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Israeli forces demolish several Palestinian property in Hizma village

Date: 2018-06-25 08:46:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7458391

RAMALLAH, June 25 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces started to demolish several agricultural facilities and seedbeds in the main street in Hizma village, northeast of the occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of having no building ....

Al Nusra attack on pro-gov't settlements in South Syria repelled - Russian MoD

Date: 2018-06-25 08:00:24 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7458376

MOSCOW, June 25 (MENA) - Nusra Front terrorists carried out an attack targeting settlements that had joined government forces in the southern de-escalation zone, Sputnik quoted the Russian military as saying. According to the Russian Center for ....

Syrian sources: Clashes continue between regime, opposition forces in Daraa

Date: 2018-06-25 07:39:44 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7458342

DAMASCUS, June 25 (MENA) - Clashes continued between regime forces and opposition factions for the sixth straight day in the southwestern Syrian city of Daraa, Syrian sources said. Al Arabiya Al Hadath news channel quoted the sources as saying ....

3 Palestinians injured in Israeli airstrikes on eastern Gaza

Date: 2018-06-24 21:54:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:107 - ID:7458078

GAZA CITY, June 24 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes on Sunday attacked several positions in the Gaza Strip. In a brief statement, Spokesperson for the Health Ministry Ashraf al Qudra, said that three Palestinians were wounded in the Israeli airstrikes ....

Trump administration says will announce Mideast peace plan soon

Date: 2018-06-24 18:48:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:7458055

GAZA CITY, June 24 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump's senior adviser said the administration will soon present its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, with or without input from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, CBS News reported on Sunday. In ....

Assad slams chemical weapons accusations as pretext for foreign intervention

Date: 2018-06-24 15:10:08 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7457445

MOSCOW, June 24 (MENA) - Syria has not possessed chemical weapons since 2013 and any accusations that the Syrian army is using them are a pretext for an intervention by other countries, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview with Russian ....

13 Palestinian arrested in WB

Date: 2018-06-24 12:06:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7457030

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested late Saturday and early Sunday 13 Palestinians in the West Bank, mostly from Bethlehem. In a statement on Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said seven Palestinians were detained in Bethlehem ....

Palestine welcomes British stance towards Quds

Date: 2018-06-24 10:32:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7456991

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) - Palestine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed Britain's stance which asserts that Al Quds (East Jerusalem) is part and parcel of Palestine. The ministry praised Britain's insistence that a visit of ....

US is now replacing Israel in conflict with Palestinians - diplomat

Date: 2018-06-24 09:17:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7456831

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) - The US has moved from supporting Israel to replacing it in the conflict with Palestine, said Palestine's Ambassador to the UN Riyadh Mansour. Despite this transition in the US role, Mansour told MENA on Sunday that the ....

Washington tells FSA it won't intervene in offensive to regain opposition-held areas

Date: 2018-06-24 09:02:47 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7456845

WASHINGTON, June 24 (MENA) - The United States has told Syrian rebel factions they should not expect military support to help them resist a Russian-backed government offensive to regain opposition-held parts of Syria bordering Jordan and the ....