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Israeli occupation forces arrest 11 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2017-08-28 10:04:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6965402

RAMALLAH, Aug 28 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 11 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said. In a statement, the club said the occupation forces arrested four citizens from Ramallah and Al ....

Turkish forces target Northern Aleppo

Date: 2017-08-28 09:57:39 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:6965225

LONDON, Aug 28 (MENA) - Turkish forces targeted areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Aleppo countryside on Monday, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Turkish forces targeted ....

Civil defense, police stations to take over duties in Tal Afar

Date: 2017-08-28 09:15:42 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:6965278

BAGHDAD, Aug 28 (MENA) - Iraqi Interior Minister Qasim al Araji called on Monday for re-opening police stations and civil defense directorates in liberated Tal Afar in the governorate of Nineveh. The Interior Ministry, in a statement, said Araji ....

Israeli vehicles push deep east of Khan Younis

Date: 2017-08-28 08:10:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:6965198

GAZA CITY, Aug 28 (MENA) - Israeli vehicles and bulldozers pushed deep into the Palestinian lands east of the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Monday. Eyewitnesses said six Israeli military vehicles; including three bulldozers and three ....

Iranian state TV: Light, 4.9 magnitude quake injures 10

Date: 2017-08-28 07:17:40 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:6965147

TEHRAN, Aug 28 (MENA) - Iranian state TV is reporting that a light, 4.9 magnitude earthquake has injured 10 people in northern Iran, ABC News reported. The report says the pre-dawn temblor struck early on Monday about some 600 kilometers, or ....

PFLP campaigns to enter Bundestag, reports JPost

Date: 2017-08-27 22:15:22 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:6964995

GAZA CITY, Aug 27 (MENA) - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine seeks to enter the German Bundestag in the September 24 federal election, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. “It should not have been allowed to come to this that an ....

Syrian army thwarts Daesh attack, shoots down drone

Date: 2017-08-27 12:01:33 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6964086

DAMASCUS, Aug 27 (MENA)- Syrian Army units destroyed Daesh posts and shot down a drone in Al Jafra village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, the Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported. The army units thwarted an attack by Daesh elements ....

No information about fate of kidnapped soldiers: Lebanese Defense min.

Date: 2017-08-27 10:21:09 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:6963817

BEIRUT, Aug 27 (MENA) - Lebanon's Defence Minister Yaacoub Sarraf Sunday confirmed that there is no information about the fate of soldiers abducted by Daesh terrorists. The army will issue a statement in this regard once information is available, ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 9 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2017-08-27 10:17:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6963907

RAMALLAH, Aug 27 (MENA), Israeli occupation forces arrested nine Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said Sunday. The Club further mentioned that four of the arrestees are from Jericho, three from ....

3rd generator operated at Gaza power plant

Date: 2017-08-26 21:22:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:6963451

GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) – The Gaza Energy Authority announced on Saturday that a third generator was operated at Gaza power plant. In a press release, the authority said that this came after providing the plant with fuel from Egypt. The ....