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Syria's southwest fully purged of terrorist hotbeds: Russia

Date: 2018-08-09 14:59:38 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7526410

MOSCOW, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday affirmed that terrorist hotbeds have been completely uprooted in Syria's southwest. In a press conference, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said "Terrorist hotbeds have ....

March in Gaza Saturday to condemn Israeli blockade

Date: 2018-08-09 13:55:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7526010

GAZA CITY, Aug 9 (MENA) - The national authority for breaking the Gaza blockade said Thursday that a march will kick off from Gaza port on Saturday to reject the 11-year-old blockade imposed on the Palestinian enclave. Bassam al Monasra, the ....

France regrets escalation of violence between Israel, Gaza

Date: 2018-08-09 13:19:44 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7526000

PARIS, Aug 9 (MENA) - France has expressed deep sorrow over the escalation of violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, urging both parties to exercise self-restraint. In a statement issued by the French Foreign Ministry of Thursday, France ....

Palestinian gov't calls for int'l intervention to stop Israeli aggression on Gaza

Date: 2018-08-09 11:38:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7525854

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) – Spokesman for the Palestinian Government Youssef al Mahmoud called on the international community to intervene to halt Israeli aggression on southern areas. In a statement released on Thursday, he blamed the Israeli ....

Arab League welcomes Colombia's recognition of Palestinian state

Date: 2018-08-09 11:30:07 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7525948

CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Arab League welcomed on Thursday Colombia's recognition of Palestine as an independent and sovereign state with East Jerusalem as its capital. The move makes Colombia the latest Latin American nation to recognize the ....

Ashrawi: US has no mandate to abrogate rights of Palestinian refugees

Date: 2018-08-09 10:21:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7525762

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) – Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi said that the US has no jurisdiction to disband the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) or to deprive ....

Israel renews shelling of Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-08-09 10:14:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7525689

GAZA CITY, Aug 9 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes renewed early Thursday the shelling of the Gaza Strip. Israel also fired a number of rockets at targets in Rafah city. Palestinian sources said no casualties were reported. In a statement on ....

PLO official urges world countries to reconsider their relations with Israel

Date: 2018-08-09 09:26:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7525612

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Secretary of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat on Thursday called on world countries to reconsider their bilateral relations with Israel. The PLO official asserted that as ....

Palestinian Awqaf min. urges mass Friday prayers at Ibrahimi Mosque

Date: 2018-08-09 09:01:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7525607

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Yousef Adeis urged Palestinians to flock to the Ibrahimi Mosque for a mass Friday prayer in order to protect the holy shrine from Israeli violations. In a statement on ....

3 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-08-09 08:50:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7525556

GAZA CITY, Aug 9 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were killed early Thursday and 12 others injured in Israeli shelling of various parts of the Gaza Strip. Gaza's Health Ministry identified those killed in the airstrikes as 30-year-old man Ali ....