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Israel arrests two Palestinians during storming operation in Ramallah

Date: 2019-02-27 11:09:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7824479

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Wednesday Fatah Revolutionary Council member Zakaria Zubeidi and lawyer Tareq Barghouthi during a wide-scale storming operation in Ramallah. Israeli forces confiscated Barghouthi's car after he ....

Israeli occupation arrests 21 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2019-02-26 11:31:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7823042

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday arrested 21 Palestinians from the West Bank. A statement by the Palestinian Prisoner Club indicated that the occupation forces detained seven Palestinians from Nablus, five from ....

Israeli forces storm Gaza Strip areas

Date: 2019-02-26 10:37:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7822820

GAZA CITY, Feb 26 (MENA) - Israeli forces stormed on Tuesday lands owned by Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip area of Beit Hanoun. According to eyewitnesses, four Israeli bulldozers and a military vehicle advanced for tens of meters into ....

US Policy Towards Iran to Remain Unchanged Despite Zarif Resignation - Pompeo

Date: 2019-02-26 05:32:22 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:7822308

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a statement said that US policy towards Tehran will not change even if Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has resigned, Sputnik news agency reported. Zarif, who has been ....

Palestinian Awqaf Ministry slams Judaizing measures against Ibrahimi Mosque

Date: 2019-02-25 12:47:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7820609

RAMALLAH, Feb 25 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs stressed that the Ibrahimi Mosque is a Muslim property under the guardianship of the ministry. In a statement on Monday on the 25th anniversary of the Ibrahmi ....

Fatah lauds Egypt's support for Palestinian cause

Date: 2019-02-25 12:42:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7820634

RAMALLAH, Feb 25 (MENA) - Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Revolutionary Council Fayez Abu Eita extolled on Monday Egypt's real support for the Palestinian cause at the first Arab-European summit, currently in session in the Red Sea resort city of ....

Terrorist groups fire 7 rocket shells at Salhab town in Hama countryside

Date: 2019-02-25 11:53:46 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7820827

DAMASCUS, Feb 25 (MENA) - Terrorist groups on Monday targeted with 7 rocket shells Salhab town in Hama north-western countryside in a new violation of the de-escalation zone agreement, SANA reported. The terrorist groups positioned in the ....

Israeli gunboats opens fire at Palestinian fishermen

Date: 2019-02-25 10:11:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7820572

GAZA CITY, Feb 25 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats opened fire on Monday at Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Beit Lahia, in northern the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the gunboats targeted the fishermen boats sailing within the allowed boundaries ....

Daesh leader killed in Deir ez-Zor, Syrian sources

Date: 2019-02-25 07:36:39 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7820366

DAMASCUS, Feb 25 (MENA) - Prominent Daesh leader Ahmed al Obeid was killed in the eastern Deir ez-Zor region, said Syrian sources on Monday. Sky News channel quoted the sources as saying on Monday that the terrorist was shot dead in Albagoz ....

Israel decides to send away Salhab, Bkerat from Jerusalem for 7 days

Date: 2019-02-24 13:17:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7819069

RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) - The Commission of Detainees Affairs said Israeli police ordered Chairman of Awqaf Council in Jerusalem, Sheikh Abdul-Azim Salhab, and the Deputy Director of Awqaf in Jerusalem, Sheikh Najeh Bkerat, to stay away from ....