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  • Israeli forces arrest 10 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2019-02-06 11:21:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7791604

    RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested ten Palestinians in different places of the West Bank at dawn on Wednesday, Palestinian sources said. Arrests took place in Tulkarm, Bethlehem, Jenin, Hebron and Nablus. Meanwhile, Israeli ....

  • Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2019-02-06 10:28:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7791417

    RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (MENA) - Groups of hard-line settlers, heavily protected by Israeli police forces, broke into Al Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday from Bab el Magharba. Eyewitnesses said the settlers performed Talmudic prayers in the mosque's yards while ....

  • Israel detains 33 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2019-02-05 12:11:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7789952

    RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces Tuesday arrested the mother of two alleged Palestinian attackers along with 32 other Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, WAFA quoted the Palestine Prisoners' Club (PPC) as ....

  • Palestinian envoy: UNSC to hold closed session on Israel's expulsion of TIPH Wednesday

    Date: 2019-02-04 07:30:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7787845

    RAMALLAH, Feb 3 (MENA) - Palestinian ِِِِ ِAmbassador at the United Nations Ambassador Riyad Mansour said the UN Security Council will hold on Wednesday an in-camera session on Israel's expulsion of the international task force monitoring the West ....

  • Disabled Palestinian beaten, detained in western Bethlehem

    Date: 2019-02-03 17:25:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7787273

    RAMALLAH, Feb 3 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained on Sunday a disabled Palestinian after beating him in western Bethlehem. In statements, Deputy Mayor of Nahalin Hani Fannun said that Ibrahim Ali Fannun, who has an amputated leg, attempted to ....

  • Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under police protection

    Date: 2019-02-03 11:10:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7786686

    RAMALLAH, Feb 3 (MENA) - Protected by Israeli police, dozens of extremist Jews stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Magharebah Gate Sunday. Eyewitnesses said 85 settlers and 26 students of Talmudic institutes toured the mosque and listened to lessons ....

  • Israeli troops attack farms, residents in Gaza Strip

    Date: 2019-02-03 09:20:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7786500

    GAZA CITY, Feb 3 (MENA) - Israeli troops opened fire Sunday toward farms and residents of Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources. No casualties were reported in the attack on the farms in Rafah, said the sources. Another Israeli attack ....

  • One killed, five injured in attack southeastern Iran

    Date: 2019-02-02 06:38:42 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7785111

    TEHRAN, Feb 2, (MENA) - Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) base in southeastern Iran announced Saturday that armed elements launched an attack on Basij base in Nikshahr that claimed the life of an IRGC staff and injured five more, according to ....

  • Russia welcomes Lebanese new govt lineup

    Date: 2019-02-01 14:48:40 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7784490

    MOSCOW, Feb 1 (MENA) - Moscow welcomes the agreement of Lebanese political forces to form a new government, and hopes to continue active dialogue with Beirut, TASS news agency quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Friday. "Moscow ....

  • Tehran did not address Moscow over S-400 purchase- amb.

    Date: 2019-02-01 14:43:09 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7784485

    MOSCOW, Feb 1 (MENA) - Iran has not contact Moscow in order to buy Russian S-400 air defense complexes, Russian Ambassador in Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan told Sputnik on Friday. "As far as I know, Iranian partners did not address us with such a ....

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