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  • Israeli forces detain 12 Palestinians in WB

    Date: 2018-04-10 09:50:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7342148

    RAMALLAH, April 10 (MENA) - Twelve Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and Al Quds on Monday night and early on Tuesday. The Israeli forces detained two youths form Bayt Rima village, east of Ramallah along with ....

  • Abbas to urge full implementation of Arab peace initiative at Arab summit - official

    Date: 2018-04-10 09:39:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7342122

    ŮŚRAMALLAH, April 10 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will call during the Arab summit - due to be held in Saudi Arabia on Sunday - for full implementation of the Arab peace initiative, a member of the Fatah movement's Central Committee ....

  • Palestinian dies of wounds near al Quds

    Date: 2018-04-09 18:00:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7341638

    RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - A 30-year-old Palestinian was succumbed to his wounds after being shot by an Israeli settler near al Quds, local medical sources reported Monday. The Palestinian young man, identified as Mohamed Abdel Karim Marshoud, ....

  • Jordan condemns chemical attack on Syria's Douma

    Date: 2018-04-09 16:37:18 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7341618

    AMMAN, April 9 (MENA) - Jordan condemned Monday the chemical attack that took place in the city of Douma, Ghouta, eastern the Syrian capital Damascus, which left scores dead and injured, calling for an international investigation into the ....

  • Fatah deputy chief: US seeks turning Palestinian cause from political to humanitarian

    Date: 2018-04-09 16:35:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7341616

    RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - Deputy Head of Palestinian Fatah Movement Mahmoud al Aloul asserted that the US seeks to convert the Palestinian cause from a political issue to a humanitarian and economic one. This remark came as a comment on the ....

  • US officials confirm Israel hit Syria after suspected Ghouta chemical attack

    Date: 2018-04-09 14:32:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7341428

    WASHINGTON, April 9 (MENA) - Israel carried out air strikes against a Syrian air base early Monday morning and informed the U.S. in advance, two US officials told NBC News. The pre-dawn missile attack came hours after a deadly suspected poison ....

  • Lavrov urges Turkey to hand over Afrin region to Syrian gov't.

    Date: 2018-04-09 13:18:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7341080

    MOSCOW, April 9 (MENA) - Moscow hopes Turkey will return Afrin under the Syrian government control, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday in a press conference with his Tajik counterpart Sirodjidin Aslov. "Turkish President Recep ....

  • ICC statement paves way for launching official probe into Gaza incidents - Palestinian FM

    Date: 2018-04-09 13:01:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7341181

    RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki has considered the statements of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the crimes of Israel in Gaza Strip as a start to launching an official probe into ....

  • OPCW chief expresses grave concern about chemical attack in Syria

    Date: 2018-04-09 10:59:28 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7341017

    THE HAGUE, April 9 (MENA) - Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu expressed Monday his grave concern about the alleged chemical attack that targeted the Syrian town of Douma. The United ....

  • Israel declines to comment on involvement in Syria air base attack

    Date: 2018-04-09 08:56:29 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7340884

    MOSCOW, April 9 (MENA) - The Israeli army has refused to comment on the Russian Defense Ministry’s data about the strikes on the Syrian T-4 airbase, Sputnik news agency reported. The Russian Defense Ministry has stated two Israeli warplanes had ....

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