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  • 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 ....

  • Israel fires at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores

    Date: 2018-04-09 06:54:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7340648

    GAZA CITY, April 9 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats fired at Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza shores. No one was hurt, Palestinian sources said, adding that the fishermen had to change their places after firing at them. (MENA) M H K/S R E ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2018-04-09 06:19:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7340646

    RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 12 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank at dawn of Monday, Palestinian sources said. Among the arrestees were three released Palestinian prisoners. The arrests took place in ....

  • First batch of Jaysh Al Islam militants leaves Duma

    Date: 2018-04-09 05:58:36 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7340628

    DAMASCUS, April 9 (MENA) - The first batch of Jaysh al Islam fighters and their families left the Syrian city of Duma towards the northern city of Jarabulus late on Sunday, the Syrian television reported. Meanwhile, Jaysh al Islam released ....

  • One Palestinian succumbs of wounds in Gaza

    Date: 2018-04-09 05:46:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:7340615

    GAZA CITY, April 9 (MENA) - A Palestinian succumbed to wounds he sustained during Earth Day violence on March 30, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said on Monday. The martyr, identified as Marwan Awad Qadieh, brings to 30 the number of ....

  • Pentagon denies reports of US airstrikes on Syrian regime airfield

    Date: 2018-04-09 05:20:54 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:7340597

    WASHINGTON, April 9 (MENA) - The Pentagon denied reports that the US military launched missile and air strikes targeting a Syrian government airfield. Syrian state television reported that several missiles struck the T-4 airfield in the city of ....

  • Missile attack on Syria's T4 military air base claims casualties

    Date: 2018-04-09 05:14:23 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7340591

    DAMASCUS, April 9 (MENA) - A missile attack on the T4 military air base in Eastern Homs Rif claimed casualties, a Syrian military source said. Syrian ground defenses intercepted the rockets and managed to shoot down many of them, he added. ....

  • OIC slams chemical attack on Eastern Ghouta

    Date: 2018-04-08 15:26:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7340095

    JEDDAH, April 8 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned on Sunday a chemical attack on Syria's Eastern Ghouta that left scores of people dead and injured. The attack contradicts with principles of humanity and rules of ....

  • Eastern Christian sects celebrate Easter in Palestine

    Date: 2018-04-08 13:20:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7339435

    RAMALLAH, April 8 (MENA) - Christian denominations in Palestine Sunday celebrated the Easter in conformity with the eastern calendar with masses and prayers held at all churches in Bethlehem. The Holy Light coming from East Jerusalem and its Old ....

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