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  • Israeli troops attack farms, residents in Gaza Strip

    Date: 2019-02-03 09:20:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7786500

    GAZA CITY, Feb 3 (MENA) - Israeli troops opened fire Sunday toward farms and residents of Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources. No casualties were reported in the attack on the farms in Rafah, said the sources. Another Israeli attack ....

  • One killed, five injured in attack southeastern Iran

    Date: 2019-02-02 06:38:42 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7785111

    TEHRAN, Feb 2, (MENA) - Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) base in southeastern Iran announced Saturday that armed elements launched an attack on Basij base in Nikshahr that claimed the life of an IRGC staff and injured five more, according to ....

  • Russia welcomes Lebanese new govt lineup

    Date: 2019-02-01 14:48:40 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7784490

    MOSCOW, Feb 1 (MENA) - Moscow welcomes the agreement of Lebanese political forces to form a new government, and hopes to continue active dialogue with Beirut, TASS news agency quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Friday. "Moscow ....

  • Tehran did not address Moscow over S-400 purchase- amb.

    Date: 2019-02-01 14:43:09 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7784485

    MOSCOW, Feb 1 (MENA) - Iran has not contact Moscow in order to buy Russian S-400 air defense complexes, Russian Ambassador in Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan told Sputnik on Friday. "As far as I know, Iranian partners did not address us with such a ....

  • Russia did not receive NOTAM on safe air links with Syria - source

    Date: 2019-02-01 14:41:56 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7784622

    MOSCOW, Feb 1 (MENA) - Russian air traffic control services have not received a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) on the restoration of safe air links with Syria, an industry source told Sputnik. Earlier in the day, a source at Beirut International ....

  • USAID stops all assistance for Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza

    Date: 2019-02-01 12:16:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7784394

    RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - A US official said on Friday that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has ceased all assistance to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, Secretary General of the PLO ....

  • 11 Palestinians killed, 1,200 injured by Israeli forces in January - report

    Date: 2019-02-01 10:02:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7784150

    RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Eleven Palestinians were killed and 1,200 others injured by the Israeli occupation forces throughout January, an official report said on Friday. As well, 450 Palestinian citizens were arrested and 35 houses and buildings ....

  • Erekat: US aid to PA security forces to stop as of Friday

    Date: 2019-01-31 17:32:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7783608

    RAMALLAH, Jan 31 (MENA) - Secretary General of the PLO Executive Committee, Saeb Erekat, said on Thursday that US aid to the Palestinian security services will come to an end as of Friday, February 1, at the request of the Palestinian ....

  • Palestinian president says US support made Israel act “above the law”

    Date: 2019-01-31 15:58:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7783376

    RAMALLAH, Jan 31 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed that what encouraged Israel to act as a state above the law was the support of the US administration. During a joint press conference in Ramallah with visiting Maltese ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli accusations against Amnesty International

    Date: 2019-01-31 15:58:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7783384

    RAMALLAH, Jan 31 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli accusation against Amnesty International. In a statement on Thursday, the ministry lauded a report issued by Amnesty International saying that the tourism ....

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