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  • Death toll of Iran quake hits 450; over 7,000 injured

    Date: 2017-11-13 19:25:21 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7089362

    TEHRAN, Nov 13 (MENA) - The death toll from a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the border region between Iran and Iraq has risen to about 450 people, almost all of them in Iran, Iranian state media reported on Monday. The highest ....

  • Israel says to transfer military units to Negev

    Date: 2017-11-13 19:12:15 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7089385

    GAZA CITY, Nov 13 (MENA) - Israel said on Monday it has plans to relocate military units to the Negev, a challenging project that has been in the works for several years and would see tens of thousands of soldiers relocated. The Defense Ministry ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry holds UNSC responsible for Israeli crimes in al Aghwar

    Date: 2017-11-13 15:18:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7088725

    RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Monday condemned the silence of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), saying that it holds responsibility for the results of the ethnic cleansing taking ....

  • 25 gunmen surrender to Assad forces

    Date: 2017-11-13 08:36:13 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7088194

    DAMASCUS, Nov 13 (MENA) - Twenty five gunmen surrendered to Syrian authorities in northern Aleppo, said a representative of Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria on Monday. The gunmen were forced to turn themselves in following a fierce ....

  • Israeli army prepares to demolish hundreds of Palestinian homes in northern Jordan Valley

    Date: 2017-11-13 08:35:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7088202

    RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Israeli army has ordered some 300 Palestinians who have lived for decades in the northern Jordan Valley to remove all their property from the area, Haaretz newspaper reported. This is the first time the army is using ....

  • Syrian army launches new offensive to retake rest of Boukamal city

    Date: 2017-11-13 06:43:23 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7088056

    LONDON, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Syrian army launched a new military offensive to retake the rest of the border Syrian city of Boukamal in Deir Ezzor governorate from the hands of Daesh militant group, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for ....

  • Strong quake kills two, injures many more in western Iran

    Date: 2017-11-12 22:11:39 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7087964

    TEHRAN, Nov 12 (MENA) - At least two people were killed and many more wounded by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Kermanshah Province, western Iran, IRNA reported. The quake hit the province and other parts of Iran Sunday evening. (MENA) M I N/M ....

  • Israeli forces on alert in Gaza

    Date: 2017-11-12 21:48:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7087904

    RAMALLAH, Nov 12 (MENA) – Israel said Sunday it deployed more reinforcements on the Gaza Strip borders, and put them on alert against any possible move by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a local news outlet reported. Preparations came amid Israeli ....

  • 7.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Iran-Iraq border area

    Date: 2017-11-12 20:07:30 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7087860

    BAGHDAD, Nov 12 (MENA) - Iranian state TV said a 7.5-magnitude earthquake has jolted the region near the border between Iran and Iraq, according to Fox6Now. The US Geological Survey confirmed the quake on its website, placing its epicenter at ....

  • Trump team begins drafting Israeli-Palestinian peace plan

    Date: 2017-11-12 17:06:31 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7087601

    NEW YORK, Nov 12 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump and his advisers have begun developing their own concrete blueprint to end the decades-old conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, a plan intended to go beyond previous frameworks offered by ....

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