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Israeli forces detain 8 Palestinians in WB, Al Quds

Date: 2017-06-04 12:33:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:6840429

RAMALLAH, June 4 (MENA) - The Israeli troops arrested Sunday number of Palestinian citizens from different parts of the West Bank and Al Quds (occupied east Jerusalem). Local sources said that the occupation forces nabbed a citizen from ....

PNC says ME peace to be achieved just by ending Israeli occupation

Date: 2017-06-04 12:11:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:6840365

AMMAN, June 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian National Council (PNC) on Sunday said peace, security, and stability in the Middle East would be achieved only by ending the 50-year Israeli occupation, and establishing a Palestinian independent state on the ....

3 Palestinian injured in WB clashes with Israeli forces

Date: 2017-06-04 11:15:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:6840276

RAMALLAH, June 4 (MENA) - Three Palestinians were injured Sunday in clashes with Israeli forces in al Mughayir village, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, WAFA reported. The injured were moved to Palestine Medical Complex, where ....

We will strike back if terrorists in northern Syria provoke Turkey, Erdoğan says

Date: 2017-06-03 20:36:04 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:6839710

ANKARA, June 3 (MENA) - Turkey may launch a new cross-border operation if the PKK terrorist organization's offshoots in northern Syria attack the country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday, the Daily Sabah reported on ....

Russia: New round of Astana talks on Syria on June 12-13

Date: 2017-06-03 19:32:56 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:6839658

MOSCOW, June 3 (MENA) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said that a new round of Astana talks on Syria will be held on June 12-13, SANA news agency reported. In a statement on Saturday, Gatilov said that the "Syrian armed ....

Barak: Netanyahu is misleading the public, gov't is hijacked by extreme right

Date: 2017-06-03 12:17:20 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:6839116

GAZA CITY, June 3 (MENA) - Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday for misleading the public regarding Israel's security interests and charged that the government under his leadership ....

SDF engages in fierce clashes with Daesh in northern Raqqah

Date: 2017-06-03 11:21:39 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:6838947

LONDON, June 3 (MENA) - The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday fierce clashes broke out between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Daesh militants in northern Raqqah. The observatory said the SDF started combing al ....

Turkish PM’s chief advisor detained over suspected Gülen links

Date: 2017-06-03 10:44:52 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:6839062

ANKARA, June 3 (MENA) - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım’s chief advisor was detained over his suspected links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), widely believed to have masterminded the July 15, 2016 failed coup attempt, ....

Number of injured in Iran shopping mall explosion rises to 32

Date: 2017-06-03 07:56:06 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:6838825

TEHRAN, June 3 (MENA) - A powerful blast at a shopping mall in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz has hurt 32 people, Russian news agency Sputnik quoted the provincial ambulance service chief as saying on Saturday. The blast reportedly went off ....

Unknown warplanes bombard Daesh sites in Deir Ezzor: SOHR

Date: 2017-06-03 07:47:01 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:6838802

LONDON, June 3 (MENA) - A Daesh-controlled oil field in Deir Ezzor city has been pounded by warplanes, believed to belong to the US-led coalition, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Saturday. Unknown jets bombarded Daesh ....