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  • 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 ....

  • 44th Palestinian Prisoners' Day observed amid unprecedented Israeli violations

    Date: 2018-04-17 07:45:01 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7354558

    CAIRO, April 17 (MENA) - Palestinians marked on Tuesday the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day amid unprecedented Israeli violations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a report that roughly ....

  • British sub tracked by Russian subs before latest strikes in Syria

    Date: 2018-04-17 07:21:25 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7354572

    LONDON, April 17 (MENA) - A British attack submarine has been locked in a “cat-and-mouse” pursuit by Russian submarines and warships, The Times said quoting military sources. While Theresa May was deciding last week whether to launch strikes ....

  • Russia: Almost 600 Syrians return to Eastern Ghouta over past day

    Date: 2018-04-17 06:57:31 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7354540

    MOSCOW, April 17 (MENA) - Almost 600 civilians have returned to their homes in Syria over the past day, TASS reported Tuesday quoting the Russian Defense Ministry. "Over the past day 580 civilians have returned to Eastern Ghouta, and a total of ....

  • Israel enhances military deployment in Golan Heights amid concerns about Iranian attack

    Date: 2018-04-17 06:43:45 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7354530

    GAZA CITY, April 17 (MENA) - Israel has deployed air and ground troops to the Golan Heights in Syria, according to Ynet. The move is meant to face a potential Iranian attack after a series of strikes in Syria over the past few weeks. (MENA) M ....

  • EU foreign ministers meet to discuss Syria plan

    Date: 2018-04-16 10:31:49 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7352781

    BRUSSELS, April 16 (MENA) - Foreign Ministers from the European Union's 28 member nations are meeting Monday in Luxembourg to discuss how to revive the political peace process in Syria in the aftermath of the recent US-led airstrikes, DW reported. ....

  • Erekat: Arab Summit adopted full Palestinian proposals

    Date: 2018-04-16 10:14:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7352776

    RAMALLAH, April 16 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Saeb Erekat said the 29th Arab Summit has fully adopted the peace plan proposed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN ....

  • Belgian FM urges dialogue with Russia over Syrian crisis

    Date: 2018-04-16 09:40:56 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7352778

    BRUSSELS, April 16 (MENA) - Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders underlined on Monday the importance of holding dialogue with Russia to settle the Syrian crisis by political ways. Dialogue with Russia will not be an easy matter but we have to ....

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