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Palestinian premier off to Brussels for international donors’ meeting

Date: 2019-04-29 10:14:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7921126

RAMALLAH, April 29 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh heads to Brussels later Monday to attend a meeting for the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) of donor countries scheduled to start tomorrow. Foreign Minister Riyad Malki told Voice of ....

Israel fires at Palestinian farmers in Gaza

Date: 2019-04-29 09:15:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7921075

GAZA CITY, April 29 (MENA) - Israeli forces fired at Palestinian farmers in Al Shojayea area in east Gaza on Monday. None was harmed, eyewitnesses said. Since 2005, Israeli forces have been illegally redeployed outside the Gaza Strip imposing ....

Palestinian PM, Norwegian envoy mull donors’ conference agenda

Date: 2019-04-28 21:49:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7920868

RAMALLAH, April 28 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh discussed on Sunday with Norwegian envoy on the Middle East peace process Tor Veneland the agenda of an internatiinal donors’ conference, set to be held in Brussels by the end ....

Syrian army attacks terrorist groups in Idlib countryside

Date: 2019-04-28 10:11:12 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7919896

DAMASCUS, April 28 (MENA) - Units of the Syrian army have targeted sites of terrorists of Nusra Front and affiliated groups in the southern countryside of Idlib, the state news agency, SANA, reported on Sunday. In retaliation for repeated ....

Israel to release Syrian prisoners after return of Israeli soldier's body

Date: 2019-04-27 09:39:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7918477

GAZA CITY, April 27 (MENA) - A senior official confirmed Saturday that Israel will release two Syrian prisoners after the return earlier this month of the remains of an Israeli soldier lost in a 1982 battle, the Times of Israel reported. The ....

Israeli forces target Palestinian fishermen, farmers in Gaza Strip

Date: 2019-04-27 08:57:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7918413

GAZA CITY, April 27 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday opened fire heavily on Palestinian fishermen and farmers in the Gaza Strip. Israeli gunboats randomly fired at boats of Palestinian fishermen off the coasts of northwestern ....

EU missions in Jerusalem, Ramallah concerned over Israeli demolition of Palestinian property in East Jerusalem

Date: 2019-04-26 14:59:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7917706

RAMALLAH, April 26 (MENA) - The European Union Representative and EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah noted with grave concern the demolition by Israeli authorities of Palestinian property in the Wadi Yasul area of the Silwan neighborhood in East ....

Khamenei's net wealth worth dlrs 200 bln: Washington

Date: 2019-04-26 10:07:08 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7917302

BAGHDAD, April 26 (MENA) - The net wealth of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is estimated at 200 billion dollars, the US embassy in Baghdad said in a statement on Friday. It added that corruption wrecks havoc in Iran where many ....

21 Palestinians injured in confrontations with Israeli troops near Joseph's Tomb

Date: 2019-04-24 07:11:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7914009

RAMALLAH, April 24 (MENA) - At least 21 Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli troops near Balata Camp in the east of Nablus in the northern West Bank. The Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets during the ....

Israeli army demolishes home of slain Palestinian near Salfit

Date: 2019-04-24 06:52:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7913985

RAMALLAH, April 24 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers demolished on Wednesday dawn the family home of Omar Abu Laila in the az-Zawiya town, west of Salfit in the Central West Bank, the International Middle East Media Center reported. Media sources said ....