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Yemeni parliament urges UNSC to protect Palestinians

Date: 2018-11-16 08:22:16 GMT - Yemen - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7672450

ADEN, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Yemeni parliament has called on the United Nations Security Council and international organizations to intervene to stop the Zionist aggression on the Palestinian people, reported the Yemeni news agency on Friday. In a ....

Russia: US bombs Syrian town with banned white phosphorus munitions

Date: 2018-11-15 22:48:28 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:7672276

MOSCOW, Nov 15 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the US-led international coalition have recently hit the Syrian city of Deir Ezor with phophorus bombs. In statements carried by Russia Today, the Russian ....

After detaining mother of alleged Jerusalem attacker, Israeli police round up-remaining family members

Date: 2018-11-15 15:57:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7671404

RAMALLAH, Nov 15 (MENA) - After detaining early Thursday Ulfat Abu Jamal, mother of Abdul Rahman who allegedly stabbed two Israeli policemen in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday night, Israel police returned to the Abu Jamal house in Jabal ....

PLO urges donor countries to fulfill financial pledges to UNRWA

Date: 2018-11-15 14:27:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7671013

RAMALLAH, Nov 15 (MENA) - Head the department of refugees in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Ahmed Abu Holi urged donor countries to honor their pledges at a New York conference held on September 27 to financially help the cash-strapped ....

Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-11-15 12:21:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7671291

RAMALLAH, Nov 15 (MENA) - A number of settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque anew on Thursday under tight protection by Israeli police. Up to 35 settlers carried out provocative tours in the holy compound, said Palestinian sources. (MENA) Y Y E/D A E ....

Palestinian National Unity govt urges achieving reconciliation, ending division

Date: 2018-11-15 11:38:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7671012

RAMALLAH, Nov 15 (MENA) - The Palestinian National Unity Government urged achieving reconciliation and acting promptly to end the Palestinian division under the umbrella and leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The ....

WB committed to improving livelihood conditions for Palestinian people - official

Date: 2018-11-15 10:39:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7670857

RAMALLAH, Nov 15 (MENA) - World Bank Group Vice President for Middle East and North Africa Ferid Belhaj said that the bank is committed to supporting the national Palestinian Authority (PA) in order to improve the livelihood conditions of the ....

Israeli police raid Jerusalem home of alleged attacker, detain his mother

Date: 2018-11-15 09:11:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7670834

RAMALLAH, Nov 15 (MENA) - Israeli forces raided early Thursday the house of a Jerusalemite youth accused of attacking and stabbing police officers the night before. The Israeli forces stormed into the house of Abdul Rahman Ali Abu Jamal in Jabal ....

3 Peshmerga elements killed during Turkish raid on northern Iraq

Date: 2018-11-15 08:43:32 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7670798

BAGHDAD, Nov 15 (MENA) - Three elements of the Peshmerga military forces in Iraqi Kurdistan were killed in a Turkish raid targeting Duhok province, in the north of the country. The Turkish jets raided the province leaving three Peshmerga ....

2 Israeli policemen injured in stabbing attack in southern Al Quds

Date: 2018-11-15 07:23:01 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7670626

RAMALLAH, Nov 14 (MENA) - A Palestinian citizen and two Israeli policemen were wounded in a stabbing operation inside an Israeli police station in Jabel Mukaber in southern Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem). A Palestinian young man stabbed an ....