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Netanyahu vows Israel will stop Iran’s aim for military base in Syria

Date: 2017-10-17 15:28:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7044556

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu at negotiations on Tuesday that his country will prevent the emergence of a permanent Iranian military presence in Syria, ....

Palestinian cabinet decries Sinai terror attack

Date: 2017-10-17 14:09:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7044257

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Palestine's cabinet on Tuesday denounced the terrorist attack that targeted security forces in North Sinai, leaving a number of soldiers dead. The cabinet offered sincere condolences to Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El ....

Palestinian PM: legal, historic status of Waqfs in Al Quds must be protected

Date: 2017-10-17 12:02:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7043803

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ramy Al Hamdallah on Tuesday said that efforts are exerted to maintain Islamic and Christian Waqfs (religious endowments) in Al Quds city and other Palestinian territories against selling or ....

Israeli forces arrest Palestinian young man in Jalazone camp

Date: 2017-10-17 09:50:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7043561

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested in the wee hours of Tuesday a Palestinian young man, claiming that he has published a post on his Facebook account they considered as an indication for preparing an operation against the ....

Fatah Central Committee: Abbas signed decision to open recruitment in GS

Date: 2017-10-17 09:05:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7043489

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Fatah Central Committee member Hussein al Sheikh said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed Tuesday a decision to start recruitment in the Gaza Strip for the security services in an effort to rebuild it, stressing that ....

Turkey closes its air space with Iraq's Kurdistan

Date: 2017-10-16 21:40:31 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7043166

ANKARA, Oct 16 (MENA) - Turkey said Monday it supports an operation conducted by the Iraq government forces which moved into the disputed city of Kirkuk and seized oil fields and other infrastructure following last month's Kurdish independence vote, ....

'We will strike anyone who tries to harm us' - Netanyahu

Date: 2017-10-16 21:11:13 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:7043140

GAZA CITY, Oct 16 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday warned Syria that Israel would continue to carry out airstrikes "as needed" after the Israeli Air Force destroyed a Syrian anti-aircraft battery, Yedioth Ahronoth ....

Russia's defense minister arrives in Israel to mull military cooperation

Date: 2017-10-16 15:41:18 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7042781

MOSCOW, Oct 16 (MENA) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Israel on Monday to meet with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Shoigu is expected to discuss military and technical ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli expansion of settlement policy

Date: 2017-10-16 12:40:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7042105

RAMALLAH, Oct 16 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned on Monday the expansion of settlements and the large-scale Judaization operations in al Quds city. In a statement, the ministry slammed the decision ....

Israel strikes deep in Syria after missile targets Israeli planes over Lebanon

Date: 2017-10-16 12:09:37 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7042224

GAZA CITY, Oct 16 (MENA) - The Israeli army attacked an anti-aircraft battery in Syria, near Damascus, Monday after it fired a missile targeting Israel Air Force planes, Haaretz reported on Monday. The attack was prompted by the launch of an ....