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  • Qaraqe unveils certain terms of agreement with IPS

    Date: 2017-05-28 16:37:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:6831697

    RAMALLAH, May 28 (MENA) - Chairman of the Detainees Affairs Commission Issa Qaraqe unveiled certain terms of agreement reached between the Palestinian prisoners and the Israel Prison Service (IPS). After reaching the agreement, the Palestinian ....

  • Diyala suicide attack kills, injures 13 people

    Date: 2017-05-28 11:52:58 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6831051

    BAGHDAD, May 28 MENA) - At least 13 people were killed and injured on Sunday when a suicide attack took place in central Baquba city, Diyala governorate, said an Iraqi security source. While six people were killed by the attack that targeted ....

  • Int'l alliance aircraft kill dozens of Daesh militants in Ramadi

    Date: 2017-05-28 11:13:12 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:6831073

    BAGHDAD, May 28 (MENA) - Dozens of Daesh militants were killed in airstrikes on Horan Valley, western Al Ramadi governorate, according to an Iraqi military source on Sunday. International alliance air forces shelled tunnels and arms depots of the ....

  • Trump says Abbas, Netanyahu committed to peace

    Date: 2017-05-28 10:53:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:6830951

    RAMALLAH, May 28 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assured him he's willing to reach for peace with Israel in good faith, the Jerusalem Post reported. He added that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ....

  • Palestinian president: Time for Israel to recognize Palestine, end occupation

    Date: 2017-05-28 10:29:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6831005

    RAMALLAH, May 28 (MENA) - Some 15,000 people rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday in support of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Haartez reported Sunday. A message from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was read during the ....

  • Israeli occupation forces arrest five Palestinians in WB

    Date: 2017-05-28 08:46:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:6830878

    RAMALLAH, May 28 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces at dawn Sunday arrested five Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the Israeli occupation patrols stormed the house of liberated prisoner Abu Noah Harish and detained ....

  • Turkish military says kills 13 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

    Date: 2017-05-28 08:23:54 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:6830841

    ANKARA, May 28 (MENA) – Turkey's military killed 13 members of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes in northern Iraq on Sunday, the Daily Mail quoted military as saying in a statement. The warplanes struck seven PKK targets ....

  • Italian police detain two Syrians in Sicily on suspicion of terror activities

    Date: 2017-05-27 20:00:31 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:6830616

    ROME, May 27 (MENA) - The Italian police detained two Syrian nationals, including a minor, on the island of Sicily on suspicion of the involvement in terrorist activities, Sputnik news agency quoted media as saying Saturday. The men were captured ....

  • Erdoğan, Putin agree on deepening strategic partnership between Turkey, Russia

    Date: 2017-05-27 12:21:01 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:6830164

    MOSCOW, May 27 (MENA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed on deepening strategic partnership between Turkey and Russia . The two leaders also discussed on the phone means of removing economic ....

  • Putin, Rouhani discuss resolving Syrian Conflict

    Date: 2017-05-27 11:52:30 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:6830140

    MOSCOW, May 27 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani discussed by the phone the situation in Syria and stressed the importance of enhancing joint efforts to resolve the conflict in this Middle Eastern state, ....

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