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Russia to support Syria in its appeal to UN Security Council over coalition strike - Lavrov

Date: 2019-02-13 11:43:10 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7802678

MOSCOW, Feb 13 (MENA) - Russia will support Syria in its appeal to the UN Security Council on an air strike by the US-led coalition on Syria's Baguz, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday as quoted by Sputnik news agency. "As for ....

Syrian army destroys terrorist groups' fortified positions in Hama countryside

Date: 2019-02-13 10:39:48 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7802568

DAMASCUS, Feb 13 (MENA) - Syrian army units destroyed terrorists’ fortified positions and gatherings in Hama northern countryside and Idleb southern countryside in retaliation for their repeated breaches of the de-escalation zone agreement and their ....

Israel apprehends 8 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2019-02-13 10:35:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7802620

RAMALLAH, Feb 13 (MENA) - Israel arrested on Wednesday eight Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank. The occupation forces nabbed three Palestinians from Tubas, one from Jenin, three from Hebron and one from Ramallah, the Palestinian ....

Palestinian teen injured in Gaza protests succumbs to wounds

Date: 2019-02-12 19:20:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7802056

GAZA CITY, Feb 12 (MENA) - A Palestinian teenager succumbed to the wounds he sustained in a shooting by Israeli forces during the Great March of Return protests along the borderline area to the east of al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza ....

Israel detains 16 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2019-02-12 08:17:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7800694

RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (MENA) - Israeli forces have detained 16 Palestinians from across the West Bank. In Hebron, the Israeli forces stormed the house of former minister Issa al Jaabari and confiscated his money. They also stormed the house of ....

Israel occupation forces arrest 18 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2019-02-11 11:35:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7799221

RAMALLAH, Feb 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday arrested 18 Palestinians from different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, the Israeli troops detained Mahmoud Abdel Latif, 28, from the Old City of the occupied ....

Israeli forces demolish Palestinian house near Bethlehem

Date: 2019-02-11 08:49:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7798977

RAMALLAH, Feb 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian family house, northwest of Bethlehem, under the pretext that it was built without a permit. Palestinian sources said a five-member Palestinian family was living in the ....

Netanyahu to meet Pence, Pompeo at Polish Middle East summit

Date: 2019-02-10 16:23:09 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:103 - ID:7798425

GAZA CITY, Feb 10 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet US Vice President Mike Pence and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a Middle East conference in Warsaw later this week, The Times of Israel reported. “The first ....

Israeli settlers, army, attack school near Nablus

Date: 2019-02-10 13:59:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7797746

RAMALLAH, Feb 10 (MENA) - The school administration at Orif Secondary school, in the village of Orif, southwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, was forced to evacuate students after being attacked by Israeli settlers and army, said a local ....

Israeli forces apprehend 9 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2019-02-10 12:07:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7797755

RAMALLAH, Feb 10 (MENA) - Israeli forces last night and early Sunday detained nine Palestinians from various areas in the occupied West Bank (WB), according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), WAFA news agency reported. The PPS said in a ....