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Syrian army captures Sokhna city in Homs

Date: 2017-08-12 09:44:52 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:6941030

DAMASCUS, Aug 12 (MENA) - The Syrian army managed to take full control of al Sokhna city, last stronghold of Daesh terrorist group in Homs, said military sources on Saturday. The governmental forces inflicted heavy damage on Daesh terrorists and ....

Fierce clashes between Daesh, SDF in Raqqah: SOHR

Date: 2017-08-12 08:36:45 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:6940933

LONDON, Aug 12 (MENA) - Fierce clashes erupted between Daesh terrorists and the Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Raqqah city, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Saturday. The fiercest clashes took ....

PLO asks Quartet on Middle East to confirm adoption of two-state solution

Date: 2017-08-11 14:13:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:6940076

RAMALLAH, Aug 11 (MENA) - Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee Saeb Erekat asked Friday the Quartet on the Middle East to confirm its adoption of the two-state solution based on the pre-1967 borders. This ....

Israeli settler rams into 4 Palestinian children

Date: 2017-08-10 18:28:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:6939273

RAMALLAH, Aug 10 (MENA) – Four children were injured Thursday after an Israeli settler rammed a car into them in Selwan village, Al Quds. In the meantime, the Israeli forces rushed into a mosque in Al-Eizariya, West Bank, destroying its doors and ....

US delegation to visit Middle East region for peace process talks

Date: 2017-08-10 09:17:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:6938069

RAMALLAH, Aug 10 (MENA) - A US delegation will visit the Middle East region within the next two weeks, carrying answers to questions raised by the Palestinian leadership on the US stance towards the Middle East peace process, Palestinian Foreign ....

12 Palestinians arrested in W. Bank

Date: 2017-08-10 08:30:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:6938072

RAMALLAH, Aug 10 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested on Thursday 12 Palestinians in the West Bank. Four Palestinians were arrested in Israeli crackdowns on the Old City in Al Quds city. Earlier in the day, Israeli occupation forces ....

Israeli forces demolish 4 Palestinian houses in Ramallah

Date: 2017-08-10 08:29:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:6938075

RAMALLAH, Aug 10 (MENA) - Israeli forces demolished four houses belonging to Palestinians who carried out attacks against Israelis near Ramallah at dawn of Thursday. Three of the demolished houses belonged to three Palestinian martyrs killed in ....

3.8-magnitude earthquake shakes northern Palestinian coast

Date: 2017-08-09 20:05:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:6937831

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale rattled the northern Palestinian coast on Wednesday. No casualties or material damage were reported. (MENA) R R N/M A F ....

Jordanian charity organization sends aid convoy to West Bank

Date: 2017-08-09 14:25:49 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:6937104

AMMAN, Aug 9 (MENA)- The Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), in cooperation with the Armed Forces, dispatched on Wednesday a humanitarian aid convoy to the West Bank. Secretary General Ayman Al Mifleh said that three trucks loaded ....

Erekat urges Int'l community to focus on two-state solution

Date: 2017-08-09 14:03:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:6937219

RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Palestinian chief negotiator and secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat has called on the US administration and international community to focus on the two-state solution on the 1967 ....