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Egyptian security delegation holds talks in Gaza on reconciliation

Date: 2018-03-07 14:04:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7283096

GAZA CITY, March 7 (MENA) - An Egyptian security delegation had talks on Wednesday with Governor of the Central Zone in the Gaza Strip Abdullah Abu Samahdan in the residence of the Egyptian delegation, now visiting here. The two sides reviewed ....

Egyptian security delegation probes with Haniyeh implementing Palestinian reconciliation

Date: 2018-03-07 13:36:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7282775

GAZA CITY, March 7 (MENA) - The visiting Egyptian security delegation here discussed Wednesday with the Head of the Political Office of Hamas Movement Ismail Haniyeh means of implementing mechanisms of Palestinian reconciliation. This came in ....

144 settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque

Date: 2018-03-07 11:45:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7282392

RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) - Some 114 settlers broke into Al Aqsa mosque on Wednesday amid tight security measures by Israeli police. Eyewitnesses said the settlers stormed the courtyards of the mosque via Bab Magarba and toured the compound in a ....

Palestine denounces Israeli PM statements

Date: 2018-03-07 11:35:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7282488

RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that the only solution to the Palestinian issue is via establishing peace in the region. A released statement by the ministry strongly denounced instigation discourse ....

Armed factions say they are not negotiating to withdraw their fighters from Ghouta

Date: 2018-03-07 09:39:15 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7282068

DAMASCUS, March 7 (MENA) - Armed factions in Ghouta denied holding any negotiations on the withdrawal of their fighters from the besieged enclave. This comes after the announcement of the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria that it is ready ....

13 Daesh suspects arrested in southern Turkey

Date: 2018-03-07 09:00:11 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7282163

ANKARA, March 7 (MENA) - At least 13 Daesh suspects have been arrested in the southern province of Adana as part of an investigation into an alleged terror attack plot on the U.S. embassy in Ankara, a security source said Wednesday. In the dawn ....

Death toll of shelling on Eastern Ghouta reaches 32 persons

Date: 2018-03-07 07:22:27 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7281985

DAMASCUS, March 7 (MENA) - Syrian sources said that 32 persons, including women and children, were killed in shelling of different areas of Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday, Sky News Channel reported Wednesday. Air raids targeted Kafr Batna, Arbin, Duma ....

Palestinian foreign ministry: No peace without "two-state' solution

Date: 2018-03-06 14:15:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7281005

RAMALLAH, March 6 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has rejected recent statements by US President Donald Trump on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In a statement Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said Trump's remarks asserted that he ....

PNC appeals to world parliaments to confront Israeli Knesset's racist polices

Date: 2018-03-06 12:53:57 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7280747

AMMAN, March 6 (MENA) - The Palestinian National Council (PNC) has condemned a series of racist bills adopted by Israel's Knesset and its committees, considering them part of attempts to legitimize the occupation and consolidate Israel's racial ....

Trump's participation in US embassy inauguration in Al Quds unethical -- Leader

Date: 2018-03-06 12:21:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7280646

RAMALLAH, March 6 (MENA) - Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Tayseer Khaled said on Tuesday that participation by US President Donald Trump in the inauguration ceremony of the US embassy in Al Quds in mid May ....