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  • Iran's Guards clash with militants on western border, two killed

    Date: 2017-08-06 22:33:26 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:6933181

    Tehran, Aug 6 (MENA) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards clashed with a group of militants in the northwest of the country, killing two of them, Daily Mail reported. Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, the commander of the Guards ground forces, said ....

  • Israeli forces injure, detain Jerusalemites near Aqsa's Bab Al Majles

    Date: 2017-08-06 20:07:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:6933125

    RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Some Jerusalemites were injured when Israeli forces assaulted worshipers near Bab Al Majles of Al Aqsa Mosque. At least two persons were also detained, local sources said. (MENA) M S H/M A F ....

  • Causalities rise to 16 in gunshot in military base east Tehran

    Date: 2017-08-06 15:20:08 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:6932818

    TEHRAN, Aug 6 (MENA) - The causalities from a shooting incident in Iran on Sunday rose to four killed and twelve injured. The incident happened when an Iranian soldier opened fire on his colleagues in a military air base in eastern Tehran. The ....

  • Israel decides to close Al Jazeera's bureau, revoke press credentials of its journalists.

    Date: 2017-08-06 15:12:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:6932791

    RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Israeli government decided Sunday to close the bureau of Qatari-owned Al ـJazeera satellite channel and revoke press credentials of its journalists. Israel's communications minister said that such a decision has been ....

  • Report: Iranian soldier opens fire at air base, kills 3

    Date: 2017-08-06 13:42:42 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:6932718

    TEHRAN, Aug 6 (MENA) - An Iranian soldier opened fire on his colleagues, killing three and wounding 12 of them at a military air base in south Tehran, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Sunday. The report said one of the victims was an ....

  • Netanyahu talks about Africa, ignoring investigations on weekly cabinet meeting: Jerusalem post

    Date: 2017-08-06 13:37:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:6932667

    GHAZA, Aug 6 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu avoided the topic of the police investigations against him and spoke instead about his achievements in Africa and efforts to find a solution for the Netiv Ha’Avot outpost in Gush ....

  • OIC urges Iran to cooperate in investigations over Saudi embassy attack

    Date: 2017-08-06 13:04:57 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:6932659

    CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - The general secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urged Iran for more clarity and cooperation pertaining to the investigations which it vowed to carry out concerning that attacks on the Saudi embassy in ....

  • Israeli settlers storm anew Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2017-08-06 11:16:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:6932313

    RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Groups of Israeli settlers stormed anew Al Aqsa Mosque via al Magharba gate under the protection of Israeli police. As many as 115 Israeli settlers toured the mosque compound in a provocative way amid tight monitoring by ....

  • 2 Israeli gunboats, 2 reconnaissance aircraft violate Lebanese waters, airspace

    Date: 2017-08-05 22:18:09 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:6931880

    BEIRUT, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Lebanese army said Saturday two Israeli gunboats violated the country's territorial waters, while a reconnaissance plane violated the country's airspace. The gunboats violated the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras al ....

  • Israeli forces injure 3 Palestinians, detain child in Hebron

    Date: 2017-08-04 21:15:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:6930657

    RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were injured and a child was detained in an attack by Israeli settlers and soldiers on residents of the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. Israeli soldiers intervened to protect the settlers ....

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