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  • Israeli army rounds up 26 people in raids across West Bank

    Date: 2018-10-15 11:10:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7622237

    RAMALLAH, Oct 15 (MENA) - The Israeli army rounded up 26 Palestinians and foreign activists in raids across the West Bank during the night and early morning, WAFA quoted the Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) as saying. It said at least five people ....

  • Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in Salfit

    Date: 2018-10-15 10:38:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7622167

    RAMALLAH, Oct 15 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was killed on Monday by Israeli fire in Salfit city in the central West Bank. The Palestinian news agency quoted security sources as saying that the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at a ....

  • Syrian army raises flag on Quneitra crossing

    Date: 2018-10-15 08:40:59 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7621834

    DAMASCUS, Oct 15 (MENA) - The Syrian army on Monday raised the national flag over Quneitra crossing which is on borders with the occupied Golan Heights, Al Arabiya Al Hadath news channel reported. This falls within the framework of the ....

  • Over 170 refugees return to Syria from Lebanon over past 24 hours

    Date: 2018-10-15 08:34:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7621874

    MOSCOW, Oct 15 (MENA) - Over 170 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Settlement said on Monday. "Over the past day, 175 ....

  • SNC: Opposition ready to negotiate to reach political solution

    Date: 2018-10-15 07:00:52 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7621715

    DAMASCUS, Oct 15 (MENA) - Chairman of the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) Nasr al Hariri said the opposition is ready to engage in talks with the Russian side to reach a political solution. In statements to Al Arabiya news channel on Monday, ....

  • UN envoy slams Palestinian death caused by Israeli settlers

    Date: 2018-10-14 12:25:26 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7620817

    GAZA CITY, Oct 14 (MENA) - UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov condemned an incident that left a Palestinian woman dead on Friday, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. "I condemn this Friday’s attack in the ....

  • 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 ....

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