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Iranian state TV: Light, 4.9 magnitude quake injures 10

Date: 2017-08-28 07:17:40 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:6965147

TEHRAN, Aug 28 (MENA) - Iranian state TV is reporting that a light, 4.9 magnitude earthquake has injured 10 people in northern Iran, ABC News reported. The report says the pre-dawn temblor struck early on Monday about some 600 kilometers, or ....

PFLP campaigns to enter Bundestag, reports JPost

Date: 2017-08-27 22:15:22 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:6964995

GAZA CITY, Aug 27 (MENA) - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine seeks to enter the German Bundestag in the September 24 federal election, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. “It should not have been allowed to come to this that an ....

Syrian army thwarts Daesh attack, shoots down drone

Date: 2017-08-27 12:01:33 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6964086

DAMASCUS, Aug 27 (MENA)- Syrian Army units destroyed Daesh posts and shot down a drone in Al Jafra village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, the Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported. The army units thwarted an attack by Daesh elements ....

No information about fate of kidnapped soldiers: Lebanese Defense min.

Date: 2017-08-27 10:21:09 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:6963817

BEIRUT, Aug 27 (MENA) - Lebanon's Defence Minister Yaacoub Sarraf Sunday confirmed that there is no information about the fate of soldiers abducted by Daesh terrorists. The army will issue a statement in this regard once information is available, ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 9 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2017-08-27 10:17:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6963907

RAMALLAH, Aug 27 (MENA), Israeli occupation forces arrested nine Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said Sunday. The Club further mentioned that four of the arrestees are from Jericho, three from ....

3rd generator operated at Gaza power plant

Date: 2017-08-26 21:22:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:6963451

GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) – The Gaza Energy Authority announced on Saturday that a third generator was operated at Gaza power plant. In a press release, the authority said that this came after providing the plant with fuel from Egypt. The ....

Abbas briefs Jordanian king on outcome of meeting with US delegation

Date: 2017-08-26 20:42:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:6963443

RAMALLAH, Aug 26 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas phoned on Saturday Jordanian King Abdullah II to post him on the outcome of his meeting with the US delegation in Ramallah city on Thursday. The Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported ....

Iraqi forces liberate al Qalaa district, Tal Afer orchards

Date: 2017-08-26 10:05:45 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6962331

BAGHDAD, Aug 26 (MENA) - Iraq's counter-terrorism forces managed on Saturday to completely liberate al Qalaa district and Tal Afer orchards from Daesh terrorists. After taking control of the Daesh-controlled district, the counter-terrorism ....

5 SDF members killed in Raqqa clashes: SOHR

Date: 2017-08-26 07:27:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:6962198

LONDON, Aug 26 (MENA) - At least five members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) along with unknown number of Daesh terrorists were killed in clashes that took place in Raqqa city, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on ....

Israeli gunboat infiltrates into Lebanese waters

Date: 2017-08-25 21:37:17 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:6962104

BEIRUT, Aug 25 (MENA) - An Israeli gunboat violated the Lebanese waters off Ras Naqoura for a distance of 425 meters, a statement by the Lebanese army said on Friday. The boat threw four bombs in the area before it left toward the occupied ....