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  • Israeli forces stop teaching staff bus heading for southern Hebron

    Date: 2017-10-01 09:18:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7017581

    RAMALLAH, Oct 1 (MENA) - Israeli forces stopped a bus for transporting teaching staff heading for Yatta in southern Hebron. The forces inspected the bus riders and checked their IDs, an official in southern Hebron said. The Israeli forces set ....

  • Israeli army detains 6 Palestinians for armed activities

    Date: 2017-10-01 07:13:32 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7017367

    GAZA CITY, Oct 1 (MENA) - Israeli army detained six Palestinians suspected to be involved in armed activities and violence against Israeli soldiers and civilians. The Israeli forces found four weapons in Bani Naeem village, Israeli newspaper ....

  • Four Daesh suicide bombers killed by army in Iraq's Anbar

    Date: 2017-10-01 07:11:45 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7017386

    BAGHDAD, Oct 1 (MENA) - Four Daesh members have been killed by Iraqi troops in Heet city in Anbar, west of Baghdad, according a senior official. The four terrorists managed to infiltrate into the city where they were spotted and killed by the ....

  • OCHA: 48 Palestinians injured, 152 arrested by Israeli forces in 2 weeks

    Date: 2017-09-29 18:48:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7015750

    RAMALLAH, Sept 29 (MENA) - The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that 48 Palestinians, including ten children and six women, were injured across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) in clashes with Israeli forces. ....

  • Iran bans its companies transporting oil products from Iraq's Kurdistan

    Date: 2017-09-29 15:17:48 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7015417

    TEHRAN, Sept 29 (MENA) - Iran temporarily prohibited the loading and transportation of fuel from Iran to Iraqi Kurdistan and from it in connection with the latest developments in this region, Sputnik news agency reported Friday. Iran had already ....

  • Israeli occupation forces suppresses peaceful Palestinian protest in Hebron

    Date: 2017-09-29 13:30:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7015271

    RAMALLAH, Sept 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Friday suppressed a peaceful protest held by Palestinian citizens against Israel's decision to form a self-rule administration for the Israeli settlers in the Old City of Hebron. ....

  • Arrest warrants out for 117 military staff in Turkey

    Date: 2017-09-29 12:28:10 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7015082

    ANKARA, Sept 29 (MENA) - Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 117 military personnel as part of a probe into the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) who has been accused by Ankara of orchestrating last year’s attempted coup, ....

  • Iraqi forces destroy 3 booby-trapped cars in Salah el Din

    Date: 2017-09-29 10:46:07 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7014891

    BAGHDAD, Sept 29 (MENA) - Three booby-trapped cars, driven by suicide bombers, have been detonated by Iraqi forces in eastern Salah el Din governorate, Tigris Operations Commander Lt. Gen. Mozher al Azzawy said on Friday. No injuries among the ....

  • Int'l quartet lauds Egypt's efforts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation

    Date: 2017-09-29 08:58:21 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7014751

    NEW YORK, Sept 29 (MENA) - The international quartet comprising Russia, the US, the EU and the UN welcomed efforts exerted by Egypt to create suitable conditions for the Palestinian Authority to assume its responsibilities in Gaza. In a joint ....

  • US-led coalition conducts 35 airstrikes on Daesh sites in Raqqah

    Date: 2017-09-29 07:22:09 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7014625

    WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - the US-led coalition warplanes carried out 35 airstrikes on Daesh sites in Raqqah city over the past 24 hours, the US Army announced on Friday. Meanwhile, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of Raqqa al Samra ....

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