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  • UN discusses with Syria, Russia security for chemical weapons experts

    Date: 2018-04-19 10:02:47 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7358330

    NEW YORK, April 19 (MENA) - UN security officials said that a UN team is discussing security arrangements with Syrian and Russian authorities in Douma to allow experts to deploy soon to investigate an alleged chemical weapons attack, The Strait ....

  • SOHR: Raids on Daesh sites between Hasaka, Deir al-Zor

    Date: 2018-04-19 09:29:50 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7358195

    LONDON, April 19 (MENA) - The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the coalition warplanes struck outposts belonging to Daesh militants between Hasaka and Deir al Zor. Al Hurra news channel reported Thursday that nearly 20 ....

  • Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coasts

    Date: 2018-04-19 08:10:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7358194

    GAZA CITY, April 19 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats opened fire on Palestinian fisherman sailing off the northern coast of the Gaza Strip on Thursday. None was harmed. Palestinian sources said the gunboats forced the Palestinian fishermen to return ....

  • Over 100 Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque under Israeli forces' protection

    Date: 2018-04-19 08:07:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7358134

    RAMALLAH, April 19 (MENA) - A group of Israeli settlers stormed Thursday morning Al Aqsa Mosque, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The more than 100 Israeli settlers broke into the holy site precincts from Bab el Maghreba gate ....

  • 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 ....

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