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UN envoy arrives in Sochi to attend talks on Syria

Date: 2018-07-30 06:38:15 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7510632

MOSCOW, July 30 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrived in Sochi, Russia, to take part in the 10th round of the Astana talks on Syria. Representatives of the three guarantor states - Russia, Turkey and Iran - will take ....

Israel intercepts ship trying to break Gaza blockade

Date: 2018-07-29 20:35:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7510516

GAZA STRIP, July 29 (MENA) – Israel's navy intercepted a ship carrying activists en route to Gaza in the latest attempt to break a blockade on strip, ABC News quoted the Israeli military as saying on Sunday. It said the passengers were notified ....

Egypt, AL warn of weakness of int'l community towards Palestinian cause

Date: 2018-07-29 14:03:18 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7509973

CAIRO, July 29 (MENA) - Egypt has asserted that the Palestinian cause is facing gross and crucial challenges in the aftermath of the stagnation of the Middle East peace process. Nevin Gamal El Din, head of Egypt's delegation to the 100th session ....

Palestinian president receives Ahed Tamimi

Date: 2018-07-29 13:25:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7509678

RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Sunday Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi, who was released earlier in the day after serving an eight-month for slapping and shoving Israeli soldiers outside her home in the West ....

Israel still detaining 60 Palestinian women

Date: 2018-07-29 11:22:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7509362

RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) - The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said Israeli authorities are still detaining 60 Palestinian women, including eight under-aged. In a statement on Sunday, the commission said Israel released earlier ....

8 Palestinians detained in occupied West Bank

Date: 2018-07-29 09:10:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7509304

RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) - Eight Palestinians were detained by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank at dawn of Sunday, said the Palestinian Prisoners Society. They were arrested in Ramallah, Bethlehem and Al Bireh, said the local ....

Israel bans up to 3,000 trucks from entering Gaza

Date: 2018-07-29 08:38:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7509303

GAZA CITY, July 29 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation authorities prevented the entry of up to 3,000 trucks loaded with various kinds of commodities into Gaza after almost full closure of Karam Abu Salem crossing for the 19th straight day, said head of ....

Israeli detention of pro-Palestinian Italian artists condemned

Date: 2018-07-29 08:03:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7509249

RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry decried on Sunday the Israeli arrest of three Italian artists for drawing a large mural of detailed Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi on Israel’s West Bank security barrier. "It is a form of ....

Soldier-slapper Ahed Tamimi, mother released from prison

Date: 2018-07-29 07:00:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7509136

RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) - Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi left prison early Sunday after serving an eight-month for slapping and shoving Israeli soldiers outside her home in the West Bank village of Nebi Saleh late last year, The Times of Israel ....

Two Palestinian youths killed in Israeli bombing

Date: 2018-07-29 06:26:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:7509134

GAZA CITY, July 29 (MENA) - Two youths were killed early Sunday in an Israeli air raid north of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Health Ministry in the enclave said. The bombing targeted a group of youths east of Jabalia. In a statement, the ....