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Jewish settlers storm Aqsa Mosque under Israeli occupation protection

Date: 2018-10-28 11:32:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7642470

RAMALLAH, Oct 28 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers on Sunday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque precincts under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. Eyewitnesses said the Jewish settlers stormed the holy mosque from Bab el Maghreba gate and made ....

Palestinian death toll in Friday march rises to 7

Date: 2018-10-28 07:48:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7642091

GAZA CITY, Oct 28 (MENA) - A Palestinian succumbed to the wounds he sustained during the Friday March of Return protests, upping the number of Palestinian death toll of the march to seven. In a statement on Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry ....

Russia, France, Germany, Turkey call for 'lasting ceasefire' to Syrian war

Date: 2018-10-27 19:56:56 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7641874

ISTANBUL, Oct 27 (MENA) - Russian President Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron gathered in Istanbul for a four-way summit with Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a last-ditch bid to reach a political ....

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 ....