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  • 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. ....

  • Arrest warrants out for 117 military staff in Turkey

    Date: 2017-09-29 12:28:10 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7015082

    ANKARA, Sept 29 (MENA) - Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 117 military personnel as part of a probe into the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) who has been accused by Ankara of orchestrating last year’s attempted coup, ....

  • Iraqi forces destroy 3 booby-trapped cars in Salah el Din

    Date: 2017-09-29 10:46:07 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7014891

    BAGHDAD, Sept 29 (MENA) - Three booby-trapped cars, driven by suicide bombers, have been detonated by Iraqi forces in eastern Salah el Din governorate, Tigris Operations Commander Lt. Gen. Mozher al Azzawy said on Friday. No injuries among the ....

  • Int'l quartet lauds Egypt's efforts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation

    Date: 2017-09-29 08:58:21 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7014751

    NEW YORK, Sept 29 (MENA) - The international quartet comprising Russia, the US, the EU and the UN welcomed efforts exerted by Egypt to create suitable conditions for the Palestinian Authority to assume its responsibilities in Gaza. In a joint ....

  • US-led coalition conducts 35 airstrikes on Daesh sites in Raqqah

    Date: 2017-09-29 07:22:09 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7014625

    WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - the US-led coalition warplanes carried out 35 airstrikes on Daesh sites in Raqqah city over the past 24 hours, the US Army announced on Friday. Meanwhile, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of Raqqa al Samra ....

  • Russia denies abduction of servicemen in Syria

    Date: 2017-09-28 15:44:47 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:7014141

    MOSCOW, Sept 28 (MENA) - A representative of Khmeimim Air Base denied on Thursday the abduction of Russian servicemen by gunmen in Syria. No Russian serviceman is missing or being captured by militants in Deir Ezzor governorate or in any other ....

  • Turkey urges nationals to leave Kurdistan ahead of flight suspension

    Date: 2017-09-28 13:47:19 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7013816

    ANKARA, Sept 28 (MENA) - Turkey urged on Thursday its nationals in Kurdistan to leave immediately before flights are suspended on Friday. After Kurdistan independence referendum, the Iraqi government gave Kurdistan three days before handing over ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israeli siege of 16 villages

    Date: 2017-09-28 10:30:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7013119

    RAMALLAH, Sept 28 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry lashed out at the Israeli siege imposed on 16 Palestinian villages, northwest of Jerusalem. The blockade entered on Thursday its third day in a row. Such intransigent and collective ....

  • All foreign flights to Erbil to end Friday

    Date: 2017-09-28 09:59:19 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7013127

    ERBIL, Sept 28 (MENA) - All foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Erbil will be suspended from Friday evening on Baghdad's orders, Al Arabiya English quoted the airport director as saying, following a controversial ....

  • Scores of settlers storm into Aqsa

    Date: 2017-09-28 09:51:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7013124

    RAMALLAH, Sept 28 (MENA) – Scores of Israeli settlers stormed into al Aqsa Mosque guarded by Israeli forces on Thursday. Eyewitnesses said successive groups of settlers, who conducted provocative tours in the mosque, entered from al Magharba gate. ....

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