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  • John Bolton arrives in Israel on official visit

    Date: 2018-08-19 12:51:44 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7540260

    RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - US National Security Advisor John Bolton arrived in Israel Sunday on a two-day official visit. Bolton's visit is the first of its kind since assuming the duties of his post in March, US-funded Alhurra channel reported on ....

  • Palestinian foreign ministry vows to pursue legal action to end Israeli settlement activities

    Date: 2018-08-19 12:15:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7540174

    RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has vowed to use all legal measures aimed at ending the US-backed Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinian territories, protecting the Palestinian people and establishing their ....

  • Israeli forces storm Palestinian houses in Hebron

    Date: 2018-08-19 12:13:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7540130

    RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - Israeli forces have stormed the city of Hebron and searched a number of houses. The Israeli troops searched the house of Khalil al Rajbi in the old city and the house of Nader Suliman in Wadi al Aziz, Palestinian ....

  • 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 ....

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