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  • Moscow welcomes liberation of Raqaa city

    Date: 2017-10-21 07:40:56 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7050183

    MOSCOW, Oct 21 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Saturday welcomed the liberation of the northern Syrian city of Raqaa from Daesh terrorists. Moscow deems the liberation of the Deash-controlled city a major step toward ....

  • Germany reportedly approves Israel submarine deal

    Date: 2017-10-20 18:06:32 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7049707

    LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) – The German government has approved a Memorandum of Understanding for the sale of three submarines to Israel, Haaretz quoted Israeli sources as saying on Friday. The sources, who requested anonymity due to the political ....

  • Moscow: No alternative to Iran nuclear deal

    Date: 2017-10-20 17:01:35 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7049642

    MOSCOW, Oct 20 (MENA) - Russian state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom’s Deputy Director General Nikolai Spassky said that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal, is effective, there is no alternative to it, ....

  • Palestinian arrested after stealing truck to run over Israeli soldiers

    Date: 2017-10-20 15:09:28 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7049384

    GAZA CITY, Oct 20 (MENA) - A 39-year-old Palestinian from Ramallah city was arrested Thursday after he had stolen a truck in Holon city, in an attempt to hit Israeli soldiers in a car-ramming attack, Ynetnews reported on Friday. When the truck ....

  • SDF to hands over Raqqa to local council

    Date: 2017-10-20 10:41:35 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7048964

    DAMASCUS, Oct 20 (MENA) - The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday they will hand over administration of Raqqa city to a council made up of local officials and tribal leaders. The SDF managed to evacuate 450,000 civilians from ....

  • Netherlands condemns Israeli new settlement plans in WB

    Date: 2017-10-20 07:42:09 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7048736

    AMSTERDAM, Oct 20 (MENA) - The Netherlands condemned on Thursday Israel's recent decision to build new settlement units in the West Bank. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said that such decision has raised serious questions about the way ....

  • Russian experts create 3D model of Palmyra to be handed over to Damascus

    Date: 2017-10-19 19:28:03 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:7048467

    MOSCOW, Oct 19 (MENA) - Specialists from the Institute for the History of Material Culture at the Russian Academy of Sciences plan to hand over a unique 3D model of the city of Palmyra to the Syrian government, which could help restore its cultural ....

  • Israeli tanks strike Syrian army post after errant mortar fire

    Date: 2017-10-19 17:14:42 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7048346

    DAMASCUS, Oct 19 (MENA) – Israeli tanks struck a Syrian army mortar position near the city of Quneitra on Thursday, hours after a shell from Syria landed in the northern Golan Heights, the Times of Israel quoted the Israeli military as saying. On ....

  • Israel may quit inter-parliamentary union

    Date: 2017-10-19 16:59:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7048108

    GAZA CITY, Oct 19 (MENA) – Days after Israel announced its departure from UNESCO, the Knesset is weighing whether to remain in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Jerusalem Post quoted Zionist Union MK Nachman Shai as saying on Thursday. Shai’s ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 7 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2017-10-19 09:37:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7047342

    RAMALLAH, Oct 19 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Thursday seven Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said. The arrests took place in Ramallah, Bireh, Nablus and Jericho. (MENA) S R E ....

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