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7 PKK militants killed by Turkish army in northern Iraq

Date: 2018-08-18 14:12:14 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7539071

ANKARA, Aug 18 (MENA) - Turkey's air force killed at least seven Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq on Saturday, Turkish General Staff said. In a Tweet, the Turkish military said the terrorists were ....

PA warns of Israeli escalation in Al Quds

Date: 2018-08-17 22:18:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7538298

RAMALLAH, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian government warned on Friday of the Israeli escalation in Al Quds city especially Al Aqsa Mosque. The warning comes as Israeli troops closed the mosque and detained Palestinians in its vicinity and other ....

2 dead, 5 hurt in eastern Turkey shooting

Date: 2018-08-17 20:44:16 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7538229

ANKARA, Aug 17 (MENA) - An employee at the office of a local Muslim cleric in eastern Turkey has opened fire at his colleagues, before turning the gun on himself in a failed suicide attempt, ABC News reported Saturday. Two people were killed and ....

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians, injure 241 others at Gaza border

Date: 2018-08-17 18:52:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7538175

GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Two Palestinian young men were killed and 241 others were injured or suffered teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces continued to crack down Great March of Return protests at the Gaza-Israel border. The Israeli ....

Israeli troops injure 10 Palestinians in Gaza

Date: 2018-08-17 18:01:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7537895

GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Ten Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces in a cross-border shooting in the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to witnesses. The forces opened fire at dozens of Palestinian youths who approached the eastern borders ....

Israeli occupation forces wound dozens of Palestinians in Kafr Qaddum town

Date: 2018-08-17 17:02:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7538012

RAMALLAH, Aug 17 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinians suffered suffocation after inhaling teargas canisters fired at them by the Israeli occupation forces to disperse the weekly Great March of Return protests in the town of Kafr Qaddum, Qalqilya province ....

Police question Netanyahu in 11th interrogation over graft probes

Date: 2018-08-17 15:34:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7537909

GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Police investigators rolled into the Prime Minister’s Residence Friday morning to interrogate Benjamin Netanyahu in the high-profile Bezeq graft probe, known as Case 4000, in what is expected to be his last questioning ....

Palestinians get ready for Great March of Return protest for 21st week

Date: 2018-08-17 09:27:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7537439

GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Palestinians finalized preparations to participate in the Great March of Return protests on Friday for the 21st week in a row. In a statement, the Higher National Commission for Great March of Return and Breaking of ....

Israeli authorities blockade Nablus entrances after hit-and-run incident

Date: 2018-08-16 21:11:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:7537194

RAMALLAH, Aug 16 (MENA) – The Israeli forces blocked Thursday night the entrances to Nablus, after an Israeli female settler was killed in a hit-and-run incident. The woman, 42, who was hit by a car in the Havat Gilad area on Thursday, was ....

Syrian reconstruction talks premature - Pompeo

Date: 2018-08-16 13:53:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7536501

WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed, during a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, that any discussions of reconstruction in Syria are premature without a political solution, the State ....