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Turkey to dismiss 3,000 people in military over links to cleric Gulen: Minister

Date: 2018-04-18 22:07:38 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:103 - ID:7357904

ANKARA, April 18 (MENA) - Turkish authorities have identified 3,000 people within the armed forces believed to be linked to the cleric Ankara blames for a 2016 failed coup, Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said, adding the individuals would be ....

Trump wants to relocate US embassy to Jerusalem next month

Date: 2018-04-18 21:39:22 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:7357782

WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he wanted to relocate his country’s embassy to Jerusalem next month. “Looking forward to moving our Embassy to Jerusalem next month!” Trump posted on his Twitter ....

Turkish parliament approves extension of state of emergency for 3 months

Date: 2018-04-18 20:28:18 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7357785

ANKARA, April 18 (MENA) - The Turkish parliament approved on Wednesday the extension for another three months of the state of emergency, Russia Today reported. The emergency state was was declared after a failed military coup in July 2016. The ....

Entry of chemical weapons inspectors to Douma today unlikely - source

Date: 2018-04-18 09:43:11 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7356558

DAMASCUS, April 18 (MENA) - A UN source dismissed on Wednesday the possibility that inspectors of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) would enter the Syrian city of Douma today. A UN security team entered Douma on ....

Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home

Date: 2018-04-18 08:36:09 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7356494

DAMASCUS, April 18 (MENA) - Hundreds of Syrian refugees in southeastern Lebanon are preparing to return home. The voluntary return was scheduled to start on Wednesday, with refugees boarding buses that would take them from Lebanon’s Shebaa and ....

US refuses to give details about its desire to send Arab forces to Syria

Date: 2018-04-18 08:20:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7356368

WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert refused to talk about any details concerning a US desire to send Arab forces to Syria. About the reconstruction of Syria, Nauert said that the US wants to see other ....

US, allies to be unable to dislodge Assad, says ambassador

Date: 2018-04-18 06:58:04 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7356354

MOSCOW, April 18 (MENA)- Washington, London and Paris will not be able to dislodge the Syrian President Bashar al Assad, TASS News agency quoted Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya as saying on Tuesday at a meeting of the UN Security ....

5 Palestinians wounded in artillery shelling of Khan Younis

Date: 2018-04-18 06:00:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7356334

GAZA CITY, April 18 (MENA) - Five Palestinian citizens were wounded, one critically, in an Israeli artillery shelling of eastern Khan Younis. Israeli artillery fired several shells at a position belonging to Saraya el Quds. Eyewitnesses said ....

4 Palestinians injured by Israeli fire in Gaza

Date: 2018-04-17 22:40:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7356028

GAZA CITY, April 17 (MENA) – Four Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire in eastern Gaza city and eastern Bureij camp of the Gaza Strip, eyewitnesses said on Tuesday. The injuries occurred when Israeli occupation forces stationed at the ....

Israeli forces suppress Palestinian rally on prisoners’ day

Date: 2018-04-17 15:31:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7355435

RAMALLAH, April 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have suppressed a popular rally Palestinians held Tuesday at the northern entrance of al Bireh city, near Ramallah to mark the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. The Israeli troops fired tear gas ....