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  • 5 killed and 16 injured in explosion in Turkey

    Date: 2017-11-08 15:34:18 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7081419

    ANKARA, Nov 8 (MENA)- Five workers were killed and 16 wounded on Wednesday in an explosion at a textile factory in the Turkish city of Bursa, the Turkish Labor Ministry said. A steam boiler in the factory caused the explosion which resulted in ....

  • Israeli settlers perform Talmudic rituals in Hebron

    Date: 2017-11-08 10:31:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7080550

    RAMALLAH, Nov 8 (MENA) - A number of Jewish settlers performed Talmudic rituals at al Mowaraq Palace in Dora town, southern Hebron, earlier Wednesday. The settlers performed the rituals under protection of the Israeli occupation army, ....

  • SDF advances more on eastern bank of Euphrates River

    Date: 2017-11-08 09:57:04 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7080477

    DAMASCUS, Nov 8 (MENA) - The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed more advances on the eastern bank of Euphrates River and retook villages in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. Clashes centered in the precincts of Basira town and Al ....

  • Israeli occupation forces arrest 17 Palestinians from WB

    Date: 2017-11-07 10:51:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7078681

    RAMALLAH, Nov 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 17 Palestinian citizens from the West Bank, in overnight raids that lasted till Tuesday morning. Occupation forces detained three Palestinian children near a playground in Beit Hanina ....

  • Russian journalists and servicemen injured by explosion in Syria

    Date: 2017-11-07 09:39:08 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7078513

    MOSCOW, Nov 7 (MENA) - Journalists of Russia's NTV and Zvezda broadcasters were injured in Syria on Monday night and then were safely evacuated to Russia's Hmeimim airbase, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. According to the ....

  • Two Israelis injured in car blast in Ashdod

    Date: 2017-11-07 07:56:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7078422

    RAMALLAH, Nov 7 (MENA) - Two Israelis were injured and several vehicles caught fire on Tuesday morning after a car exploded in the southern city of Ashdod, The Jerusalem Post reported. Police and rescue services are on the scene scanning for ....

  • Israeli forces detain liberated Palestinian prisoner for third time

    Date: 2017-11-06 20:24:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:7078146

    RAMALLAH, Nov 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Monday detained a liberated Palestinian prisoner for the third time in Yaabad town, southwest of Jenin. The 24 year-old Palestinian was arrested while attending the trial of one of his relatives at a ....

  • Israel detains 23 Palestinians in Quds, West Bank

    Date: 2017-11-06 09:34:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7076734

    RAMALLAH, Nov 6 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces detained Monday 23 Palestinians in Al Quds and number of towns in the West Bank. In Al Quds, the Israeli forces arrested a woman, who is a Palestinian prisoner's wife, after raiding her house ....

  • Syrian army continues claiming border victories

    Date: 2017-11-06 08:55:48 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7076690

    DAMASCUS, Nov 6 (MENA) - The long-anticipated downward spiral of Daesh is nearing as the Syrian army claims more border victory with its advance towards Bukamal city near borders with Iraq. After retaking Deir Ezzor, the last known command post for ....

  • Israel's defense minister calls on Rivlin to pardon 'Hebron shooter' Elor Azaria

    Date: 2017-11-05 17:05:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:7076033

    RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman called on Israel's President Reuven Rivlin to pardon Elor Azaria, the soldier who is serving a 14-month prison sentence following a manslaughter conviction for killing Palestinian, ....

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