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Syria to take part in 7th Conf. on Int'l Security - ministry

Date: 2018-04-03 09:32:32 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7330707

MOSCOW, April 3 (MENA) - The Russian Ministry of Defense said delegations from 95 states, including Syria will take part in the Seventh Conference on International Security, due to kick off in Moscow on April 4. The two-day conference will be ....

Imam shot dead in Arab village of Umm el-Fahm

Date: 2018-04-03 09:22:40 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7330703

GAZA CITY, April 3 (MENA) - Sheikh Abdal Jani Sa'ada, a resident of the Arab city Umm el Fahm, an Arab village just west of the West Bank, was killed on Tuesday morning at the entrance to the city mosque, The Jerusalem Post reported. Sa'ada, 45, ....

40,000 people returned to Syria's Ghouta

Date: 2018-04-03 08:10:07 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7330667

DAMASCUS, April 3 (MENA) - Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday that more than 40,000 civilians who had fled Syria's eastern Ghouta have returned, Interfax news agency reported. The government offensive on Ghouta has been one of the deadliest ....

11 Palestinians arrested in W.Bank, Al Quds

Date: 2018-04-03 07:23:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7330595

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - Eleven Palestinians were arrested on Tuesday by Israeli forces in different parts of the West Bank and Al Quds city. Palestinian sources said that two were arrested in Al Quds and nine in the West Bank cities of Salfit, ....

Palestinian youth killed by Israeli forces after crashing his car into bus stop near Ariel

Date: 2018-04-03 06:32:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7330553

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was shot dead on Tuesday by Israeli forces under the pretext of attempting to carry out a car-ramming attack near the West Bank settlement of Ariel. An Israeli soldier opened fire at the Palestinian ....

244 Jewish settlers storm Aqsa Mosque courtyards

Date: 2018-04-02 11:39:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7328843

RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Israeli settlers, guarded by police forces on Monday stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, on Monday. Jerusalemite sources reported that as many as 244 settlers stormed the mosque via Maghreba ....

Israeli settlers storm Sebastia archaeological site in West Bank

Date: 2018-04-02 10:37:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7328619

RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Monday into Sebastia archaeological site north Nablus, in northern the West Bank. Israeli forces pushed into the area at the crack of dawn announcing it a closed military zone for ....

Israeli forces arrest 8 Palestinians, including minors

Date: 2018-04-02 09:23:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7328514

RAMALLAH, April 2 (MENA) - Raiding a number of West Bank cities Monday at dawn, Israeli forces detained eight Palestinian citizens including children. Breaking into Aqraba town, southeast Nablus, the occupation troops handed over to the family of ....

Protest in Tel Aviv in solidarity with Gaza

Date: 2018-04-01 22:48:45 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:7328304

GAZA, April 1 (MENA) - Around 250 people protested in Tel Aviv in solidarity with Gaza following a bloody weekend in which 16 Palestinians were killed, Haartez newspaper reported on Sunday. The protest was titled "Create hope, stop the next war" ....

Handicapped Palestinian injured by Israeli fire

Date: 2018-04-01 15:23:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7327696

GAZA, April 1 (MENA) - A Palestinian boy with disability was seriously injured by a bullet fired by the Israeli occupation forces east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Five others were also wounded in different areas of the eastern ....