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  • Palestine calls for US, int'l stance against settlements

    Date: 2017-10-07 09:13:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7027306

    RAMALLAH, Oct 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned in the strongest possible terms the Israeli settlements, calling for a US and international action to halt such activities and put into effect the UN resolution ....

  • Russian forces destroy Daesh command post in Syria, killing 80 terrorists

    Date: 2017-10-07 08:38:42 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7027254

    MOSCOW, Oct 7 (MENA) - Russia's Defense Ministry has reported the elimination of terrorist Daesh command position in the Syrian Al Mayadin district, leaving 80 militants dead. The ministry added that there were nine people from the North Caucasus ....

  • 3 Daesh suicide bombers killed after failed terror attack

    Date: 2017-10-07 08:16:17 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7027218

    BAGHDAD, Oct 7 (MENA) - Three Daesh suicide bombers were killed when they tried to infiltrate into a train station in western al Anabr, Commander of al Jazeera Operations Lt General Qassim al Mohammadi said on Saturday. Units of Iraqi army along ....

  • Israeli drone crashes in southern Gaza Strip

    Date: 2017-10-06 19:31:13 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:7026987

    GAZA CITY, Oct 6 (MENA) – An Israeli drone crashed in southern Gaza Strip Friday, The Jerusalem Post quoted the Israeli army as saying. No information was lost, a spokesman for the armyr said. (MENA) M M E/A H E ....

  • US Senate approves new sanctions on Hezbollah

    Date: 2017-10-06 18:40:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:7026872

    WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (MENA) - The US Senate approved Friday a new bill of new sanctions on Lebanese group of Hezbollah, Sky News reported. The bill, passed earlier by the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, will expand the ....

  • Four injured in clashes with Israeli forces in Gaza Strip

    Date: 2017-10-06 17:36:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7026837

    GAZA, Oct 6 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in northern Gaza strip, said medical sources on Friday. The Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets at dozens of Palestinians who gathered ....

  • Iran main sponsor of global terrorism, says Saudi FM

    Date: 2017-10-06 16:12:04 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7026802

    MOSCOW, Oct 6 (MENA) - Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir said Friday that Iran remains "the main sponsor of global terrorism", calling on Tehran to halt its support to terror and stop targeting stability of the region. Al Jubeir, in remarks to ....

  • Israel closes major roads between Ramallah, Nablus to secure settlers’ marathon

    Date: 2017-10-06 09:38:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7026107

    RAMALLAH, Oct 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces announced on Friday that the majority of roads that link between the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Nablus would be closed until the noon hours, WAFA news agency reported. The step was taken under the ....

  • Erdogan says Turkey will soon close Iraq border, air space

    Date: 2017-10-05 14:59:19 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7025315

    ANKARA, Oct 5 (MENA) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey would soon close its border with northern Iraq and shut its air space in response to last week's Kurdish independence referendum, the Daily Mail ....

  • Syrian army advance towards al Mayadeen city in Deir Ezzor

    Date: 2017-10-05 11:21:35 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7024791

    DAMASCUS, Oct 5 (MENA) - Syrian Army units continued their advance on Thursday to eliminate Daesh terrorists from the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor and became five kilometers away from the outskirts of al Mayadeen city. SANA reporter ....

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