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8 Daesh terrorists executed over 2017 attacks in Iran

Date: 2018-07-07 12:56:19 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7477521

TEHRAN, July 7 (MENA) - Eight members of Daesh terrorist group involved in deadly attacks on Iran's parliament and Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini had been sentenced to capital punishment. The executed Daesh terrorists had been convicted of taking ....

Palestinians protesting Israeli takeover of their land assaulted by soldiers

Date: 2018-07-07 11:34:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7477376

RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers assaulted on Saturday a number of Palestinians and foreigners who were protesting Israel’s takeover of Palestinian land in the Hebron-area village of Bani Naim, according to WAFA news agency. Soldiers ....

Al Aqsa Mosque guards stop Israeli attempts to damage Bab al-Rahmeh

Date: 2018-07-07 09:39:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7477121

RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - Al Aqsa Mosque guards were able to stop late Friday and early Saturday Israeli destruction works at Al Aqsa Mosque in the area of Bab al-Rahmeh. Waqf official Firas Dibs said the staff exposed what Israeli police were ....

Israeli forces kill Palestinian, injure 396 others at Gaza border

Date: 2018-07-06 19:18:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7476758

GAZA CITY, July 6 (MENA) – A Palestinian protester was killed and at least 396 others were injured as an Israeli artillery targeted protesters who gathered along the Gaza-Israel border on the 15th consecutive Friday of the Great March of Return non ....

Palestinian youth killed at Gaza borders

Date: 2018-07-06 17:58:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7476627

GAZA CITY, July 6 (MENA) - A young Palestinian was killed while 146 others wounded when Israeli forces clashed with peaceful protesters who were gathering at the Gaza-Israeli borders as part of the Great March of Return protests, the Palestinian ....

35 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces at Gaza border

Date: 2018-07-06 16:53:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7476547

GAZA CITY, July 6 (MENA) - At least 35 Palestinian protesters were injured by live bullets or suffocated from teargas bombs as Israeli forces continued to crack down on the Great March of Return protests at Gaza-Israel border, according to the ....

Inhumane to close border to refugees – Malaysian PM

Date: 2018-07-06 16:37:33 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7476549

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 (MENA) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Friday it was inhumane for some countries to close their borders to refugees, Bernama news agency reported. Referring to the issue of Syrian refugees, he said Malaysia ....

Turkey seeks to detain 271 military for alleged coup ties

Date: 2018-07-06 09:56:49 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7475845

ANKARA, July 6 (MENA) - Turkish authorities have issued detention warrants for 271 soldiers over their suspected links to a failed coup attempt in 2016, ABC News reported on Friday. Police Friday launched operations in Istanbul and in 47 ....

Israel's top court freezes demolition of Khan al-Ahmar

Date: 2018-07-05 21:50:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:116 - ID:7475560

RAMALLAH, July 5 (MENA) - Israeli supreme court ordered late on Thursday a pause on the demolition of the Palestinian Bedouin town of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media outlets reported. Israel has faced mounting international ....

UN calls for truce in southern Syria

Date: 2018-07-05 19:01:45 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:103 - ID:7475411

NEW YORK, July 5 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed for an immediate suspension of hostilities in southern Syria to allow the UN to deliver humanitarian aid from Jordan to conflict-hit areas, where an estimated 750,000 lives are ....