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Abbas, UN coordinator meet on national reconciliation, Gaza crisis

Date: 2018-07-01 21:22:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7468711

RAMALLAH, July 1 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday met with UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov in Ramallah. The meeting dealt with several files of common concern, including the ....

Russia, Israel mull situation in Syria

Date: 2018-07-01 20:41:30 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7468709

GAZA CITY, July 1 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu regarding the Iranian military presence in Syria, Ynet news reported on Sunday. Israel will act against any attempt by ....

Israeli aircraft fires missile at Palestinians east of Gaza

Date: 2018-07-01 20:10:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7468639

GAZA CITY, July 1 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces targeted on Sunday a group of youths in Shuja'ayya district in the east of Gaza city. According to eyewitnesses, an Israeli reconnaissance aircraft bombed a youth gathering with no reports on ....

Scores of settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2018-07-01 09:23:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7467862

RAMALLAH, July 1 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque on Sunday from el Magharba gate guarded by Israeli police. Eyewitnesses said 76 settlers conducted provocative tours in the mosque. (MENA) M H K/S R E ....

60 civilians killed in raids on Daraa

Date: 2018-07-01 07:21:59 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7467700

DAMASCUS, July 1 (MENA) - Sixty civilians were killed over the past 24 hours during a shelling launched by the Syrian and the Russian forces on Daraa on Sunday, medical sources said. In statements to Sky News, the medical sources said the dead ....

1 killed, another wounded in blast in Diyala province

Date: 2018-07-01 06:49:06 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7467708

BAGHDAD, July 1 (MENA) - One civilian was killed and another wounded in a blast in a road linking between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces on Sunday. The explosive device was planted on the road of Mubarak al Farhan village and went off while a ....

Embassy might be moved only after decision on Jerusalem - Russian diplomat

Date: 2018-06-30 21:32:32 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7467530

MOSCOW, June 30 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said Saturday his country's embassy in Israel might be shifted from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem only after Israel and Palestine have settled all issues, TASS reported. "You know ....

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians, injure 310 at Gaza border

Date: 2018-06-29 22:12:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7466343

GAZA CITY, June 29 (MENA) – Two Palestinians were killed and at least 310 others were injured, three of them seriously, on Friday after they were shot by live ammunition by Israeli soldiers who continued to attack the ongoing Great March of Return ....

35 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces at Gaza borders

Date: 2018-06-29 18:13:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7466077

GAZA CITY, June 29 (MENA) - At least 35 Palestinian protesters were injured on Friday after they were shot by live ammunition by Israeli soldiers who continued to attack the ongoing Great March of Return protests at Gaza’s eastern border, WAFA news ....

Pompeo: Iran's supreme leader bears blame for suffering in Yemen

Date: 2018-06-29 15:37:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7466046

WASHINGTON, June 29 (MENA) - Iran's support for the Houthi rebels has not only enabled attacks on the UAE and Saudi Arabia but also risks making making the humanitarian crisis in Yemen worse, The National cited US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as ....