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  • Israeli jets fly over Gaza

    Date: 2017-07-23 08:47:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:6910990

    GAZA CITY, July 23 (MENA) - Israeli F 16 jets and drones have been flying at low altitude over Gaza since the early hours of Sunday. The Israeli army, meanwhile, claimed that two rockets had been fired from the northern Gaza Strip toward ....

  • Israeli forces arrest Hamas leaders, activists in West Bank

    Date: 2017-07-23 08:13:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:6910974

    RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) - Israeli forces launched on Sunday a wide-scale arrest campaign in the West Bank that targeted a number of Hamas leaders and activists, local media sources said. The occupation forces detained Finance Minister in the ....

  • Assad forces on outskirts of Euphrates River

    Date: 2017-07-23 06:47:33 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:6910877

    DAMASCUS, July 23 (MENA) - Assad forces scored another advance in the southeastern countryside of Al Raqqa after capturing a number of villages that were under the control of militants, Syrian activists said Sunday. The new advance made the army ....

  • Israeli reconnaissance aircraft violates Lebanese airspace

    Date: 2017-07-22 22:11:09 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:6910775

    BEIRUT, Jul 22 (MENA) - An Israeli reconnaissance plane violated the Lebanese airspace over the town of Rmaich and circled over the southern regions, the Lebanese army command said in a statement Saturday. The plane then left the Lebanese ....

  • Clashes escalate south of Al Aqsa, occupation use stun grenades

    Date: 2017-07-22 21:44:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:6910774

    ٌRAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) - Clashes have escalated Saturday between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces in Silwan neighborhood on the southern outskirts of the Old City of Jerusalem. Witnesses told MENA that the occupation forces use new ....

  • Palestinian shot dead in Al Quds as clashes erupt in West Bank

    Date: 2017-07-22 20:46:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:6910754

    RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) – Clashes continued in certain areas in occupied Al Quds (East Jerusalem) and the West Bank on Saturday, leaving one Palestinian shot dead by Israeli fire and dozens more wounded, Maan News reported. Israeli forces shot ....

  • 15 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces in Ramallah

    Date: 2017-07-22 17:00:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:6910510

    RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) – Fifteen Palestinians were wounded, including one with live bullet, on Saturday in ongoing clashes with Israeli occupation forces in Kobar village in western Ramallah, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. On Friday, a ....

  • Lebanese security forces arrest 55 Syrians for attempting to infiltrate into territories

    Date: 2017-07-22 15:55:55 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:6910440

    BEIRUT, July 22 (MENA) - Lebanese security forces arrested on Saturday 55 Syrians while infiltrating into Lebanese. In a statement on Saturday, the forces said all needed legal measures were taken against the arrestees. (MENA) M N E/M H E ....

  • National powers in Ramallah: Sunday will witness comprehensive escalation against Israel

    Date: 2017-07-22 15:16:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:6910364

    RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) - The national and Islamic powers in Ramallah urged the Palestinians to launch a "comprehensive escalation" against the Israeli occupation and its settlers in the province. In a statement issued on Saturday, the powers ....

  • Syrian military jets conduct strikes against Daesh in Raqqah

    Date: 2017-07-22 14:56:40 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:6910377

    DAMASCUS, July 22 (MENA) – The Syrian military jets conducted strikes against Daesh in the Syrian city of Raqqah, military sources said on Saturday. The strikes targeted Daesh sites, vehicles and gunmen, the sources said. On the other hand, ....

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