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Daesh attack on Syrian refugee camp near Iraq kills 32 -- SOHR

Date: 2017-05-02 14:38:38 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:6793724

LONDON, May 2 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says nearly three dozen people have lost their lives when members of the Takfiri Daesh launched an attack against a camp for Iraqi refugees and displaced Syrians in the far northeastern ....

Palestinian injured over alleged stabbing attempt

Date: 2017-05-02 14:20:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:6793643

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was injured near Hizma checkpoint on Tuesday when Israeli forces opened fire at him, over an alleged stabbing attempt. Israeli media claimed that the Israeli army foiled a stabbing attempt and severely ....

Israeli court sentences Palestinian detainee to five and half years in jail

Date: 2017-05-02 12:47:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:6793241

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - An Israeli court at Ofer Prison sentenced a Palestinian detainee to five and a half years in prison over charges of opening fire near the Israeli settlement of Har Adar. Mohamed Jamal, who has been detained since last ....

Palestinians mark 69th anniv. of Nakba

Date: 2017-05-02 08:44:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:6792981

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - Palestinians marked on Tuesday the 69th anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 Palestinian exodus. The Palestinian people of 48 organize a march that starts from the 48 lands towards "Al Kabri" town in Galilee located 12.5 ....

Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa mosque

Date: 2017-05-02 08:33:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:6792955

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - Israeli settlers on Tuesday attacked the surroundings of Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab el Maghreba gate under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. The settlers went on provocative tours inside the mosque courtyards. ....

Ex-Palestinian prisoner died in Ramallah city

Date: 2017-05-02 07:12:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:6792846

RAMALLAH, May 2 (MENA) - Freed Palestinian prisoner Mazen Mohamed al Magraby, who went on a hunger strike in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners incarnated in Israeli jails, died on Tuesday. In press statements on Tuesday, Head ....

Over 20 hunger striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails admitted to hospitals

Date: 2017-05-01 18:14:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:6792567

RAMALLAH, May 1 (MENA) – Palestinian Authority Prisoners' Affairs Minister Issa Qaraqe said that the number of Palestinian prisoners who collapsed from the hunger strike and were admitted to hospitals reached more than 20 in the past 15 ....

Israel denies compensation to family of toddler burned to death

Date: 2017-05-01 16:47:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:6792429

RAMALLAH, May 1 (MENA) – Israel will not pay terror victims’ compensation to Ahmed Dawabsha, a Palestinian boy whose parents and brother were killed in a 2015 arson attack carried out on their home by Israeli settlers, the Palestinian Information ....

Trump likely to visit Israel May 22 - reports

Date: 2017-05-01 15:52:07 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:6792401

GAZA CITY, May 1 (MENA) - Israeli and US officials suggest US President Donald Trump will likely arrive in Israel on May 22, Haaretz reported Monday. "Trump's potential trip to Israel, by the end of May, turned from something the White House was ....

UN chief welcomes Kazakhstan’s efforts toward reconciliation in Syria

Date: 2017-05-01 10:29:16 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:6791946

MOSCOW, May 1 (MENA) - At a meeting with Kazakhstan’s top diplomat in New York, the UN chief expressed full support of Astana’s efforts toward reconciliation in Syria, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry was quoted by TASS news agency as saying ....