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UK extends aid worth sterling 38.5 million to Palestinian refugees

Date: 2018-06-26 10:45:53 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7460423

LONDON, June 26 (MENA) - The UK will extend aid worth sterling 38.5 million to support the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) to educate 500,000 children and provide health services for 3 million Palestinian refugees. The ....

Scores of Palestinians injured during clashes with Israeli forces

Date: 2018-06-26 06:57:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:7460060

RAMALLAH, June 26 (MENA) - Eighteen youths were injured and scores suffered suffocation during confrontations with Israeli forces. The clashes broke out after Israeli settlers stormed early Tuesday into Youssef tomb in eastern Nablus and ....

Two Israeli missiles land near Damascus International Airport

Date: 2018-06-26 06:42:48 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:7460077

WASHINGTON, June 26 (MENA) - Two Israeli missiles fell in the vicinity of Damascus international airport on Monday night, state-run Syrian media have reported without giving further details. The missiles hit an arms depot belonging to the ....

Palestinian president to receive Prince William Wednesday

Date: 2018-06-25 18:53:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7459574

RAMALLAH, June 25 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will receive on Wednesday Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, in Ramallah. During his historic visit to Palestine, the duke of Cambridge is set to meet with groups of refugees in ....

Israel detains 18 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-06-25 11:23:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7458699

RAMALLAH, June 25 (MENA) - Eighteen Palestinians from the West Bank were detained by Israeli forces at dawn Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said. Six Palestinians were detained from Jenin, five from Nablus, three from Tubas and two from ....

Israeli forces demolish several Palestinian property in Hizma village

Date: 2018-06-25 08:46:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7458391

RAMALLAH, June 25 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces started to demolish several agricultural facilities and seedbeds in the main street in Hizma village, northeast of the occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of having no building ....

Al Nusra attack on pro-gov't settlements in South Syria repelled - Russian MoD

Date: 2018-06-25 08:00:24 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7458376

MOSCOW, June 25 (MENA) - Nusra Front terrorists carried out an attack targeting settlements that had joined government forces in the southern de-escalation zone, Sputnik quoted the Russian military as saying. According to the Russian Center for ....

Syrian sources: Clashes continue between regime, opposition forces in Daraa

Date: 2018-06-25 07:39:44 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7458342

DAMASCUS, June 25 (MENA) - Clashes continued between regime forces and opposition factions for the sixth straight day in the southwestern Syrian city of Daraa, Syrian sources said. Al Arabiya Al Hadath news channel quoted the sources as saying ....

3 Palestinians injured in Israeli airstrikes on eastern Gaza

Date: 2018-06-24 21:54:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:107 - ID:7458078

GAZA CITY, June 24 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes on Sunday attacked several positions in the Gaza Strip. In a brief statement, Spokesperson for the Health Ministry Ashraf al Qudra, said that three Palestinians were wounded in the Israeli airstrikes ....

Trump administration says will announce Mideast peace plan soon

Date: 2018-06-24 18:48:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:7458055

GAZA CITY, June 24 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump's senior adviser said the administration will soon present its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, with or without input from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, CBS News reported on Sunday. In ....