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Palestinian PM heads for Gaza Strip

Date: 2017-10-02 09:32:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7019213

RAMALLAH, Oct 2 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, accompanied by a group of ministers, headed for Gaza Strip on Monday, on a visit, his first since 2015, Palestinian sources said. Hamdallah will take over government ....

UN Mideast peace envoy arrives in Gaza Strip

Date: 2017-10-02 09:24:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7019204

GAZA CITY, Oct 2 (MENA) - UN Mideast peace envoy Nikolay Mladenov arrived here on Monday through Israeli-controlled Erez crossing in northern the coastal enclave to oversee national reconciliation efforts. The visit comes a few hours ahead of the ....

Netanyahu denies Israeli role in Kurdish referendum

Date: 2017-10-01 19:54:04 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7018740

GAZA CITY, Oct 1 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel was not involved in the Kurdish referendum, Haaretz reported. "Israel played no part in the Kurdish referendum, aside from the natural, deep and ....

CIP head reveals Chinese initiative to reconstruct Gaza

Date: 2017-10-01 13:15:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7018190

GAZA CITY, Oct 1 (MENA) – Chairman of the Consortium of Independent Palestinians (CIP) Mounib El Masri has unveiled an economic and political Chinese initiative to reconstruct the Gaza Strip. In a press conference held on Sunday at the Press ....

Israeli forces stop teaching staff bus heading for southern Hebron

Date: 2017-10-01 09:18:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7017581

RAMALLAH, Oct 1 (MENA) - Israeli forces stopped a bus for transporting teaching staff heading for Yatta in southern Hebron. The forces inspected the bus riders and checked their IDs, an official in southern Hebron said. The Israeli forces set ....

Israeli army detains 6 Palestinians for armed activities

Date: 2017-10-01 07:13:32 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7017367

GAZA CITY, Oct 1 (MENA) - Israeli army detained six Palestinians suspected to be involved in armed activities and violence against Israeli soldiers and civilians. The Israeli forces found four weapons in Bani Naeem village, Israeli newspaper ....

Four Daesh suicide bombers killed by army in Iraq's Anbar

Date: 2017-10-01 07:11:45 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7017386

BAGHDAD, Oct 1 (MENA) - Four Daesh members have been killed by Iraqi troops in Heet city in Anbar, west of Baghdad, according a senior official. The four terrorists managed to infiltrate into the city where they were spotted and killed by the ....

OCHA: 48 Palestinians injured, 152 arrested by Israeli forces in 2 weeks

Date: 2017-09-29 18:48:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7015750

RAMALLAH, Sept 29 (MENA) - The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that 48 Palestinians, including ten children and six women, were injured across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) in clashes with Israeli forces. ....

Iran bans its companies transporting oil products from Iraq's Kurdistan

Date: 2017-09-29 15:17:48 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7015417

TEHRAN, Sept 29 (MENA) - Iran temporarily prohibited the loading and transportation of fuel from Iran to Iraqi Kurdistan and from it in connection with the latest developments in this region, Sputnik news agency reported Friday. Iran had already ....

Israeli occupation forces suppresses peaceful Palestinian protest in Hebron

Date: 2017-09-29 13:30:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7015271

RAMALLAH, Sept 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Friday suppressed a peaceful protest held by Palestinian citizens against Israel's decision to form a self-rule administration for the Israeli settlers in the Old City of Hebron. ....