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Syria summit: Putin arrives in Istanbul to join Merkel, Macron, Erdogan

Date: 2018-10-27 11:05:36 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7641155

ANKARA, Oct 27 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Istanbul on Saturday to take part in a quadrilateral summit on the Syrian settlement, Sputnik news agency reported. Putin will be joined by his international counterparts: French ....

Israeli warplanes launch new raids on Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-10-27 07:41:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7640859

GAZA CITY, Oct 27 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes launched Saturday morning raids anew on Gaza Strip resulting in destroying an under-construction building in central the city. The collapse of the four-storey building caused huge damage to the ....

Rockets fired from Gaza hit Israel -- reports

Date: 2018-10-26 21:12:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7640747

GAZA CITY, Oct 26 (MENA) - A barrage of 10-12 rockets was fired Friday from the Gaza Strip at Israel, the army was quoted by Yediot Ahronot as saying. The Iron Dome system intercepted several of them, said the military. Sirens blared across ....

Israeli forces kill 5 Palestinians at Gaza border

Date: 2018-10-26 16:21:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7640495

GAZA CITY, Oct 26 (MENA) - At least five Palestinians were killed and many others injured by live bullets or sustained suffocation from teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces continued attacked the Great March of Return protests at ....

Saudi Arabia supports all efforts to end Palestinian suffering

Date: 2018-10-25 18:39:39 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7639364

NEW YORK, Oct 25 (MENA) – The Deputy Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in New York Dr. Khalid Manzalawi said the magnitude of Israel’s violations and aggressive policies against Palestine have had serious ....

Innovation is 'key' to improving Arab world relations: Israeli PM

Date: 2018-10-25 18:28:18 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:7639362

GAZA CITY, Oct 25 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed Thursday the importance of developing technology in improving the relations with the Arab world and solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Yedioth Ahronoth ....

Israeli forces detain 15 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-10-25 15:46:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:7638132

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces have detained 15 Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank during night raids, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on Thursday. Among the 15 Palestinians, six were rounded up ....

Palestinians have right to have full sovereignty over their territories

Date: 2018-10-25 15:03:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7637980

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - Fatah movement asserted that the right of the Palestinians to have full sovereignty over their territories is inalienable . Fatah spokesman Osama al Qawasmi said on Thursday that Palestine will not accept incomplete ....

Palestinian students pass out after inhaling poisonous gas fired by Israeli forces

Date: 2018-10-25 14:23:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7638767

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinian students and teaching staff at a school in Hebron, in southern the West Bank passed out on Thursday after inhaling poisonous gas that was fired directly by the Israeli occupation forces at the school. ....

AL deplores Israeli assault on Jerusalem monastery monks

Date: 2018-10-25 14:17:13 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7638248

CAIRO, Oct 25 (MEN A) - Assistant Arab League Secretary General for the Occupied Palestinian and Arab Lands Saeed Abu Ali on Thursday strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces' suppression of a peaceful protest staged by monks of the ....