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UN urges evacuation of 400 civilians from Damascus countryside

Date: 2017-11-11 06:31:58 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7085014

NEW YORK, Nov 11 (MENA) - Some 400 civilians are in urgent need of medical evacuation from Syria's Eastern Ghouta region, including 29 who will die if they are not allowed to leave immediately, the Daily Mail quoted the United Nations as ....

John Kerry: 'Netanyahu urged Obama to bomb Iran’

Date: 2017-11-10 18:50:11 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7084748

GAZA CITY, Nov 10 (MENA) – Former US secretary of state John Kerry said Friday that Israel asked the United States to bomb Iran when Barack Obama served as president, The Jerusalem Post reported. Kerry made the remarks during a conversation he ....

23 Palestinians wounded in crane collapse in marathon west of Gaza city

Date: 2017-11-10 17:40:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7084697

GAZA, Nov 10 (MENA) - At least 23 Palestinians were wounded Friday after a crawler crane collapsed during a marathon west of Gaza city. A medical source in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City said the crane collapsed during the marathon, which was ....

Israel to embark on diplomatic offense against Hezbollah, Iran at UN

Date: 2017-11-10 16:41:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7084630

GAZA CITY, Nov 10 (MENA) - Israel plans to ask the United Nations to strictly enforce the 2006 ceasefire agreement that ended the Second Lebanon war as part of its diplomatic offensive against Iran and its proxy group Hezbollah, The Jerusalem Post ....

Palestinian minister to visit Russia on Saturday for talks

Date: 2017-11-10 13:58:38 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7084327

MOSCOW, Nov 10 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal said Friday in a press conference that Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al Sheikh will visit Russia on Saturday to meet with Russian officials. The ....

PNC says Palestinians follow path of Yasser Arafat in struggling for rights

Date: 2017-11-10 13:39:22 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7084265

AMMAN, Nov 10 (MENA) – The Palestinian National Council (PNC) stressed that the Palestinian people are following the path of their late leader Yasser Arafat in struggling for their just right to freedom and having an independent state with Jerusalem ....

Israeli forces close Ibrahimi Mosque during Jewish feast

Date: 2017-11-10 13:34:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7084333

RAMALLAH, Nov 10 (MENA) - Israeli authorities decided to close the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil (Hebron) in southern West Bank to Muslims on Friday until Sunday. In statement to MENA, Director of Public Relations and Information in Hebron ....

Israeli forces suppress rally near Ramallah, injuries reported

Date: 2017-11-10 12:43:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7084193

RAMALLAH, Nov 10 (MENA) – A number of Palestinians and foreign advocates of the Palestinian cause were injured on Friday, when Israeli security forces suppressed a rally in Bil'in village near Ramallah. The peaceful protest, which is part of ....

Demining operations in Syria's al Bokmal city started- Russian defense min.

Date: 2017-11-10 11:37:48 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7084029

MOSCOW, Nov 10 (MENA) - Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Friday that work is in progress on demining the Syrian city of al Bokmal. The Syrian army supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces have captured the last stronghold of Daesh ....

Parts of cabinet "can’t live" with trump's two-states demand: Israeli minister

Date: 2017-11-09 20:48:43 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7083280

GAZA, Nov 9 (MENA) - Many ministers will vote against a US peace push based on a two-state solution, Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis warned ahead of his trip to the US next week, The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. Akunis said he ....