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Abbas urges immediate int'l action to stop escalation in Gaza

Date: 2018-07-20 21:04:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7497934

RAMALLAH, July 20 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency has called upon the international community to immediately intervene to stop Israel’s military escalation against the Gaza Strip. In a statement on Friday, the presidency said President ....

4 killed, others injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza

Date: 2018-07-20 18:58:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7497915

GAZA, July 20 (MENA) - At least, four Palestinians were killed and others injured when in Israeli air and artillery attacks that hit multiple locations near the Gaza-Israel border. Israeli warplanes targeted a site in Zeitoun district in ....

2 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza

Date: 2018-07-20 17:34:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7497764

GAZA CITY, July 20 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were killed Friday when the Israeli artillery bombed Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip. Also, the Israeli artillery struck multiple locations of the Palestinian resistance factions near the Gaza-Israel ....

Israeli occupation forces wound 2 Palestinians at Gaza border

Date: 2018-07-20 15:02:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7497605

GAZA CITY, July 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces fired live rounds at young Palestinians participating in the Great March of Return protests along the Gaza border, leaving two wounded. Hundreds of Palestinians took part in the weekly ....

UN calls for safe passage for 140,000 trapped in southwest Syria

Date: 2018-07-20 12:03:42 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7497400

GENEVA, July 20 (MENA) - The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) appealed to all sides in Syria on Friday to provide safe passage for 140,000 civilians displaced by fighting in the southwest so that they can receive aid and shelter. Speaking at ....

Azhar denounces Jewish Nation-State law

Date: 2018-07-20 09:58:02 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7497065

CAIRO, July 20 (MENA) - Al Azhar strongly condemned on Friday the approval of the Jewish Nation-State Law, deeming it a move that highlights racism and exposes the true face of Israeli occupation. "Such move represents a new chapter in the ....

Turkish court rejects request to extradite Australian Daesh terrorist

Date: 2018-07-20 07:16:31 GMT - Australia - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7496822

CANBERRA, July 20 (MENA) - A Turkish court has rejected Australia's request to extradite notorious Islamic State terrorist Neil Prakash in a shock ruling overnight that could see him released from jail unless Turkey decides to prosecute ....

President Abbas: Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Palestine

Date: 2018-07-19 21:41:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:104 - ID:7496698

RAMALLAH, July 19 (MENA) - President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed on Thursday in response to the newly enacted Jewish nation-state law passed by the Israeli Knesset -- that the city of Jerusalem shall be the everlasting capital of the State of Palestine, ....

Palestinian FM: "Jewish Nation State" law proves truth about Israel's democracy

Date: 2018-07-19 19:19:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7495727

RAMALLAH, July 19 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Malki stressed that passing the "Jewish Nation State' law by the Knesset proves the falsehood of all Israel’s claims of being a democracy. This law is meant to underpin Israel's ....

Syrian army liberates two villages in Daraa countryside

Date: 2018-07-19 15:51:09 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7496325

DAMASCUS, July 19 (MENA) - Units of the Syrian army liberated on Thursday the villages of Kherbit al Tair and al Sheikh Saad in the countryside of Daraa. A military source told SANA that army units liberated the two villages after heavy clashes ....