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  • Netanyahu confirms Israeli weekend strike on Iranian weapons caches in Syria

    Date: 2019-01-13 13:28:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7754985

    GAZA CITY, Jan 13 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday confirmed that Israel conducted an airstrike against Iranian targets in Syria over the weekend, which he said destroyed a number of weapons caches in the Damascus ....

  • Israeli forces demolish agricultural structures near Al Quds

    Date: 2019-01-13 10:08:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7754471

    RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - Israeli bulldozers on Sunday demolished an animal barn and other agricultural structures in the village of Beit Iksa, northwest of Al Quds, WAFA quoted local sources as saying. Bilbal al-Mashni, member of Beit Iksa ....

  • Israeli jets strike several targets in Gaza

    Date: 2019-01-12 22:44:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7754163

    GAZA CITY, Jan 12 (MENA) - Israeli aircraft struck several facilities and posts in the Gaza Strip late Saturday night. Israeli army artillery stationed on the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel also fired several shells at posts close ....

  • Pentagon: US is withdrawing troops from Syria

    Date: 2019-01-12 13:08:36 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7753472

    WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (MENA) - The US said that it is implementing the orderly withdrawal of forces from northeast Syria that are involved in the fight against the Daesh terrorist group, the Voice of America reported. Pentagon spokesman Commander ....

  • Palestinian families face eviction from their homes in East Jerusalem

    Date: 2019-01-12 09:28:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7753109

    RAMALLAH, Jan 12 (MENA) - The Israeli authority’s Law Enforcement Department has handed an order to the Sabbagh family in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah to evacuate a building it owns, and where five Palestinian families live, by ....

  • Syria air defences intercepted 'hostile targets' -- local media

    Date: 2019-01-11 22:39:30 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7752945

    DAMASCUS, Jan 11 (MENA) - Explosions have been heard over Damascus, apparently in an Israeli shelling, according to local media. "Syrian air defences intercepted hostile targets and shot down a number of them," said the state news agency ....

  • Arab Israeli jailed for 11 years over charges of plotting to assassinate Netanyahu

    Date: 2019-01-10 21:37:25 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7751687

    GAZA CITY, Jan 10 (MENA) - An East Jerusalem man suspected of planning to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat last year was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison, Times of Israel ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams int'l silence over Israel's opening of "Apartheid Road"

    Date: 2019-01-10 09:55:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7750537

    RAMALLAH, Jan 10 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry lashed out at the international community for turning a blind eye to Israel's opening of the new Jerusalem ‘Apartheid Road’ which separates Palestinians and Jewish settlers. In a ....

  • Israeli forces detain 11 Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2019-01-09 12:32:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7749247

    RAMALLAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - Israeli forces carried out multiple overnight raids across the West Bank and detained 11 Palestinians, said the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS). Israeli forces detained five Palestinians, including four teens, aged ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns failure of int'l community to assume responsibilities towards Palestinians

    Date: 2019-01-09 12:06:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7749202

    RAMALLAH, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the international community's failure to assume its political and legal responsibilities towards the Palestinian people contributes to emboldening the apartheid regime ....

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