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90 Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-10-12 12:18:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7035866

RAMALLAH, Oct 12 (MENA) - About 90 Israeli settlers stormed the holy Mosque of Al Aqsa amid tight security by Israeli police, witnesses said Thursday. The settlers stormed the mosque through Al Magarba gate and carried out provocative acts ....

65 gunmen turn themselves in to Assad army - source

Date: 2017-10-12 08:53:57 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7035333

DAMASCUS, Oct 12 (MENA) - Sixty-five gunmen affiliated with the Syrian opposition turned themselves in to Assad regime in northern Syria, a Syrian military source said Thursday. Those gunmen belong to an armed that was active in Abu Kaef village ....

Palestinian arrested in Israel for planning terror attack - report

Date: 2017-10-11 17:29:17 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:7034873

GAZA CITY, Oct 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian who entered Israel and was allegedly planning to carry out a terror attack, Ynetnews cited police as saying on Wednesday. The suspect, a resident of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, ....

Israeli authorities close roads as settlers flock to Old City

Date: 2017-10-11 13:40:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7034341

RAMALLAH, Oct 11 (MENA) - Israeli authorities closed Wednesday main roads and streets in Silwan village, southern Al Aqsa Mosque to allow the entry of settlers flocking to the Old City in Al Quds (occupied east Jerusalem). The main street in ....

Israel to advance plans for nearly 4,000 settler homes: official

Date: 2017-10-11 13:05:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7034355

RAMALLAH, Oct 11 (MENA) - Israel is to advance plans for nearly 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank as part of a push to greatly boost settlement growth, the Daily Mail quoted an Israeli official as saying Tuesday. The approvals are to ....

Israeli fires 3 artillery shells into central Gaza

Date: 2017-10-11 12:52:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7034277

GAZA CITY, Oct 11 (MENA) - Israel fired three artillery shells on Abu Safiya area east of al Maghazi, in central Gaza Strip. A patrol affiliated to the Israeli army was shot on Wednesday when it was passing near the eastern borders of the enclave, ....

Three Palestinians injured in Nablus

Date: 2017-10-11 10:23:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7033912

RAMALLAH, OCt 11 (MENA) - At least three Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated bullets during fierce clashes with Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday. The clashes flared up after hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Joseph's tomb, east ....

Israeli forces deny Palestinian students access to Aqsa

Date: 2017-10-11 10:11:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7033878

RAMALLAH, Oct 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday denied several students from Al Quds city access to Al Aqsa Mosque on the plea of putting the Palestinian flag on their scouting attire. Meanwhile, eyewitnesses said that more than ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israeli settlement policy as declaration of war on two-state solution

Date: 2017-10-11 09:21:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7033754

RAMALLAH, Oct 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry castigated at Israel's racist settlement policy as a declaration of war on the two-state solution and a clear-cut rejection of the establishment of a Palestinian state. In a statement on ....

Iran warns of tough response if US violates 2015 nuclear deal

Date: 2017-10-11 08:39:50 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7033735

TEHRAN, Oct 11 (MENA) - Iran's foreign minister has warned of a tough response from Tehran if President Donald Trump presses ahead with his threats to scuttle the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, ABC news reported. Mohammad Javad Zarif briefed ....