep recession, with inflation at roughly 40 percent, marking the ....

Israel demolishes two houses in E. Jerusalem

Date: 2019-04-30 09:38:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7922341

RAMALLAH, April 30 (MENA) - Israel demolished two houses in Silwan town in the occupied East Jerusalem under the pretext that they are not licensed. Israeli forces attacked Palestinians who tried to hamper the houses' demolition, leaving some of ....

Rouhani: Iran will continue oil exports despite US pressure

Date: 2019-04-30 09:22:37 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7922281

TEHRAN, April 30 (MENA) - Iran will continue to export oil despite US pressure, President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech broadcast live on Iranian state TV on Tuesday. Rouhani added “America’s decision that Iran’s oil exports must reach zero is ....