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Syrian Army controls district in Eastern Ghouta

Date: 2018-02-28 07:16:27 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7269514

DAMASCUS, Feb 28 (MENA) - Syrian army units on Wednesday imposed their full control over Housh al Dhawahera district in Eastern Ghouta after fierce clashes between Al Nusra Front and the factions allied with them, Russia Today reported quoting field ....

Israeli minister says Netanyahu should resign only after final conviction

Date: 2018-02-27 18:08:25 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7269150

GAZA CITY, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said Tuesday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should only resign after a final conviction, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. "I hope it won't come to that," she added. "The attorney ....

Israel postpones collection of taxes following closure of Holy Sepulchre

Date: 2018-02-27 16:26:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7268823

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat agreed to postpone the collection of taxes which led to the closure of Holy Sepulchre in protest to the levies, the Israeli i24news TV channel ....

OIC slams Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnap in Nigeria

Date: 2018-02-27 16:11:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7268766

JEDDAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al Othaimeen strongly condemned Tuesday abduction of over 110 school girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe ....

PPS accuses Israel of maltreating prisoner Wael Natshe

Date: 2018-02-27 13:54:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7268397

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 MENA) - The Israeli Prisons Service is holding Palestinian prisoner Wael Natshe in solitary confinement keeping his hands and feet tied and denying him food or going to the toilet, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, quoted by WAFA ....

Israeli settlers storm Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-02-27 13:00:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7268382

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the holy Mosque of Al Aqsa amid tight security measures by Israeli police, according to sources on Tuesday. About 96 Israeli settlers broke into the courtyards of the mosque, while the ....

Cypriot FM welcomes Mogherini initiative on Middle East peace process

Date: 2018-02-27 11:42:24 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7267951

NICOSIA, Feb 27 (MENA) - Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis Asoulidis hailed an initiative by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini on exchanging points of view on the Middle East peace process between the EU foreign ministers and ....

Russian envoy says Arafat symbol of Palestinian struggle, unity

Date: 2018-02-27 11:04:07 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7267987

CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Russian president's special representative for the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov has said that late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is a symbol of the Palestinian struggle and unity. Addressing the 11th meeting of the ....

Israel detains 13 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2018-02-27 10:05:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7267750

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained at dawn on Tuesday 13 Palestinians from different governorates in the West Bank. In a statement on Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that five Palestinians were detained from ....

Israeli forces detain 19 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-02-26 10:58:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7265814

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Monday 19 Palestinians, including an injured minor, during pre-dawn raids across the West Bank, WAFA News Agency reported, quoting the Palestinian Prisoners' Club as saying. PPC said that ....