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  • 4 civilians killed in raids over Hasakah countryside

    Date: 2018-06-13 11:07:01 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7442508

    DAMASCUS, June 13 (MENA) - A new massacre carried out by the US-led international coalition left four civilians dead in Hasakah countryside, SANA reported. Local sources said one woman was injured in raids targeting Hardan village in Hasaka's ....

  • 8 Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli troops at refugee camp

    Date: 2018-06-13 10:35:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7442401

    RAMALLAH, June 13 (MENA) - At least eight Palestinians were injured Wednesday during clashes with Israeli occupation forces at al-Am'ari refugee camp in Ramallah with most of them suffering bullet wounds, according to the Palestine Red Crescent ....

  • OIC urges support for UN draft resolution on protecting Palestinians

    Date: 2018-06-11 22:04:58 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:7440518

    JEDDAH, June 11 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al-Othaimeen on Monday urged all countries to adopt a UN resolution to protect Palestinian civilians. The Islamic and Arab groups is scheduled ....

  • UN: Worse may still come in Syria, after airstrikes in Idlib

    Date: 2018-06-11 14:26:25 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7440020

    GENEVA, June 11 (MENA) - The UN humanitarian agency's top official for Syria is expressing concern about recent airstrikes in rebel-held Idlib province, warning that "we may have not seen the worst of the crisis" in Syria even after 7 years of ....

  • EU provides €15 million to support families in need in Palestine

    Date: 2018-06-11 11:46:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7439485

    RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - The European Union made a contribution of €15 million to the Palestinian Authority payment of social allowances to poor families in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It will contribute to payments made to around 65,839 ....

  • Israeli army conducts military exercises south Nablus

    Date: 2018-06-11 11:08:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7439417

    RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank town of Aqraba, south of Nablus, complained on Monday that Israeli army military training in their area has destroyed their crops, WAFA news agency reported on ....

  • Israel carries out limited incursion into central Gaza

    Date: 2018-06-11 10:38:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7439306

    GAZA CITY, June 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces conducted a limited incursion east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Monday morning, witnesses said. Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, were seen destroying farmers' ....

  • Israeli forces detain 11 Palestinians from West Bank, including journalist

    Date: 2018-06-11 10:07:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7439346

    RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Monday 11 Palestinians from several areas in the occupied West Bank, including a journalist, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). It said that the occupation forces detained ....

  • Sana: Terrorists set fire to planted lands in Quneitra

    Date: 2018-06-10 13:34:29 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7438175

    DAMASCUS, June 10 (MENA) - Terrorist groups set fire to dozens of dunams planted with trees and wheat in the area of Kroum al-Hamria and villages of Jabba in the northern countryside of Quneitra, Sana news agency reported Sunday. On Saturday ....

  • Assad denies Russia makes decisions for him

    Date: 2018-06-10 11:04:30 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7437814

    DAMASCUS, June 10 (MENA) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad denied that military ally Russia was making decisions for him, but said it was natural for there to be differences of opinion between allies, in an interview published on Sunday by state ....

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