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Abbas: We count on India to contribute to achievement of just peace

Date: 2018-02-10 14:35:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7238101

RAMALLAH, Feb 10 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday thanked India for its support for the Palestinian cause, saying the Palestinians count on India to play a role in peacemaking because it is a world power of great stature and ....

Russia calls for restraint after Israeli strikes in Syria

Date: 2018-02-10 14:17:39 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7238094

MOSCOW, Feb 10 (MENA) - In connection with the information about the Israeli air strikes on targets in Syria, including on those at the border of de-escalation zone in south-west, the Russian Foreign Ministry calls on all involved parties to ....

Palestinian president receives Indian PM

Date: 2018-02-10 10:05:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7237547

RAMALLAH, Feb 10 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Saturday in official ceremony Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah. The Palestinian president and the Indian prime minister had ....

Number of Palestinians wounded rise to 57 in protests against US decision on Jerusalem

Date: 2018-02-09 19:38:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7236923

RAMALLAH, Feb 9 (MENA) - Number of Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli occupation forces rose to 57 people. This comes within protests that erupted earlier against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's ....

Israeli forces raid several neighborhoods in Nablus

Date: 2018-02-09 10:33:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7235859

RAMALLAH, Feb 9 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn Friday several neighborhoods in Nablus, in the north of the West Bank. The Israeli troops broke into several houses and inspected them, with no arrests reported, Palestinian sources ....

Turkish jets resume airstrikes on Syria's Afrin region

Date: 2018-02-09 08:48:09 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7235801

DAMASCUS, Feb 9 (MENA) - Turkish warplanes have resumed airstrikes in the Syrian Afrin region after a five-day halt, field sources said on Friday. Turkey's military said in a brief statement that Turkish jets resumed their aerial bombing campaign ....

Mattis calls attack in Syria on U.S.-backed forces 'perplexing'

Date: 2018-02-08 22:46:23 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:117 - ID:7235615

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (MENA) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Thursday called a thwarted attack on U.S. and U.S.-backed forces in Syria overnight “perplexing,” saying he had no idea what motivated pro-Syrian government forces to attempt the ....

Israeli forces detain 2 young Palestinians in Hebron

Date: 2018-02-08 21:51:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:115 - ID:7235589

RAMALLAH, Feb 8 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained Thursday a young Palestinian for allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing attack in Hebron, south of West Bank. Another allegedly stabbing attack by a young Palestinian on a Israeli ....

Israeli PM blocks settlement annexation bill from coming to vote

Date: 2018-02-08 21:31:42 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:113 - ID:7235580

RAMALLAH, Feb 8 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday pulled legislation aimed at annexing Israeli settlements in the West Bank that was slated to come before a key Knesset committee for a vote next week, The Times of Israel ....

Russia to ask US to explain strike on pro-government forces in Syria — UN ambassador

Date: 2018-02-08 21:18:52 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:112 - ID:7235574

MOSCOW, Feb 8 (MENA) - At a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday, Russia will ask the US delegation to explain the coalition’s strike on pro-government troops in Syria, Russia's UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya told reporters on ....