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  • Despite Israeli concerns, Russia says Iran's presence in Syria is legitimate - report

    Date: 2017-11-14 22:44:42 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:7091144

    GAZA CITY, Nov 14 (MENA) - Russia has not promised to ensure a withdrawal of pro-Iranian forces from Syria, RIA news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Tuesday. The presence of Iran in Syria is legitimate, Lavrov ....

  • Palestinian injured in clashes with Israeli occupation forces

    Date: 2017-11-14 18:34:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7090985

    RAMALLAH, Nov 14 (MENA) – A young Palestinian national was shot injured during clashes that erupted Tuesday in Tuqu' town in Bethlehem, West Bank. According to Palestinian sources, he received a bullet in his thigh during the clashes. He was ....

  • Iran's quake death toll rises to 530

    Date: 2017-11-14 13:36:41 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7090378

    TEHRAN, Nov 14 (MENA) - About 530 people were killed and close to 8,000 injured when a quake hit near the Iran-Iraq border on Sunday, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The government is scrambling to get aid to the worst-hit Kermanshah province, ....

  • Israeli extremist settlers storm al Aqsa mosque

    Date: 2017-11-14 12:41:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7090211

    RAMALLAH, Nov 14 (MENA) - Israeli extremist settlers and elements of occupation intelligence accompanied by special forces stormed on Tuesday al Aqsa mosque through al Magharba gate. Palestinian Islamic endowments said in a statement that 77 ....

  • Israeli occupation forces arrest 18 Palestinians from WB

    Date: 2017-11-14 11:49:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7090017

    RAMALLAH, Nov 14 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces at dawn Tuesday arrested 18 Palestinian citizens from various cities of the West Bank, Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a statement. The detaineed Palestinians are from Hebron, Tulkarm, Tobas ....

  • Death toll of Iran quake hits 450; over 7,000 injured

    Date: 2017-11-13 19:25:21 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7089362

    TEHRAN, Nov 13 (MENA) - The death toll from a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the border region between Iran and Iraq has risen to about 450 people, almost all of them in Iran, Iranian state media reported on Monday. The highest ....

  • Israel says to transfer military units to Negev

    Date: 2017-11-13 19:12:15 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7089385

    GAZA CITY, Nov 13 (MENA) - Israel said on Monday it has plans to relocate military units to the Negev, a challenging project that has been in the works for several years and would see tens of thousands of soldiers relocated. The Defense Ministry ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry holds UNSC responsible for Israeli crimes in al Aghwar

    Date: 2017-11-13 15:18:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7088725

    RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Monday condemned the silence of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), saying that it holds responsibility for the results of the ethnic cleansing taking ....

  • 25 gunmen surrender to Assad forces

    Date: 2017-11-13 08:36:13 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7088194

    DAMASCUS, Nov 13 (MENA) - Twenty five gunmen surrendered to Syrian authorities in northern Aleppo, said a representative of Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria on Monday. The gunmen were forced to turn themselves in following a fierce ....

  • Israeli army prepares to demolish hundreds of Palestinian homes in northern Jordan Valley

    Date: 2017-11-13 08:35:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7088202

    RAMALLAH, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Israeli army has ordered some 300 Palestinians who have lived for decades in the northern Jordan Valley to remove all their property from the area, Haaretz newspaper reported. This is the first time the army is using ....

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