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Palestinian PM warns of US threat to stop funding UNRWA

Date: 2018-01-14 15:05:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7190517

RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah urged on Sunday the international community to take a firm stance towards the US following its recent threat to stop funding the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). During a ....

Hamas says man injured in Sidon bombing one of its cadres

Date: 2018-01-14 13:58:23 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7190379

BEIRUT, Jan 14 (MENA) - The Palestinian movement of Hamas said that Mohamed Hamdan, the man injured in a car bombing in Lebanon's Sidon earlier Sunday, is one of its cadres. Hamdan is also a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, Hamas said in a ....

Israeli authorities destroy Palestinian farmlands south of Nablus

Date: 2018-01-14 13:44:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7190376

RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Israeli bulldozers Sunday razed large tracts of land in the village of Burin, to the south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. WAFA news agency quoted the sources as saying Israeli ....

Palestinian injured during blast of leftover explosive in northern Gaza

Date: 2018-01-14 12:05:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7190053

GAZA CITY, Jan 14 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was wounded Sunday when an Israeli occupation leftover explosive went off east of Jabalia in northern Gaza. Gaza Strip Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al Qidra said that the 16-year-old ....

Palestinian PM receives assistant chief of Arab interior ministers council

Date: 2018-01-14 11:48:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7189992

RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah received on Sunday Assistant Secretary General of Arab Interior Ministers' Council Ahmed al Rabie. The meeting took up a number of issues pertaining to issues to ....

Syrian army continues military operations in southern Aleppo

Date: 2018-01-14 11:36:51 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7189995

DAMASCUS, Jan 14 (MENA) - The Syrian army continued military operations against Nusra Front in the southern countryside of Aleppo on Sunday. Over the past few hours, the Syrian army units controlled several areas in the southern ....

Netanyahu after Gaza strike "we will respond with greater force"

Date: 2018-01-14 08:59:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7189556

GAZA CITY, Jan 14 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli army will respond with greater force against Hamas attacks, The Jerusalem Post reported on Sunday. On the eve of a visit to India, Netanyahu commented on the ....

Israel closes down Karm Abu Salem crossing without giving any reasons

Date: 2018-01-14 08:12:07 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7189553

GAZA CITY, Jan 14 (MENA) - Israel on Sunday closed down Karm Abu Salem crossing for undisclosed reasons. Israeli occupation forces have not given any word so far on the reasons behind the move. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the ....

Macron calls for respecting Iran nuclear deal

Date: 2018-01-13 22:42:05 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7189376

PARIS, Jan 13 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday called for the necessary respect of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers, a statement by the Elysee reported. This came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the ....

Israeli occupation army bombs Hamas positions in Gaza

Date: 2018-01-13 22:04:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7189368

GAZA, Jan 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation army's planes have attacked Hamas "terror targets" along the border with Gaza, the Israeli army was quoted by Haartez as saying Saturday. Palestinian sources said that a tunnel was the target of the ....