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  • Azhar Grand Imam calls for 'just solution' for Palestinian cause

    Date: 2018-03-02 12:26:13 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7273589

    CAIRO, March 2 (MENA) - Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyib said the Palestinian cause is the most important issue in the Middle East, stressing the necessity of reaching a "just solution" to the Palestinian cause. He made it clear "If this issue is ....

  • Turkey prosecutors order arrest of naval officers, teachers and trade unionists – reports

    Date: 2018-03-02 12:22:15 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7273814

    ANKARA, March 2 (MENA) - Turkish prosecutors have reportedly ordered the arrest of 154 people including naval officers, teachers and trade unionists over alleged links to Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, Russia Today cited state media as ....

  • 17 persons killed in Turkish air raids in Syria's Afrin

    Date: 2018-03-02 11:14:35 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7273571

    LONDON, March 2 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday that Turkish warplanes attacked two positions of pro-Syrian government forces overnight, killing at least 17 people in the northwestern Kurdish enclave of Afrin, Voice of ....

  • SOHR: 60 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria's Afrin

    Date: 2018-03-02 11:09:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7273642

    LONDON, March 2 (MENA) - At least 15 elements of the Turkish troops were killed in clashes with the Kurdish forces in the Syrian region of Afrin, bringing the total number of Turkish soldiers killed in Ankara's military operation in Afrin to 60, the ....

  • RT: Five Turkish soldiers killed, seven others injured in Syria's Afrin

    Date: 2018-03-01 23:03:46 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:120 - ID:7273250

    DAMASCUS, March 1 (MENA) - Five Turkish soldiers were killed and seven others injured in Syria's Afrin city, Russia Today reported on Thursday night. No further details were available by the Russian Network.(MENA) M H E ....

  • Rift between Israel, US widens with Washington inaction on Iran entrenchment in Syria

    Date: 2018-03-01 22:59:21 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:119 - ID:7273249

    GAZA CITY, March 1 (MENA) - A rift between Israel and the United States regarding Iranian entrenchment in Syria appears to be widening, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled meeting on Monday with US President Donald Trump, Times of ....

  • Palestinian Pres. condoles with Sisi after train collision

    Date: 2018-03-01 17:11:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7272851

    RAMALLAH, Mar 1 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sent Thursday a cable of condolences to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the victims of the collision of two trains in Beheira governorate which left at least 12 people dead and dozens ....

  • Ethiopian Jews threaten mass hunger strike over Israel move

    Date: 2018-02-28 19:43:57 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:106 - ID:7271069

    GAZA CITY, Feb 28 (MENA) - Representatives for thousands of Ethiopian Jews announced they will stage a mass hunger strike if Israel eliminates funding to allow them to join their families in that country. Hundreds gathered at a synagogue in ....

  • Egypt, PLO discuss efforts to end Palestinian division

    Date: 2018-02-28 19:27:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:105 - ID:7271171

    RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) – First Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLO) Ahmed Bahr discussed Wednesday in a meeting with an Egyptian security delegation efforts to end the Palestinian division, which causes a great suffering to ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemn Israeli practices in Al Quds

    Date: 2018-02-28 11:47:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7270188

    RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denounced the recent Israeli escalation against Islamic and Christian holy sites in Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem). The ministry, in a released statement, condemned ....

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