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Israel PM holds Hamas responsible for all attacks from Gaza

Date: 2017-11-12 13:00:28 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7087162

GAZA CITY, Nov 12 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting that Hamas is responsible for any attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip, including those executed by the Islamic ....

US urges 'all states and parties to respect Lebanon's sovereignty'

Date: 2017-11-11 19:07:02 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7086246

WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (MENA) - The White House has called on "all states and parties to respect Lebanon's sovereignty, independence, and constitutional processes.", The Voice of America reported on Saturday. A statement released said "In this ....

Thousands gather in Gaza to commemorate Arafat’s death anniversary

Date: 2017-11-11 13:55:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7085533

GAZA, Nov 11 (MENA) - Thousands of Palestinians gathered on Saturday at the Saraya grounds in Gaza City to take part in the "festival of unity" held by Fatah movement to commemorate 13 years for the death of Palestinian leader Yasser ....

Clashes erupt anew between regime troops, Daesh in Bukamal

Date: 2017-11-11 07:54:02 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7085078

LONDON, Nov 11 (MENA) - Fierce clashes renewed between regime forces and Daesh militants in al Bukamal city, the last Daesh-stronghold city in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Saturday. Daesh terrorists are ....

Putin, Trump say they’ll maintain channels to prevent danger in Syria

Date: 2017-11-11 07:13:53 GMT - Vietnam - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7085055

HANOI, Nov 11 (MENA) - Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump during their brief meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit approved a joint statement on Syria, Russian news agency Sputnik quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on ....

UN urges evacuation of 400 civilians from Damascus countryside

Date: 2017-11-11 06:31:58 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7085014

NEW YORK, Nov 11 (MENA) - Some 400 civilians are in urgent need of medical evacuation from Syria's Eastern Ghouta region, including 29 who will die if they are not allowed to leave immediately, the Daily Mail quoted the United Nations as ....

John Kerry: 'Netanyahu urged Obama to bomb Iran’

Date: 2017-11-10 18:50:11 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7084748

GAZA CITY, Nov 10 (MENA) – Former US secretary of state John Kerry said Friday that Israel asked the United States to bomb Iran when Barack Obama served as president, The Jerusalem Post reported. Kerry made the remarks during a conversation he ....

23 Palestinians wounded in crane collapse in marathon west of Gaza city

Date: 2017-11-10 17:40:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7084697

GAZA, Nov 10 (MENA) - At least 23 Palestinians were wounded Friday after a crawler crane collapsed during a marathon west of Gaza city. A medical source in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City said the crane collapsed during the marathon, which was ....

Israel to embark on diplomatic offense against Hezbollah, Iran at UN

Date: 2017-11-10 16:41:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7084630

GAZA CITY, Nov 10 (MENA) - Israel plans to ask the United Nations to strictly enforce the 2006 ceasefire agreement that ended the Second Lebanon war as part of its diplomatic offensive against Iran and its proxy group Hezbollah, The Jerusalem Post ....

Palestinian minister to visit Russia on Saturday for talks

Date: 2017-11-10 13:58:38 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7084327

MOSCOW, Nov 10 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal said Friday in a press conference that Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al Sheikh will visit Russia on Saturday to meet with Russian officials. The ....