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  • Three Russian S-300PM battalion sets delivered to Syria free of charge - source

    Date: 2018-10-08 21:59:11 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7612692

    MOSCOW, Oct 8 (MENA) - Russia has donated to Syria three battalion sets of S-300PM missile systems of eight launchers each, a military diplomatic source told TASS on Monday. "On October 1, three battalion sets of S-300PM systems of eight ....

  • 52 settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2018-10-08 12:02:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7611348

    Al QUDS, Oct 8 (MENA) - Fifty-two Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Magharba gate on Monday guarded by Israeli forces. The settlers also conducted provocative tours in the surroundings of the mosque, WAFA news agency ....

  • 2 Palestinians injured in Israeli strike on Gaza

    Date: 2018-10-07 18:31:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7610686

    GAZA CITY, Oct 7 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were injured Sunday after an Israeli airstrike targeted southern Gaza Strip. WAFA reported that an Israeli drone launched a rocket on a group of Palestinians near the border fence, east of Rafah. The ....

  • Assad: Idlib agreement temporary measure

    Date: 2018-10-07 17:34:11 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7610696

    DAMASCUS, Oct 7 (MENA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed that Idlib agreement was just a temporarily measure, which served the interest of Syria, SANA reported on Sunday. “The position of the Syrian state is clear that this province and ....

  • Sara Netanyahu goes on trial over fraud charges

    Date: 2018-10-07 17:07:42 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7610609

    GAZA CITY, Oct 7 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, appeared in court on Sunday for the first hearing in the fraud trial against her, in which she is alleged to have misused state funds in ordering catered meals from ....

  • Russia says regrets Netanyahu-Abbas meeting not organized yet

    Date: 2018-10-07 08:37:21 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7609932

    ATHENS, Oct 7 (MENA) - Moscow regrets that the initiative regarding the meeting of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not been implemented yet because the Israeli side avoids dialogue, Russian ....

  • Israeli navy detains two fishermen off Gaza shore

    Date: 2018-10-06 09:47:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7608792

    GAZA CITY, Oct 6 (MENA) - Israeli navy ships detained two Gaza fishermen while sailing off the northwestern shores of Gaza, WAFA News Agency reported on Saturday. He said the navy ships opened their water hoses at several fishing boats in the ....

  • UNRWA concerned about statements made by Israeli mayor of Jerusalem

    Date: 2018-10-05 14:11:19 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7608048

    GENEVA, Oct 5 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) expressed its concern on Friday about recent statements made by the Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem on its operations and installations in the occupied East Jerusalem. UNRWA ....

  • Liberman warns Hamas: 'Holidays are over, take that into account '

    Date: 2018-10-05 10:44:27 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7607698

    GAZA CITY, Oct 5 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, on Friday morning warned Palestinian Hamas movement against escalating riots along the Gaza border, The Jerusalem Post reported. "We passed the month of Tishrei exactly as we ....

  • Israeli settlers harass villagers near Nablus as olive harvest begins

    Date: 2018-10-05 10:02:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7607678

    RAMALLAH, Oct 5 (MENA) - As Palestinians embark on picking their olives, a main income-generating season for thousands of Palestinian families, Israeli settlers harassed on Friday Palestinian villagers harvesting olives in the village of Sebastia, ....

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