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Int'l coalition working on eradicating last pocket of Daesh in eastern Euphrates

Date: 2018-08-19 11:20:15 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7540131

ABU DHABI, Aug 19 (MENA) - The US-led international coalition said it is working on eliminating the last pocket of Daesh militant group in eastern Euphrates in Syria. Daesh is still dangerous and the coalition will continue fighting the militant ....

Scores of Israeli settlers storm into Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-08-19 11:18:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7540072

RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Sunday guarded by Israeli police. Eyewitnesses said that Magharba gate was closed after 82 settlers and seven Israeli intelligence officers stormed into the ....

Israeli closes Beit Hanoun border crossing with Gaza

Date: 2018-08-19 09:50:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7539971

GAZA CITY, Aug 19 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities early Sunday morning shut down the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip, under the pretext that Palestinians were organizing a march near the northern border of the ....

Palestinian president: Popular resistance should be way forward

Date: 2018-08-18 15:26:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7539260

RAMALLAH, Aug 18 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said during the closing session of the 29th meeting of the Palestinian Central Council held on Friday in Ramallah and was aired on Palestine TV on Saturday that popular resistance should ....

7 PKK militants killed by Turkish army in northern Iraq

Date: 2018-08-18 14:12:14 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7539071

ANKARA, Aug 18 (MENA) - Turkey's air force killed at least seven Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq on Saturday, Turkish General Staff said. In a Tweet, the Turkish military said the terrorists were ....

PA warns of Israeli escalation in Al Quds

Date: 2018-08-17 22:18:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7538298

RAMALLAH, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian government warned on Friday of the Israeli escalation in Al Quds city especially Al Aqsa Mosque. The warning comes as Israeli troops closed the mosque and detained Palestinians in its vicinity and other ....

2 dead, 5 hurt in eastern Turkey shooting

Date: 2018-08-17 20:44:16 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7538229

ANKARA, Aug 17 (MENA) - An employee at the office of a local Muslim cleric in eastern Turkey has opened fire at his colleagues, before turning the gun on himself in a failed suicide attempt, ABC News reported Saturday. Two people were killed and ....

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians, injure 241 others at Gaza border

Date: 2018-08-17 18:52:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7538175

GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Two Palestinian young men were killed and 241 others were injured or suffered teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces continued to crack down Great March of Return protests at the Gaza-Israel border. The Israeli ....

Israeli troops injure 10 Palestinians in Gaza

Date: 2018-08-17 18:01:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7537895

GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Ten Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces in a cross-border shooting in the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to witnesses. The forces opened fire at dozens of Palestinian youths who approached the eastern borders ....

Israeli occupation forces wound dozens of Palestinians in Kafr Qaddum town

Date: 2018-08-17 17:02:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7538012

RAMALLAH, Aug 17 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinians suffered suffocation after inhaling teargas canisters fired at them by the Israeli occupation forces to disperse the weekly Great March of Return protests in the town of Kafr Qaddum, Qalqilya province ....