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Abul Gheit welcomes UNSC ceasefire resolution for Syria

Date: 2018-02-25 10:58:15 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7264061

CAIRO, Feb 25 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit welcomed on Sunday the UN Security Council resolution to cease fire in Syria for 30 days to let in humanitarian assistance to besieged areas. In a statement, Abul Gheit ....

Israeli settlers barge into Aqsa Mosque under protection of occupation army

Date: 2018-02-25 10:19:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7263927

RAMALLAH, Feb 25 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers on Sunday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab el Maghreba gate under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The settlers performed provocative acts inside the mosque's courtyard before ....

US forces in Israel for joint exercises -- report

Date: 2018-02-24 15:19:06 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7262932

GAZA CITY, Feb 24 (MENA) - More than 2,500 American soldiers and officers from the United States European Command (USEUCOM) have recently arrived in Israel to participate in Juniper Cobra, a joint exercise with the Israel Air Force to commence March ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Moving US embassy to Jerusalem 'aggression'

Date: 2018-02-24 15:09:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7262937

RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned in the strongest terms a recent American announcement to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem. The step is "a provocative ....

Palestinian cause to remain Arabs' top priority, Erekat tells RT

Date: 2018-02-24 09:38:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7262243

RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) - Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat has stressed that the Palestinian cause will always remain an Arab top priority. Erekat, in an interview with Russia Today on Saturday, refuted ....

Israeli forces arrest 2 Palestinian fishermen in Beit Lahia

Date: 2018-02-24 09:08:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7262223

GAZA CITY, Feb 24 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces arrested on Saturday two Palestinian fishermen and seized their boats off the coast of Beit Lahia in north of the Gaza Strip. According to local Palestinian sources, the Israeli forces also ....

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian youth in West Bank

Date: 2018-02-23 21:13:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7261913

RAMALLAH, Feb 23 (MENA) – A Palestinian young man was injured on Friday when Israeli settlers attacked him south of Jenin in northern West Bank. In statements, the Red Crescent head in Jenin Mahmoud el Saadi said that the young man, Ali Alawna, ....

Syria envoy to UN: Endangering lives of civilian to protect terrorists in Eastern Ghouta is unacceptable

Date: 2018-02-22 22:27:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7260687

NEW YORK, Feb 22 (MENA) - Syrian Permanent Representative to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari stressed that endangering the lives of 8 million civilians in Damascus in order to protect terrorists in Eastern Ghouta is unacceptable act. Al-Jaafari made his ....

Former US president warns against one-state for Israel-Palestine

Date: 2018-02-22 21:03:35 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7260651

NEW YORK, Feb 22 (MENA) - Former US President Jimmy Carter is warning that the two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "is being overtaken by a one-state reality which will have dire consequences for Israel in the long-term," Fox News ....

Palestinians wounded in anti-occupation clashes in eastern Nablus

Date: 2018-02-22 20:04:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:7260508

RAMALLAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - A number of Palestinians were injured Thursday night during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in eastern Nablus governorate in Northern the West Bank. The injured people were shot by rubber bullets and suffered ....