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SDF repel Turkish attack on northern Syrian silos - SOHR

Date: 2019-11-06 11:55:59 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8176653

DAMASCUS, Nov 6 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Wednesday the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) repelled a Turkish attack at Sharkarak cereal silos in northern Syria. In an attempt by the Turkish forces and their loyal ....

Syria, Kazakhstan in talks over bilateral relations

Date: 2019-11-06 08:18:39 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8176436

DAMASCUS, Nov 6 (MENA) - Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad received Kazakh Ambassador Kairat Lama Sharif. Talks tackled means to enhance bilateral relations in the cultural, economic, scientific and consular domains, SANA ....

Russia ready to assist Kurds-Damascus talks on SDF joining govt army - Deputy FM

Date: 2019-11-05 10:53:02 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8175012

MOSCOW, Nov 5 (MENA) - In late-October, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the complete withdrawal of troops from the Syrian-Turkish border, Sputnik reported. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said Tuesday that ....

Israeli forces injure Palestinian youth in north of West Bank

Date: 2019-11-05 09:45:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8174902

RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers opened fire on Tuesday at a Palestinian youth in the north of the West Bank injuring him in the leg, according to medical sources. The sources said the Israeli troops shot Ibrahim Ghanameh, 24, from ....

US building 2 new military bases in Deir ez-Zor

Date: 2019-11-05 08:59:06 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8174816

DAMASCUS, Nov 5 (MENA) - The US is building two new military bases in Syria's Deir ez-Zor. The military bases are being built in the 113th Brigade area and near al-Sur region, local sources said. An Additional 250 US soldiers, as well as ....

Israel to release hunger-striking Jordanian detainees by weekend

Date: 2019-11-04 22:52:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:8174574

RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) - A Jordanian citizen of Palestinian decent held by Israel without charges for over two months, ended her hunger strike after being informed that she would be released by the weekend. Israel and Jordan announced Monday they ....

Turkey continues its military buildup inside Syria's border area

Date: 2019-11-03 13:37:05 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8172210

DAMASCUS, Nov 3 (MENA) - Turkey has stepped up its military build up in rural border areas in Syria's Ras al Ain. According to Russia Today news channel, fortifications have been erected by the Turkish army in Syrian regions it has ....

Israeli forces raid school in Al Quds, detain student

Date: 2019-11-02 10:22:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8170967

RAMALLAH, Nov 2 (MENA) - Israeli police units raided on Saturday morning the Issawiyeh Secondary School for Boys in occupied East Jerusalem, WAFA news agency reported. Israeli police raided the school while the students were arriving to classes ....

Palestinian youth killed, three injured in Israeli shelling on Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-11-02 07:06:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8170770

GAZA CITY, Nov 2 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was killed and many others were injured at dawn Saturday in a shelling launched by Israeli warplanes on several areas in the Gaza Strip. Sites and property of the Palestinian citizens in the area ....

Washington: Iran remains world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism

Date: 2019-11-02 06:22:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8170735

WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (MENA) - Iran remains the world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism, according to a report released on Saturday by the US State Department. "The regime, often through its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, has spent ....