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5-magnitude earthquake jolts western Iran

Date: 2018-01-20 08:24:08 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7200480

TEHRAN, Jan 20 (MENA) - A 5-magnitude earthquake hit on Saturday Sumar town in the western province of Kermanshah, bordering Iraq at 1:47 a.m local time (22: 17 GMT). According to the Seismological Center affiliated to the Institute of Geophysics ....

6 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces

Date: 2018-01-19 18:04:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7199982

RAMALLAH, Jan 19 (MENA) - Three Palestinians, including a child, were wounded with rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes with Israeli forces in Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, eye witnesses said ....

OCHA: 4 Palestinians killed, 269 injured, 261 arrested in 2 weeks

Date: 2018-01-19 13:41:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7199436

RAMALLAH, Jan 19 (MENA) - Four Palestinian civilians, including three children, were killed by Israeli forces in four separate incidents across the occupied Palestinian territory, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ....

Turkey launches military operation in Syria's Afrin district

Date: 2018-01-19 11:06:15 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7199184

ANKARA, Jan 19 (MENA) - Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli on Friday asserted that Turkey has already launched a military operation in Afrin district of Syria to remove all "terrorist presence" from northern Syria. The operation has ....

Syria dialogue conference on time - Russian official

Date: 2018-01-18 15:44:14 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7198120

MOSCOW, Jan 18 (MENA) - The Syrian dialogue conference will be held in the resort city of Sochi as scheduled on Friday, Russian President's Special Envoy to Middle East Michael Bogdanov said Thursday. Russian President's Special Envoy on Syria ....

German FM to visit Israel for INSS conference

Date: 2018-01-18 14:50:47 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7197953

GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel will visit Israel to participate in an international conference hosted by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) scheduled to take place in two weeks, Yedioth Ahronoth ....

Israeli forces storm several towns in Ramallah

Date: 2018-01-18 09:21:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7197074

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn Thursday several neighborhoods in Ramallah city as well as Jalazone refugee camp in northern al Bireha city. The troops raided Ramallah neighborhoods by military jeeps, while ....

Palestinian youth killed in Jenin

Date: 2018-01-18 08:41:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7197079

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - A 22-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces in Wadi Burqin in western Jenin under claims that he was one of the perpetrators of a Nablus operation that took place several days ago where an Israeli settler was ....

Turkish military plane crashes during training; 3 killed

Date: 2018-01-17 14:50:28 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7196094

ANKARA, Jan 17 (MENA) - A Turkish Air Force cargo plane crashed in southwest Turkey during a training flight on Wednesday, killing two pilots and a technician on board, the military was quoted by ABC News as saying on Wednesday. The CN-235 CASA ....

Palestinian president wraps up Cairo visit

Date: 2018-01-17 13:22:30 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7196072

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left here on Wednesday wrapping up a one-day visit to Egypt. During his stay in Egypt, Abbas attended an international conference on supporting Al Quds city that is organized by Al Azhar ....