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Turkey announces end of offensive on Syria

Date: 2019-10-23 06:39:47 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8157052

ANKARA, Oct 23 (MENA) - Turkey announced on Wednesday an end to its offensive on northern Syria despite the end of the ceasefire agreed upon between Ankara and Washington. In a statement, the Turkish defense ministry said there is no need to ....

Israeli drone crashed along borders with Lebanon

Date: 2019-10-23 06:25:55 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8157047

GAZA CITY, Oct 23 (MENA) - Israeli army drone crashed in Lebanese territory near the Israel-Lebanon border on Wednesday morning, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. The Israeli army confirmed that a small surveillance drone fell on the ....

Putin, Erdogan start talks on Syria in Russia

Date: 2019-10-22 11:52:13 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8156065

MOSCOW, Oct 22 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday to discuss the situation in northern Syria, where Turkey has vowed to resume an offensive against Kurdish fighters, Naharnet ....

US unlikely to take military action against Turkey, Russian senator says

Date: 2019-10-22 09:59:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8155740

MOSCOW, Oct 22 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s statement about Washington’s readiness to take military action against Turkey is part of a dispute with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but in fact the US is unlikely to use ....

14 Palestinians detained in West Bank

Date: 2019-10-22 09:36:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8155725

RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - Israeli forces Tuesday detained 14 Palestinians, including two brothers, from various parts of the West Bank, WAFA reported quoting the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli ....

Israeli PM fails to form new government: JPost

Date: 2019-10-21 20:36:39 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:8155337

GAZA, Oct 21 (MENA) - Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu returned the mandate to form a government to President Reuven Rivlin on Monday, two nights before the deadline for him to build a coalition. Rivlin, who has received the message from ....

Lavrov: Russia supports Kuridsh-Syrian dialogue over northeastern Syria

Date: 2019-10-21 11:06:04 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8154231

MOSCOW, Oct 21 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that Russia strongly advocates resolving the current situation in northeastern Syria through dialogue between Damascus and the Kurdish forces, Spuntnik News Agency ....

7 Palestinians arrested in W.Bank, Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-10-21 10:48:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8154115

RAMALLAH, Oct 21 (MENA) - Seven Palestinians were arrested by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank and Al Aqsa Mosque. In a press release on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that two Palestinians were arrested in Qalqiliya and ....

Palestinian prisoner continues hunger strike for 100 days

Date: 2019-10-21 09:59:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8154113

RAMALLAH, Oct 21 (MENA) - Palestinian detainee Ahmad Ghannam, 42, has been on a hunger strike for 100 days demanding an end for his administrative detention in Israel without charge or trial, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said ....

Trump said to favor leaving few hundred troops in eastern Syria

Date: 2019-10-21 09:06:35 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8154065

WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (MENA) - President Donald Trump is leaning in favor of a new Pentagon plan to keep a small contingent of American troops in eastern Syria, perhaps numbering about 200, to combat Daesh and block the advance of Syrian government and ....