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  • US should leave Syria – Assad

    Date: 2018-05-31 08:12:05 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7423984

    DAMASCUS, May 31 (MENA) – Syrian President Bashar al Assad has vowed to recapture the areas controlled by the Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), noting that the US has to learn the lesson from the invasion of Iraq and depart from ....

  • US denies reports on Syria’s Manbij-related deal with Turkey

    Date: 2018-05-31 06:54:09 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7423916

    WASHINGTON, May 31 (MENA) – The US State Department has dismissed reports on reaching a three-step deal with Turkey to withdraw the Washington-backed Syrian Kurdish YPG militia from Manbij, north Syria. US State Department spokeswoman Heather ....

  • 3 Syrian opposition members killed in car bombing in Daraa

    Date: 2018-05-31 06:50:03 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:7423927

    DAMASCUS, May 31 (MENA) - Three Syrian opposition members were killed in a booby-trapped car blast in a rural area between Daraa and Quneitra governorates on Thursday, Syrian opposition sources. The car exploded while approaching a checkpoint ....

  • Iraqi counter terror forces deny withdrawal from Kirkuk

    Date: 2018-05-30 19:09:19 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7423662

    BAGHDAD, May 30 (MENA) - The Iraqi Special Operations Command of the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) on Wednesday denied a withdrawal from Kirkuk in northern Iraq. Rumors circulated on social networks that CTS forces had been pulled out and the ....

  • Israel approves 2,070 new illegal settler units in occupied West Bank

    Date: 2018-05-30 19:00:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7423658

    RAMALLAH, May 30 (MENA) – Israeli authorities on Wednesday approved the construction of 2070 new housing units in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now said. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor ....

  • Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2018-05-30 10:41:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7422818

    RAMALLAH, May 30 (MENA) - Nearly 50 settlers on Wednesday broke into the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Maghreba Gate under strict protection by Israeli occupation forces. Settlers break into the mosque almost on daily basis under the full ....

  • Israel releases 14 Palestinians who were on board 'Freedom Flotilla'

    Date: 2018-05-30 07:25:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7422515

    GAZA CITY, May 30 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces released on Tuesday evening 14 Palestinians who were on board "Freedom Flotilla" that was intercepted and towed to the port of Ashdod by the Israeli navy. The vessel set sail from Gaza port to ....

  • Further rocket sirens sounded in southern Israel, Negev

    Date: 2018-05-29 20:49:46 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7422326

    GAZA CITY, May 29 (MENA) - Further rocket sirens were sounded in southern Israel on Tuesday, likely signaling a launch of projectiles from the Gaza Strip toward Israel. The siren's background is under investigation, The Jerusalem Post ....

  • 3 Israelis lightly injured from rocket shrapnel

    Date: 2018-05-29 18:56:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7422012

    GAZA CITY, May 29 (MENA) - Three Israelis are lightly injured by shrapnel from a rocket fired from Gaza into Israel this afternoon, The Times of Israel reported. According to reports, the men were in the Eshkol region, adjacent to the southern ....

  • Liberman: Every place where rocket is fired remains legitimate target for Israel

    Date: 2018-05-29 18:44:47 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:7422175

    GAZA CITY, May 29 (MENA) - Every place from which terror organizations fire on Israeli territory is a legitimate target for an Israel Air Force strike, with all that that implies, The Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman ....

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