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Israeli forces detain 16 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2019-04-08 08:12:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7886850

RAMALLAH, April 8 (MENA) - Israeli forces at dawn Monday detained at least 16 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, Wafa news agency quoted local and security sources as saying. In Ramallah and al Bireh governorate, Israeli military ....

Jordan values Russia's pro-two state solution stance

Date: 2019-04-07 10:45:42 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7885344

AMMAN, April 7 (MENA) - Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman al Safady said on Sunday he highly values Russia's support towards the two-state solution a Palestinian and an Israeli in order to achieve permanent and comprehensive peace in the Middle ....

Israeli forces fire at Palestinian fishermen, farmers in Gaza

Date: 2019-04-07 10:31:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7885440

GAZA CITY, April 7 (MENA) - Israeli forces targeted Palestinian fishing vessels off Sudaniya areas coast in Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian sources said. Also, Israeli forces opened fire at farmers and shepherds in eastern Khan Younis, the ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry urges ICC probe into settlement crimes

Date: 2019-04-07 10:07:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7885254

RAMALLAH, April 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry urged the International Criminal Court to conduct an official investigation into the settlement crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry ....

Israeli forces fire teargas on Hebron school, students suffer suffocation

Date: 2019-04-07 09:19:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7885214

RAMALLAH, April 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Sunday fired dozens of teargas canisters into a school yard in Hebron city in the southern West Bank, leaving scores of students and teachers suffering suffocation. According to the school ....

2 killed in armed attack on Masyaf village in Hama countryside

Date: 2019-04-07 07:56:34 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7885129

DAMASCUS, April 7 (MENA) - Two people were killed and others injured when the armed factions targeted Masyaf village in Hama countryside, Syrian military source said. Some armed groups, deployed in Idlib countryside and a number of villages and ....

Israel approves hundreds of settlements in WB

Date: 2019-04-06 22:00:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7884967

RAMALLAH, April 6 (MENA) - A supreme council responsible for setting up Israeli settlements on Saturday approved the establishment of hundreds of settlements in Bethlehem's Beitar Illit, south of West Bank. The decision included building 770 ....

Israeli forces target fishermen in Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-04-06 11:05:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7884122

GAZA CITY, April 6 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats attacked on Saturday boats of Palestinian fishermen off the southern Gaza coast, using machine guns. Eyewitnesses said the Israeli navy has attacked a number of boats belonging to Palestinian fishermen ....

Iran evacuates more villages for fear of landslides after floods

Date: 2019-04-06 09:00:01 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7883907

TEHRAN, April 6 (MENA) - Iran moved on Saturday to evacuate more towns and villages threatened by floods after forecasts for more rains in the southwest of the country, state television reported, as the nationwide toll from the flooding reached ....

Iran floods death toll reaches 70

Date: 2019-04-06 07:49:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7883806

TEHRAN, April 6 (MENA) - Floods in Iran since March have killed 70 people, the head of the emergency services said on Friday, according to the official IRNA News Agency. "The floods also injured 791 persons of which 45 are still hospitalized," ....