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  • Israeli forces detain 16 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2018-09-16 09:39:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7577935

    RAMALLAH, Sept 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Sunday morning detained 16 Palestinians during wide-scale raids across the occupied West Bank. One Palestinian from Jerusalem, three from Hebron, two from Qalqilya and two from Nablus were ....

  • Abbas says Palestinian leadership to seek UN action

    Date: 2018-09-15 19:59:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7577593

    RAMALLAH, Sept 15 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that the leadership will seek action in the United Nations regarding the suffering of the Palestinian people, especially in the aftermath of the recent US and Israeli ....

  • Erdogan failed to rule Turkey, manage its economy: opposition leader

    Date: 2018-09-15 10:29:04 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7576653

    ANKARA, Sept 15 (MENA) – Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu said Ankara is suffering a very dangerous economic crisis, noting that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has failed to rule the country and manage ....

  • Germany says it is worried about closure of PLO's office in Washington

    Date: 2018-09-14 16:40:05 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7576282

    BERLIN, Sept 14 (MENA) - The German Foreign Ministry said that it is worried about the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s office in Washington. "Considering the current lack of communication we are seeing between the ....

  • Trump's envoy: We are ready to face Israel's criticism of ME peace plan

    Date: 2018-09-14 13:20:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7576043

    WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt said that the Trump's administration is prepared to face Israel's criticism of parts of the Middle East peace plan, Alhurra channel reported. "We’re ....

  • ICRC: Israel must abide by international humanitarian law

    Date: 2018-09-14 11:06:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7575730

    RAMALLAH, Sept 14 (MENA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it is deeply concerned by Israel's decision to demolish private houses and other structures in Khan al Ahmar village in Area C of the West Bank. "The planned ....

  • Palestine lauds European parl't rejection of Israeli decision to demolish a village

    Date: 2018-09-14 10:52:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7575559

    RAMALLAH, Sept 14 (MENA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs commended on Friday the European Parliament’s stance in rejection of the Israeli decision to demolish al Khan al Ahmar village in east of Al Quds. Palestinian Foreign Minister ....

  • Taliban attacks kill 13 security forces in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-09-13 17:36:50 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7575113

    KABUL, Sept 13 (MENA) – An Afghan official said Taliban attacks have killed at least 10 soldiers and three policemen, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Provincial council chief Farid Bakhtawar in Farah province said that Taliban fighters ....

  • 98 Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa

    Date: 2018-09-13 13:58:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7574653

    RAMALLAH, Sept 13 (MENA) - As many as 98 Israeli settlers and 25 soldiers stormed into Al Aqsa mosque from al Magharba gate on Thursday guarded by Israeli forces. A group of the settlers performed Talmudic rituals inside the mosque in spite of ....

  • Palestinian fishermen detained by the Israeli navy off northern Gaza shore

    Date: 2018-09-13 12:46:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7574377

    RAMALLAH, Sept 13 (MENA) - The Israeli navy detained on Thursday three Palestinian fishermen and seized their boat while fishing off northern Gaza shore, WAFA News Agency quoted a local source as saying. Zakaria Bakr, a fisherman, said that ....

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