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Abbas briefs Jordanian king on outcome of meeting with US delegation

Date: 2017-08-26 20:42:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:6963443

RAMALLAH, Aug 26 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas phoned on Saturday Jordanian King Abdullah II to post him on the outcome of his meeting with the US delegation in Ramallah city on Thursday. The Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported ....

Iraqi forces liberate al Qalaa district, Tal Afer orchards

Date: 2017-08-26 10:05:45 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6962331

BAGHDAD, Aug 26 (MENA) - Iraq's counter-terrorism forces managed on Saturday to completely liberate al Qalaa district and Tal Afer orchards from Daesh terrorists. After taking control of the Daesh-controlled district, the counter-terrorism ....

5 SDF members killed in Raqqa clashes: SOHR

Date: 2017-08-26 07:27:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:6962198

LONDON, Aug 26 (MENA) - At least five members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) along with unknown number of Daesh terrorists were killed in clashes that took place in Raqqa city, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on ....

Israeli gunboat infiltrates into Lebanese waters

Date: 2017-08-25 21:37:17 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:6962104

BEIRUT, Aug 25 (MENA) - An Israeli gunboat violated the Lebanese waters off Ras Naqoura for a distance of 425 meters, a statement by the Lebanese army said on Friday. The boat threw four bombs in the area before it left toward the occupied ....

Palestinian President phones Saudi CP

Date: 2017-08-25 21:36:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:6962105

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday phoned Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for talks on the outcome of a meeting between Abbas and a US delegation in Ramallah city on Thursday. The two sides agreed to ....

EU demands Israel rebuild Palestinian school structures

Date: 2017-08-25 20:08:29 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:6962059

GAZA CITY, Aug 25 (MENA) – Israel must rebuild the two Palestinian schools it demolished, the European Union said as it condemned the Israeli forces actions against Palestinian and Beduin construction in Area C of the West Bank, the Jerusalem Post ....

PLO member condemns opening of synagogue in Al Quds

Date: 2017-08-25 16:55:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:6961868

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) – Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee Ahmed Qurei on Friday condemned the opening of a synagogue in Silwan town in the occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli ministers, Knesset members and ....

Israeli occupation forces disperse anti-settlements protest in W.Bank

Date: 2017-08-25 16:54:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:6961862

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces dispersed Friday an anti-settlements protest by use of force in the town of Kafr Qaddum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya. The protest was organized by a number of ....

Haartez: Israel revokes citizenship of hundreds of Negev Bedouin

Date: 2017-08-25 15:08:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:6961612

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) - Israeli authorities revoked citizenship of hundreds of Negev Bedouins in southern Israel over the past years on grounds of erroneous registration, Haartez reported on Friday. These Bedouins found themselves not Israeli ....

Israeli occupation dismisses Palestinian teachers from job

Date: 2017-08-25 09:39:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:6961052

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA)- An Israeli newspaper website wrote on Friday that Israel's Ministry of Education targets Palestinian teachers working in schools in Al Quds and other 1948 areas. Some 12 Palestinian teachers have been dismissed or ....