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Israeli jets hit Hamas posts in western Rafah

Date: 2018-02-03 07:33:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7224665

GAZA CITY, Feb 3 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes have bombed two sites affiliated with Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Hamas movement, in western Rafah. Four missiles were fired at the posts overnight Saturday causing ....

Mattis says US has no evidence of Syrian use of sarin gas

Date: 2018-02-02 15:56:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7224170

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the US has no evidence that the Syrian government has used the deadly chemical sarin on its citizens despite reports from aid groups and others in the country, Fox News ....

Russian-British talks over Iran's nuclear program

Date: 2018-02-02 15:19:00 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7224135

MOSCOW, Feb 2 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov had talks with Political Director General at the UK Foreign Office Karen Pierce on Iran's nuclear program, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday. The two ....

Israeli warplanes shell posts in northern Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-02-02 11:28:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7223387

GAZA CITY, Feb 2 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes at dawn Friday shelled a site belonging to the Palestinian resistance near Abraj Al Nada area, northeastern Beit Lahia in the north of Gaza Strip without causing any casualties The Israeli bombardment ....

Israeli settler shoots Palestinian youth northwest of Ramallah

Date: 2018-02-02 11:08:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7223388

RAMALLAH, Feb 2 (MENA) - An armed Israeli settler shot and injured a Palestinian young man in northwest of Ramallah early Friday, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported. Mohamed Kamal Misfr, 25, who was on his way home in Mazari' al-Nubani ....

Israeli settlers storm Ottoman-era site in Nablus

Date: 2018-02-02 08:47:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7223295

RAMALLAH, Feb 2 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli Jewish settlers stormed early Friday an Ottoman-era site in the outskirts of Burqa village, north of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement construction in the northern West Bank, said that ....

Israel decides to close several Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem

Date: 2018-02-01 22:52:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:7223172

RAMALLAH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Israeli Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan issued Thursday a decision to close a number of Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem. The decision includes the chamber of commerce, higher council for tourism, Palestinian ....

Israeli soldiers fire live bullets at Gazan demonstrators not endangering them

Date: 2018-02-01 20:48:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7223118

GAZA, Feb 1 (MENA) - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in in the Israeli-occupied territories "Btselem" said Israeli soldiers fired live bullets at Gazan demonstrators near fence with Israel, killing eight Palestinian demonstrators ....

BBC: Loud explosion heard in Turkey's Ankara

Date: 2018-02-01 18:54:34 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:7223042

ANKARA, Feb 1 (MENA) - A loud explosion was heard in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday and ambulances were heard rushing to the scene, the BBC reported. The explosion occurred in the boiler room of Ankara Tax Chamber in the Cukurambar ....

Palestine: 7 killed, 20 injured in Gaza explosion

Date: 2018-02-01 16:42:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7222829

GAZA CITY, Feb 1 (MENA) - Seven Palestinians were killed and at least 20 others injured in an explosion in a house in the densely populated Sabra neighborhood in Gaza city on Thursday evening, WAFA news agency reported, citing reports by the ....