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  • Israel to build 251 new settlement housing units in Bethlehem

    Date: 2019-10-13 13:42:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8142874

    Ramaallah, Oct 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities announced on Sunday their plan to build 251 settlement units in Bethlehem saying they intend to confiscate dozens of dunums in the southern West Bank city. Israeli construction and ....

  • Putin: Saudi Arabia played key role in efforts to resolve Syria's crisis

    Date: 2019-10-13 13:13:12 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8142884

    MOSCOW, Oct 13 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Saudi Arabia’s role in formulating a political settlement in Syria. “I would like to emphasize the positive role Saudi Arabia has played in resolving the Syrian crisis … without ....

  • Vatican Pope urges dialogue to end Syria offensive

    Date: 2019-10-13 11:45:35 GMT - Vatican - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8142878

    VATICAN, Oct 13 (MENA) - Vatican Pope Francis has appealed for a new effort at dialogue after US forces pulled back from northeastern Syria, clearing the way for Turkey's offensive against Syrian Kurds there, abc news reported on Sunday. Francis ....

  • Kurdish-led SDF regain control over most of Ras al-Ain border city: SOHR

    Date: 2019-10-13 09:29:06 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8142499

    DAMASCUS, Oct 13 (MENA) - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have gained back control over most of the border city of Ras al-Ain, in a counterattack which killed 17 from Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces, the UK-based Syrian ....

  • Israel arrests 17 Palestinians in WB

    Date: 2019-10-13 09:23:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8142555

    RAMALLAH, Oct 13 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Sunday 17 Palestinians in various parts of the West Bank. Scores of youths suffered suffocation as Israeli forces fired tear-gas bombs during confrontations in Ramallah. Palestinian sources said ....

  • Trump defends Syria withdrawal, says US should protect its own borders first

    Date: 2019-10-13 09:17:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8142557

    WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to withdraw troops from north-eastern Syria, telling conservative Christian activists that the US should prioritise protecting its own borders, CNN reported. "Let ....

  • More than 130,000 people displaced by fighting in northeast Syria: UN

    Date: 2019-10-13 08:27:31 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8142486

    NEW YORK, Oct 13 (MENA) - More than 130,000 people have been displaced from rural areas around the northeast Syrian border towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain as a result of fighting between Turkish-led Syrian opposition forces and Kurdish-led Syrian ....

  • Israeli occupation forces raid several districts in Hebron

    Date: 2019-10-12 09:55:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8141374

    RAMALLAH, Oct 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Saturday attacked several neighborhoods in Hebron city and set up a military checkpoint at the northern entrance of the city. The occupation forces also raided a number of houses of ....

  • SOHR: 74 Kurdish-led forces killed in Turkish offensive

    Date: 2019-10-12 08:54:21 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8141304

    DAMASCUS, Oct 12 (MENA) - The death toll among Syrian Kurdish-led forces battling a Turkish offensive has risen to 74, most of whom have been killed in the Tel Abyad area since the assault began on Wednesday, Al Arabiya channel quoted the Syrian ....

  • Pentagon calls on Turkey to halt Syria offensive

    Date: 2019-10-11 21:25:52 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8141075

    WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (MENA) - The Pentagon has called on Turkey to halt its military offensive into Syria, warning of “serious consequences” if it does not comply. In a Thursday phone call with Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, ....

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