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  • Syrian army advances towards several axes in Eastern Ghouta

    Date: 2018-03-10 12:51:44 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7287547

    DAMASCUS, March 10 (MENA) - The Syrian army advanced on Saturday towards several axes held by armed groups in Eastern Ghouta. The death toll among the Syrian troops rose to 147, Syrian activists told Russia Today TV channel. Meanwhile, Faylaq ....

  • Truce to allow civilians to exit Ghouta starts

    Date: 2018-03-10 11:28:34 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7287464

    DAMASCUS, March 10 (MENA) - A daily truce to allow the civilians, besieged in Ghouta by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization and affiliated groups, has started on Saturday morning, as terrorists continued to prevent civilians from exiting through ....

  • Israeli forces target Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza

    Date: 2018-03-10 10:31:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7287272

    GAZA CITY, March 10 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats fired at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Israeli gunboats targeted the Palestinian fishermen in the northern parts of the coast, with no casualties reported, ....

  • Iran protests lax security measures during embassy attack in London

    Date: 2018-03-10 07:44:23 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7287054

    TEHRAN, March 10 (MENA) - The Iranian Foreign Ministry sent a protest letter to the British embassy in Tehran to complain about slow security measures by the London police after several men armed with cold weapons attacked its mission in the British ....

  • Palestinian gov't condemns fresh aggression by settlers

    Date: 2018-03-09 19:44:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7286835

    RAMALLAH, March 9 (MENA) - The Palestinian national accord government has denounced an aggression by settlers on the Ibrahimi Mosque in the old city of Hebron. The settlers set up tents at the mosque's yard. "It's a fresh occupation of the ....

  • Palestinian killed, dozens injured in clashes with Israeli forces

    Date: 2018-03-09 19:28:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7286735

    RAMALLAH, March 9 (MENA) - A 24-year-old Palestinian man was killed in clashes that erupted Friday between protesters and Israeli forces in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Also, dozens of protesters were injured in confrontations in many ....

  • Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in Al Khalil

    Date: 2018-03-09 16:55:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7286615

    RAMALLAH, March 9 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry announced Friday that a young man was killed by Israeli forces in the southern West Bank city of Al Khalil (Hebron). The 24-year-old man was injured earlier in the day during clashes ....

  • Israeli forces prevent Palestinian marathon in Jerusalem

    Date: 2018-03-09 12:21:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7285974

    RAMALLAH, March 9 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces prevented on Friday a Palestinian marathon in Al Quds city against Israel's Jerusalem Marathon. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli occupation forces attacked Palestinian participants, including ....

  • Militants bar at least 1,500 civilians from leaving East Ghouta: Russian center

    Date: 2018-03-08 22:23:16 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:7285621

    MOSCOW, March 8 (MENA) - About 1,500 residents of five Eastern Ghouta settlements are ready to leave the militant-controlled Syrian district via a humanitarian corridor, but militants prevent them from doing so, Tass News Agency reported quoting the ....

  • 5,000 Israeli, US troops train together to counter missile threats

    Date: 2018-03-08 19:33:07 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7285483

    GAZA CITY, March 8 (MENA) - Some 5,000 American and Israeli troops are participating in a joint missile-defense exercise, preparing for the threat of attacks from across the region, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. The "Juniper Cobra" exercise began ....

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