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Netanyahu threatens to step up Gaza strikes if border riots don’t end

Date: 2018-10-14 11:32:06 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7620705

GAZA CITY, Oct 14 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday issued a scathing warning to Palestinian group Hamas, suggesting Israel could be on the brink of a wide-scale military offensive if violent riots on the Israel-Gaza ....

Over 100 Syrians returned home from Lebanon -- Russian center

Date: 2018-10-14 09:00:19 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7620381

MOSCOW, Oct 14 (MENA) - More than 100 refugees, including over 50 children, have returned to Syria from Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Settlement said on Sunday. "Over ....

Israel, Syria to reopen Golan crossing

Date: 2018-10-13 22:05:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7620116

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (MENA) - Israel, Syria and the United Nations have agreed to open the Quneitra crossing in the Golan Heights on Monday, Voice of America quoted US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley as saying. Haley said in a ....

Palestinian woman killed, husband injured after Israeli settlers attacked their vehicle in Nablus

Date: 2018-10-13 10:41:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7619243

RAMALLAH, Oct 13 (MENA) - A Palestinian woman was killed and her husband was injured after Israeli settlers attacked them near Zaatara checkpoint in southern Nablus. Israeli settlers attacked the vehicle of Aisha Rabi, 48, and her husband with ....

Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians, injure 252 at Gaza border

Date: 2018-10-12 19:40:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7618773

RAMALLAH, Oct 12 (MENA) - At least six Palestinians were killed and 252 others were injured on Friday as Israeli forces suppressed anew fresh Great March of Return protests at Gaza-Israel border. The troops fired live bullets and rubber-coated ....

Test supplies of electricity from Russia to Iran may start in 2019

Date: 2018-10-12 17:18:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7618720

MOSCOW, Oct 12 (MENA) - The first trial electricity supplies from Russia to Iran via the Russia-Azerbaijan-Iran energy corridor may start as early as 2019, Russia’s Energy Ministry said in a statement following the results of the first meeting of ....

Israeli forces kill six Palestinians, injure 112 along Gaza border- report

Date: 2018-10-12 17:17:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7618687

GAZA CITY, Oct 12 (MENA) - At least six Palestinians were killed and 112 others injured by live bullets or sustained suffocation from teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces continued to attack the ongoing Great March of Return protests ....

Israeli defense minister to approve 31 new settlement units in Hebron

Date: 2018-10-11 22:55:18 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:113 - ID:7617831

GAZA CITY, Oct 11 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced on Thursday that he intends to have the government approve on Sunday the construction of 31 new settlement units in the Hezekiah neighborhood of the West Bank city of ....

Turkey: Saudi-Turkish team to investigate Khashoggi case

Date: 2018-10-11 18:24:15 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:7617631

ANKARA, Oct 11 (MENA) - The Turkish presidential office said on Thursday that a joint Saudi-Turkish team will be formed to investigate the case of missing Saudi citizen and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Al Arabiya reported. Ibrahim Kalin, Turkish ....

Israeli forces wound Palestinian youth

Date: 2018-10-11 17:05:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:7617489

RAMALLAH, Oct 11 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was wounded on Thursday after Israeli forces shot him at Hawara military checkpoint in southern Nablus, Palestinian security sources said. WAFA news agency quoted the sources as saying that the ....