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Abbas discusses peace efforts with Meretz party

Date: 2017-08-20 15:44:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:6953558

RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Sunday a delegation from the Israeli left-wing Meretz party at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, to discuss ways to advance peace efforts in the region, Wafa news ....

Airstrikes kill 13 civilians in Raqqa

Date: 2017-08-20 11:49:21 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:6952993

DAMASCUS, Aug 20 (MENA) - Thirteen civilians, including women and children, were killed in airstrikes by the International Alliance fighter jets and artillery shelling by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the city of Raqqa over the past few ....

Israel steps up pressure on Palestinian prisoners in Raymond jail

Date: 2017-08-20 11:18:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:6952957

RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said the Israeli prison authorities stormed Sunday Raymond jail and enforced severe measures against the Palestinian prisoners in Section (6). The forces transferred ....

Israel arrests 10 Palestinians in Al Quds

Date: 2017-08-20 10:04:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6952732

RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained on Sunday at least ten Palestinians, half of them teenagers from different places in Al Quds. Eight youths were arrested at dawn on charges of throwing of stones, fireworks and Molotov ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry deplores Israel's killing of Palestinian teen

Date: 2017-08-20 09:42:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:6952717

RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned Israel's killing of a Palestinian teen at Za'tara checkpoint, south of Nablus. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said the 16-year old boy posed no threat to the Israeli ....

Israel detains two Palestinian youths near Gaza Strip border

Date: 2017-08-20 09:37:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:6952788

GAZA CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - Two Palestinian youths have been detained by Israeli occupation forces near the border with the Gaza Strip, local sources said Sunday. The pair, in their 20s, were passing in the area when the Israeli troops captured ....

Palestinian teenager shot dead at Israeli checkpoint near Nablus

Date: 2017-08-19 17:25:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:6952285

RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - A Palestinian teenager was shot dead Saturday at an Israeli checkpoint south of Nablus of the occupied West Bank. Israeli authorities alleged the youth was attempting to carry out a stabbing attack on Israeli forces when ....

17,000 Iraqi refugees back home in Nineveh

Date: 2017-08-19 09:33:21 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:6951559

BAGHDAD, Aug 19 (MENA) - Iraq's Ministry of Displacement and Migration announced Saturday that at least 17,000 refugees have returned to their home in Nineveh governorate. Minister of Immigration and Displacement Jassim Mohammed said the office ....

3 Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire in Jenin

Date: 2017-08-19 09:29:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:6951556

RAMALLAH, Aug 19 (MENA) - Three Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli fire in Jenin city in the northern West Bank. Israeli troops stormed Jenin Camp earlier Saturday, before clashes erupted, eyewitnesses said. The Israeli troops then ....

Palestinian shot, others suffocate in clashes along Gaza border

Date: 2017-08-18 19:19:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:6951164

GAZA CITY, Aug 18 (MENA) - A Palestinian was shot and injured with a live bullet, and others suffocated by tear gas during clashes that erupted Friday in multiple locations along Gaza borders, WAFA news agency reported. Israeli forces stationed at ....