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Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque to mark Hanukkah

Date: 2019-12-23 12:53:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8240675

RAMALLAH, Dec 23 (MENA) - As many as 86 Israeli settlers stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque amid tight security measures to celebrate the Hanukkah. The settlers stormed the mosque in three groups, said director of Al Aqsa Sheikh Omar al Kassawani ....

Abbas hopes Israeli occupation to end in 2020

Date: 2019-12-23 11:18:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8240642

RAMALLAH, Dec 23 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas voiced hope that Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories would end in 2020 and that an independent Palestinian state would be set up with East Jerusalem as its capital. Abbas, in ....

Syrian army clears new villages in Idleb countryside

Date: 2019-12-21 13:29:48 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8238475

DAMASCUS, Dec 21 (MENA) - The Syrian army said on Saturday that it restored three new villages as part of its military operation against militants in the southeastern countryside of Idleb, SANA reported. The army detailed that it cleared the ....

AL welcomes ICC's move to investigate Israeli war crimes in Palestinian territories

Date: 2019-12-21 10:43:20 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8238264

CAIRO, Dec 21 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) Saturday welcomed the International Criminal Court's decision to open investigation into alleged war crimes committed by the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories. Arab League's Assistant ....

Sweden sentences Iraqi man of spying for Iran

Date: 2019-12-20 12:52:33 GMT - Sweden - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8237498

STOCKHOLM, Dec 20 (MENA) - A Swedish court on Friday sentenced a 46-year-old Iraqi man to 2 1/2 years in prison on charges of spying for Iran by gathering information about Iranian refugees in Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands, ABC news ....

Israeli forces demolish house northern Bethlehem

Date: 2019-12-20 11:09:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8237315

RAMALLAH, Dec 20 (MENA) - Bulldozers of the Israeli occupation forces demolished an under-construction house and a fence in northern Bethlehem, south of the West Bank. The Israeli forces carried out the move under the pretext the house is being ....

Israeli settlers torch vehicles, scrawl hate graffiti in Qalqilya-district village

Date: 2019-12-20 10:53:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8237264

RAMALLAH, Dec 20 (MENA) - Israeli Jewish settlers at dawn Friday torched two Palestinian vehicles and scrawled hate graffiti in the latest spate of Israeli settler attacks in Far'ata village, located to the west of Qalqilya city, said a municipal ....

2 Syrian army personnel wounded in Idlib

Date: 2019-12-19 21:19:38 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:8236934

MOSCOW, Dec 19 (MENA) – Two personnel from the Syrian armed forces were wounded after militants targeted positions of the army in Idlib province, the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria reported Thursday. Head of the center Yury Borenkov ....

Erekat warns against impact of Israeli escalation in settlements

Date: 2019-12-19 19:23:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:8236603

RAMALLAH, Dec 19 (MENA) - Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Saeb Erekat warned of the risks of the Israeli escalation from imposing of settlement facts in the Palestinian territories, the Palestine News ....

German parliament passes measure urging government to outlaw Hezbollah activity

Date: 2019-12-19 19:10:26 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:8236884

BERLIN, Dec 19 (MENA) - The German parliament on Thursday passed a resolution calling on the government in Berlin to outlaw activities of the Iranian-backed, Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, Deutsch Welle reported. The nonbinding motion ....