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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 ....

Israel arrests 14 Palestinians in WB, occupied Jerusalem

Date: 2019-02-24 11:46:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7818836

RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Sunday 14 Palestinians during storming operations in various parts of the West Bank and the occupied Jerusalem. Palestinian sources said Awqaf council chairman Abdel Azim Sahlab and deputy ....

Israeli forces kill boy, injure 41 others on Gaza border

Date: 2019-02-22 19:55:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7816891

GAZA CITY, Feb 22 (MENA) - A Palestinian minor was killed and at least 41 others were injured as Israeli forces attacked weekly Great March of Return protests on the Gaza Strip-Israel border, the official news agency WAFA quoted the Palestinian ....

Israeli forces turn vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Old City into military barracks

Date: 2019-02-22 12:23:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7816191

RAMALLAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces turned the vicinity of Al Aqsa Mosque, Al Quds and the Old City and their surrounding areas into military barracks. Palestinian sources said Friday that Israeli forces also run security patrols ....

Israel conducts limited incursion into central Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-02-22 11:15:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7816189

GAZA CITY, Feb 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation vehicles on Friday morning conducted a limited incursion into east of Bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip. Four military bulldozers carried out dredging operations in the area, according to ....

Turkey orders 295 military personnel arrested over Gulen links

Date: 2019-02-22 09:52:15 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7816060

ANKARA, Feb 22 (MENA) - Turkey ordered the arrest of 295 serving military personnel on Friday, the prosecutor's office said, accusing them of links to the network of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara says orchestrated a 2016 ....