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PKK fighters kill 12 Turkish troops in Kurdistan

Date: 2018-04-07 15:59:21 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7338397

BAGHDAD, April 7 (MENA) - Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters killed on Saturday 12 Turkish soldiers in Sidekan district, north of Erbil in Iraq's Kurdistan, a new channel reported. The fighters stormed a Turkish base in Sidekan, leaving 10 ....

Palestinian FM denounces US blocking of UNSC statement on situation in Gaza

Date: 2018-04-07 12:09:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7337939

RAMALLAH, April 7 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounced US blocking of statement by the United Nations Security Council on the situation along the border of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Wafa news agency reported. In a statement, the ....

Shaath: Egypt only partner that can help achieve Palestinian reconciliation

Date: 2018-04-07 11:34:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7337809

RAMALLAH, April 7 (MENA) - Palestinian Presidential Adviser for Foreign Affairs Nabil Shaath stressed that Egypt is the only partner that can help achieve Palestinian reconciliation and national unity. Neither Russia nor China or the US are ....

Turkish forces advance into Iraqi Kurdistan region

Date: 2018-04-07 10:55:56 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7337727

BAGHDAD, April 7 (MENA) - Turkish forces have advanced into the Iraqi region of Kurdistan, for 25 kilometers, according to an Iraqi commander of Soran district of Erbil province. The Iraqi commander told Radio Sawa on Saturday that the Turkish ....

Erekat slams remarks of US envoy to UN about Israeli massacres in Gaza

Date: 2018-04-07 10:31:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7337583

RAMALLAH, April 7 (MENA) – Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Executive Committee Saeb Erekat condemned the continuity of what he described as the US-led campaign of incitement in defense of the Israeli occupation and ....

Iraq's Kurdistan: Two persons injured in Turkish shelling

Date: 2018-04-07 10:13:31 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7337654

BAGHDAD, April 7 (MENA) - Two persons were wounded in Turkish shelling of Soran city in Erbil governorate, a Kurdish official said on Saturday. Some 100 families have also been displaced from the city due to the Turkish continued bombardment, he ....

6 Turkish soldiers killed, wounded in blast in Syria's Afrin

Date: 2018-04-07 10:11:04 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7337627

DAMASCUS, April 7 (MENA) - Four Turkish soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a blast targeting their checkpoint in the northern Syrian city of Afrin, Al Arabiya channel reported quoting the media office of Kurdish People's Protection ....

Two Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli forces

Date: 2018-04-07 07:38:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7337543

GAZA CITY, April 7 (MENA) - Two Palestinian citizens, including a journalist, succumbed to their injuries on Saturday after being shot in Friday's clashes with Israeli forces in the east of the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll of Palestinian ....

UN chief follows Gaza protests 'with concern' - spokesman

Date: 2018-04-06 20:44:56 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7337318

NEW YORK, April 6 (MENA) - UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following the protests in Gaza "with concern" and is urging all parties to exercise maximum restraint and avoid confrontation, ABC News ....

Saudi air defense intercepts Houthi ballistic missile over Najran

Date: 2018-04-06 20:41:34 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7337327

RIYADH, April 6 (MENA) - The Saudi air defense has intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Houthi militias from Yemen over Najran, Al Arabiya reported on Friday. The Dubai-based television gave no details. Meantime, dozens of Houthi militants ....