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  • Scores of Palestinians suffer suffocation as Israeli forces fire tear gas on WB march

    Date: 2019-11-01 16:50:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8170415

    RAMALLAH, Nov 1 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinians and foreign activists suffered suffocation from tear gas canisters fired by Israeli occupation forces on an anti-settlement march in Kafr Qaddum village, north of the West Bank (WB), Palestinian ....

  • 59 Palestinians injured at Gaza borders

    Date: 2019-11-01 15:46:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8170377

    GAZA CITY, Nov 1 (MENA) - As many as 59 Palestinians were injured on Friday when Israeli soldiers stationed on the border with the Gaza Strip opened fire at thousands of participants in the weekly March of Return peaceful protests, the Palestinian ....

  • US targets Iran construction sector with new sanctions

    Date: 2019-11-01 08:13:09 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8169788

    WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (MENA) - The United States extended its sanctions on Iran by taking aim at its construction sector, which Washington linked to the country's Revolutionary Guards, France 24 channel reported on Friday. The sanctions would also ....

  • Israeli occupation forces shell two outposts for Palestinian resistance in Gaza

    Date: 2019-10-31 20:48:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8169601

    GAZA CITY, Oct 31 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes and tanks on Thursday shelled two outposts for the Palestinian resistance in northern Gaza Strip, with no casualties reported. Spokesman for the Israeli army said the shelling comes in response to ....

  • Israel to bury withheld bodies of Palestinian martyrs in cemetery of numbers

    Date: 2019-10-31 20:26:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:8169592

    RAMALLAH, Oct 31 (MENA) - Israeli Prosecution on Thursday informed attorney of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Mohammad Mahmoud, that they intend to bury the withheld bodies of martyrs Mesbah Abu Sbeih and Fadi Qanbar in what ....

  • Arab Parliament supports Palestinian president's invitation for elections

    Date: 2019-10-31 15:08:33 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8169107

    CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) – The Arab Parliament (AP) expressed its support for the Palestinian president's invitation to hold election, as being a key factor to end internal Palestinian division and strengthen national unity, within the Palestinian ....

  • Syrian Constitutional Committee members arrive at UN premises to start work

    Date: 2019-10-31 14:38:57 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8168900

    GENEVA, Oct 31 (MENA) - Members of the Syrian Constitutional Committee have arrived at the UN headquarters in Geneva to practically launch the first round of their meetings. The 150-member committee groups delegates representing the government, ....

  • Palestinian elections important for ending division: Abul Gheit

    Date: 2019-10-31 13:58:26 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8168965

    CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit asserted the importance of the Palestinian elections to end the 13-year-old division. This came during Abul Gheit's meeting on Thursday with Member of the Palestine Liberation ....

  • SOHR: 25 killed, injured in Aleppo market explosion

    Date: 2019-10-31 12:25:33 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8168451

    LONDON, Oct 31 (MENA) - At least 15 people were killed and 10 others variously injured when a booby trapped car went off in a market in northern Aleppo countryside, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The blast, which ....

  • US Middle East envoy says Washington to unveil peace plan ‘at the right time’

    Date: 2019-10-31 07:18:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8168345

    WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East said Washington’s peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians would be unveiled at a later time given the delay in the Israeli government’s coalition formation ....

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