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Israel army attacks Syrian targets in retaliatory strikes

Date: 2017-06-25 19:34:59 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:6869650

GAZA CITY, June 25 (MENA) – Israel struck Syrian targets in response to an errant fire that hit northern Israel earlier on Sunday, The Jerusalem Post reported. Among the targets struck were two canons and one truck loaded with ammunition, the ....

Israeli settler stabs Palestinian, others destroy olive trees

Date: 2017-06-25 16:22:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:6869517

RAMALLAH, June 25 (MENA) - An Israeli settler stabbed Sunday a Palestinian near Israeli settlement of Betar illit in western Bethlehem. Other Israeli settlers cut down olive trees in Burin village. The settler stabbed a Palestinian then ....

Erdogan rejects Arab demands; Turkish troops stay in Qatar

Date: 2017-06-25 10:36:28 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:6869183

ANKARA, June 25 (MENA) - Turkey's president says he will not pull Turkish troops from their base in Qatar, rejecting a demand by major Arab states that it do so to end the ongoing crisis with the small Gulf country, ABC News reported. Speaking ....

Erdogan faints during morning prayers in Istanbul

Date: 2017-06-25 08:46:49 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:6869051

ANKARA, June 25 (MENA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said he was in good health after briefly feeling unwell during morning prayers in Istanbul, the Daily Mail reported. Erdogan received medical attention after "briefly ....

Israeli army strikes Syrian targets in response to Golan crossfire

Date: 2017-06-24 19:59:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:6868633

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) – Israeli army reportedly launched an attack against several Syrian government targets near the Golan Heights on Saturday in retaliation for fighting that spilled over into Israeli territory earlier in the day, the Jerusalem ....

Israel says Syrian shells land in Golan Heights, sparking Israeli strikes

Date: 2017-06-24 15:53:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:6868432

GAZA CITY, June 24 (MENA) - Several mortar shells exploded in an open area in the Golan Heights near the border with Syria Saturday afternoon, the Israeli army was quoted by official media as saying, leading to retaliatory air strikes. The ....

PHROC urges int'l community to ensure Israel's cooperation with UN missions

Date: 2017-06-24 13:03:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:6868111

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) - The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) has urged the international community to adopt effective measures forcing Israel to cooperate with UN committees on conditions in the Palestinian territories. ....

Turkey wants 'joint mechanism' with US to collect arms sent to SDF

Date: 2017-06-23 21:45:47 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:6867549

ANKARA, June 23 (MENA) - Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık said the Turkish government wants to set up a "joint mechanism" with the US to collect arms sent to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) by the US after Daesh is defeated, Hurriyet newspaper ....

3 kids, 2 adults electrocuted at Turkey water park

Date: 2017-06-23 18:59:40 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:6867454

ANKARA, June (MENA) - Three children and two adults, who tried to rescue them, have died after being electrocuted at a water park in Akyazi, north-western Turkey, Russia Today reported. The children were stunned by an electrical current in a pool ....

Russian warships, sub launch cruise missiles at Daesh targets in Syria - MOD

Date: 2017-06-23 14:36:57 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:6867220

MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - Two Russian Navy warships and a submarine launched six Kalibr cruise missiles on Daesh targets in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday, Sputnik News reported. "The Russian Navy's Admiral Essen, Admiral ....