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  • Israeli forces dredge lands to expand settlements in WB

    Date: 2017-11-04 09:19:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7073583

    RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) - Bulldozers of the Israeli occupation forces on Saturday started dredging in the northwestern West Bank to expand Ariel and Brukhin settlements in the west of Salfit governorate. Palestinian eyewitnesses and farmers ....

  • Iran's Velayati says US will not succeed to divide Syria

    Date: 2017-11-03 19:41:21 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:7073314

    BEIRUT, Nov 3 (MENA) – The Iranian Supreme Leader's senior advisor for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati said on Friday that the US efforts to divide Syria in the east of Euphrates are doomed to failure. "The Americans and Zionists are ....

  • Eight border guards killed in northwest Iran

    Date: 2017-11-03 18:08:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7073217

    TEHRAN, Nov 3 (MENA) - At least eight Iranian border guards have been killed in heavy clashes with terrorists in the country’s northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, a Iranian official was quoted by Iran's Press TV as saying on Friday. The ....

  • Policeman, PKK militant killed in southeast Turkey - governor's office

    Date: 2017-11-03 08:15:38 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7072261

    ANKARA, Nov 3 (MENA) - A policeman and a militant from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Friday, the Daily Mail quoted the local governor's office as saying. It said nine other policemen were ....

  • Syrian army retakes Deir Ezzor city

    Date: 2017-11-02 20:23:33 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:7072044

    DAMASCUS, Nov 2 (MENA) - Syrian army captured Deir Ezzor city, that runs along the eastern border with Iraq, from Daesh militants on Thursday, reported Russia Today channel. No further details were immediately available. (MENA) S R E ....

  • UK raises 'grave concerns' about illegal settlements with Israel's Netanyahu - May's office

    Date: 2017-11-02 19:48:22 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:7071994

    LONDON, Nov 2 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Theresa May raised concerns about illegal settlements on Thursday at a meeting with her Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in London, euronews reported. “They discussed the need to overcome ....

  • Damascus calls on UN Security Council to condemn Israeli strikes on Syria

    Date: 2017-11-02 19:17:15 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7071975

    DAMASCUS, Nov 2 (MENA) - Syria’s Foreign Ministry has called on the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel’s attacks on its country, Russia Today reported on Thursday. The statement followed an Israeli strike late on Wednesday. The ....

  • After heavy diplomatic pressure, Israel moves to delay demolition of Palestinian village of Sussia

    Date: 2017-11-02 18:37:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7071878

    RAMALLAH, Nov 2 (MENA) - The Israeli government has asked the High Court of Justice for a two-week postponement in presenting its position concerning the evacuation of a Palestinian village in the West Bank. The government has delayed its ....

  • Netanyahu tells May: If you don’t nix Iran deal, you must fix it

    Date: 2017-11-02 17:38:07 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:7071790

    GAZA CITY, Nov 2 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu softened his long standing opposition to the Iran deal on Thursday, explaining that his most immediate goal is to fix rather than nix the document, The Jerusalem Post ....

  • 80 Palestinian detainees from Hebron in Oct.- Palestinian Prisoners Club

    Date: 2017-11-02 17:23:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:7071585

    RAMALLAH, Nov 2 (MENA) - The number of Palestinians that Israeli occupation forces have arrested from Hebron governorate in October reached 80, director of Palestinian Prisoners Club Amjad al Najjar said on Thursday. In a statement, Najjar noted ....

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