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  • 3,000 militants exit eastern Ghouta

    Date: 2018-04-01 15:17:29 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7327831

    MOSCOW, April 1 (MENA) - The Russian Ministry of Defense said Sunday that about 3,000 militants accompanied by their families exited the Syrian city of Eastern Ghouta through Al Wafedin crossing, according to Russia Today. Earlier in the day, the ....

  • Pope, after Gaza violence, says 'defenseless' being killed in Holy Land

    Date: 2018-04-01 15:11:38 GMT - Vatican - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7327835

    VATICAN CITY, April 1 (MENA) - Pope Francis, in his Easter address on Sunday, called for peace in the Holy Land two days after 15 Palestinians were killed on the Israeli-Gaza border, saying the conflict there “does not spare the defenseless,” ....

  • Palestinian amb. calls for extra-ordinary AL meeting following Israeli crimes in Gaza

    Date: 2018-04-01 14:00:04 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7327501

    CAIRO, April 1 (MENA) - Palestinian permanent representative at the Arab League Diyab al Loh has called for an extra-ordinary meeting of the AL Council to discuss Israeli atrocities against peaceful Palestinian protesters. Israel had used force ....

  • Palestinian govt urges UN moves to end repeated Israeli storming of Aqsa mosque

    Date: 2018-04-01 12:57:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7327166

    RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Palestinian government Youssef Mahmoud called on Sunday on the UN and Arab countries to put an end to repeated Israeli storming of Al Aqsa mosque. In a press release, the spokesman said the Israeli ....

  • Three Palestinians injured at Gaza border

    Date: 2018-04-01 12:05:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7327201

    GAZA CITY, April 1 (MENA) - Three Palestinians have been shot and injured by Israeli forces at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip during the third day of the "March of Return" organized to commemorate the Palestinian Land Day. Two of the ....

  • US blocks again UNSC statement on Gaza

    Date: 2018-04-01 11:46:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7327164

    RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat accused the US of blocking a UN Security Council statement on the latest Gaza incidents. In a closed-door session held at the request of Kuwait to ....

  • Israel's Iron Dome systems deployed in settlements

    Date: 2018-04-01 10:11:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7326850

    RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Israel's Iron Dome systems were deployed in settlements for fear of firing rockets from the Gaza Strip. Israel has announced that all areas adjacent to the Gaza Strip borders are closed military zones. The ....

  • Israel prevented prayer calls from Ibrahimi Mosque over 52 times in March -- minister

    Date: 2018-04-01 08:50:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7326860

    RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - Prayer calls were prevented by Israeli authorities from the Ibrahimi Mosque over 52 times in March under the pretext that they are annoying to settlers, Palestinian Awqaf Minister Yousef Adeis said on Sunday. In a press ....

  • Palestinian Health Ministry: 52 martyrs, 9,000 injured since Trump's decision on Jerusalem

    Date: 2018-04-01 08:43:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7326862

    RAMALLAH, April 1 (MENA) - More than 100 citizens were hit by Israeli bullets or suffered suffocation during demonstrations for the second day to mark the Land Day (an annual day of commemoration for Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976) ....

  • Arab-Israeli High Committee calls for protests aftermath clashes in Gaza

    Date: 2018-03-31 22:37:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7326609

    GAZA CITY, March 31 (MENA) - Arab-Israeli High Committee called for widespread protests within Israel after Israeli security forces used snipers to control a 30,000-person protest near the border fence on Friday, the Jerusalem Post reported ....

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