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13 SDF elements killed in battles with Daesh in Raqqa

Date: 2017-08-31 09:50:04 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:6970187

LONDON, Aug 31 (MENA) - Thirteen elements of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed in battles with Daesh militants in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the caliphate it declared in 2014, according to the ....

Israeli army shuts down Palestinian radio station in Hebron

Date: 2017-08-31 09:28:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:6970150

RAMALLHA, Aug 31 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Thursday morning closed Manbar Al Huriya Radio and confiscated equipment after storming its headquarter in Hebron city in southern West Bank. The occupation forces detained the employees of the ....

Pravda: Russia to continue backing Iran despite Netanyahu exhortations

Date: 2017-08-30 13:48:02 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:6969272

MOSCOW, Aug 30 (MENA) - After their meeting in Sochi last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recounted how he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin Israel won't stand idly by as Iranian presence looms near Israel, Ynet reported ....

UN chief urges ending Israeli siege on GAZA

Date: 2017-08-30 12:15:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:6969201

GAZA CITY, Aug 30 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for lifting the Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip. Guterres, who is visiting the strip, called for hammering out a solution to the humanitarian ....

UN chief appeals for humanitarian aid on first visit to Gaza

Date: 2017-08-30 12:11:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:6969153

GAZA CITY, Aug 30 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed for large-scale humanitarian aid to Gaza on Wednesday on his first visit to the isolated territory as UN chief and ordered the immediate release of $4 million from the world ....

Russia's top diplomat has no information about possible attack on Israel

Date: 2017-08-30 10:56:49 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:6968953

DOHA, Aug 30 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow has no information about anyone preparing an attack on Israel, the Russian news agency Tass reported. Following talks with the emir of Qatar on Wednesday, Lavrov said "We ....

Guterres tours Gaza border tunnel

Date: 2017-08-30 10:13:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:6968859

RAMALLAH, Aug 30 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived early Wednesday in the Gaza Strip on a field tour organized by Israel, according to Hebraic sites. The tour included a Gaza Strip border tunnel from which Israel ....

Israeli forces arrest 17 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2017-08-30 09:58:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:6968805

RAMALLAH, Aug 30 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoners Club said Israeli forces arrested late Tuesday and early Wednesday 17 Palestinians in the West Bank. In a statement on Wednesday, the club said the forces detained five Palestinians in ....

Syrian Observatory: 8 civilians killed in airstrike by US-led coalition over Raqqa

Date: 2017-08-30 07:02:00 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:6968507

LONDON, Aug 30 (MENA) - At least eight civilians were killed in an airstrike by the US-led international coalition over Raqqa city in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement. Violent clashes are still ongoing between ....

UN chief meets with families of Palestinians jailed by Israel

Date: 2017-08-29 22:37:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:123 - ID:6968359

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (MENA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres met on Tuesday in Ramallah with a number of families of Palestinians in Israeli jails. During the meeting, the families of the prisoners urged the UN chief to "act seriously to save ....