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Turkish prosecutors seek arrest of 300 military personnel

Date: 2018-05-11 10:04:15 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7394946

ANKARA, May 11 (MENA) - Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 300 military personnel suspected of links to a network led by a US -based cleric, whom Turkey says was behind a failed coup attempt in 2016. The warrants were issued ....

Palestinian official warns of Israeli escalation against Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-05-11 09:56:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7394811

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) - The Israeli aggression against al-Rahma cemetery, east of Al Aqsa Mosque represents a blatant violation against an Islamic graveyard, said Firas al-Debs, the media director in Jerusalem's Islamic Endowments ....

61 Palestinians injured during confrontations with Israeli forces in Nablus

Date: 2018-05-11 09:32:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7394947

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) - At least 61 Palestinians were injured earlier Friday in Nablus, northern West Bank, during confrontations with Israeli occupation forces that were guarding hundreds of extremist settlers who stormed Prophet Youssef's ....

Moscow will not transfer its embassy to Jerusalem

Date: 2018-05-11 09:30:55 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7394809

KUWAIT CITY, May 11 (MENA) - Moscow is not willing to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied East Jerusalem, Russian Ambassador to Kuwait Alexey V. Solomatin asserted. The Russian ambassador said that this file was not discussed during ....

FAO calls for increased responsible agriculture investment in Near East, North Africa Region

Date: 2018-05-10 14:09:09 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7393918

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - The Near East and North Africa (NENA) region is facing unprecedented challenges that are greatly affecting its countries’ capacity to sustainably increase food supplies and expand the contribution of the agricultural sector to ....

Israel attempts to marginalize Palestinian cause are bound to fail

Date: 2018-05-10 13:43:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7393429

RAMALLAH, May 10 (MENA) - Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates asserted on Thursday that attempts by Israeli Premier Benjamin Natanyahu to marginalize the Palestinian cause will eventually are bound to failure. Regional ....

Syrian army destroys Israeli missiles launched on military posts

Date: 2018-05-10 13:11:40 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7393728

DAMASCUS, May 10 (MENA) - The General Command of the Syrian Army said that the Air Defense managed with high efficiency to intercept and destroy Israeli missiles launched consecutively at dawn Thursday against a number of military posts in several ....

Syrian air-defense intercepts more than half of Israeli rockets: Russian MoD

Date: 2018-05-10 11:21:10 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7393290

MOSCOW, May 10 (MENA) - The Russian Ministry of Defense on Thursday announced that the Syrian air-defense systems had managed to show down more than half of the 60 air-to-surface rockets fired by 28 Israeli aircraft in a massive overnight strike in ....

Israel says informed Russia ahead of its strikes in Syria

Date: 2018-05-10 07:38:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7392930

GAZA CITY, May 10 (MENA) - An Israeli military spokesman said that Israel forewarned Russia of its strikes on multiple targets in Syria on Thursday, Ynet news reported. "The Russians were informed prior to our attack by the established mechanisms ....

Israeli gunboats attack Palestinian fishermen

Date: 2018-05-09 08:43:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7391170

GAZA CITY, May 9 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats attacked on Wednesday the boats of Palestinian fishermen off Rafah shores in southern the Gaza Strip. The fishermen had to hurry ashore after coming under Israeli fire, Palestinian sources said. None ....