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Palestinian succumbed to wounds in Quds clashes; death toll rises to 3

Date: 2017-07-21 17:19:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:6909070

RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry said Friday a man was succumbed to wounds at a Ramallah hospital after having been shot by Israeli forces during a demonstration in the village of Abu Dis district of Al Quds, local sources ....

6 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli police outside Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-07-21 14:41:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:6908606

RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) – Six Palestinians were injured outside Al Aqsa Mosque when Israeli police forces fired rubber bullets at them while being on their way to perform Friday prayers, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. Eyewitnesses told MENA ....

Israel is dragging us into religious war: Palestinian govt

Date: 2017-07-21 14:13:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:6908662

RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian government called on the international community to quickly assume responsibility towards the Israeli escalation in Al Quds. "This escalation is dragging us into religious and sectarian wars already ....

Seven terrorists killed, wounded in clashes in Iran

Date: 2017-07-21 11:46:10 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:6908660

TEHRAN, July 21 (MENA) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Friday that three terrorists were killed and four were wounded in clashes near the border in northwest Iran, local media reported. Some terrorists tried late Thursday to launch ....

Clashes, shelling kill 5 in Damascus, Raqqah: SOHR

Date: 2017-07-21 11:01:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:6908593

LONDON, July 21 (MENA) - At least five people were killed and others injured in clashes and bombardment in Damascus countryside and al Raqqah city, northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Friday. At least a person ....

Tension rises in al Quds as Israel keeps metal detectors in place

Date: 2017-07-21 09:38:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:6908522

RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - Tensions continued to rise in Jerusalem on Friday after the Israeli occupation government decided late Thursday to keep in place controversial security arrangements at al Aqsa Mosque compound in the city, the Washington ....

Two people dead in Turkey tremor

Date: 2017-07-21 09:22:29 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:6908532

ANKARA/ATHENS, July 21 (MENA) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.9 killed two people when it struck near major Turkish and Greek tourist destinations in the Aegean Sea on Friday, Turkish and Greek officials said. According to Sky News ....

Strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes off Turkey coast

Date: 2017-07-21 09:15:49 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:6908507

ANKARA, July 21 (MENA) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 hit off Turkey coast, the American Geological Survey Agency reported on Friday. The tremor occurred off the coastal city of Marmaris in southwestern Turkey, it added. No more ....

Israeli occupation arrests Fatah leaders in al Quds

Date: 2017-07-21 08:07:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:6908375

RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation on Friday made wide-scale arrests of Fatah Movement leaders and al Quds activists after storming their homes in the occupied al Quds city. Tension mounts in al Quds as the Israeli cabinet decided to ....

Abbas arrives in Ramallah to follow up al Quds developments

Date: 2017-07-21 07:38:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:6908374

RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday returned home to Ramallah to follow up developments taking place in al Quds city. Abbas is set to chair a meeting of Palestinian leaderships in Ramallah to brief them on the ....