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  • Israeli forces raid village of alleged attacker in Ramallah, detain his brother

    Date: 2017-07-22 09:32:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:6909584

    RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) - Israeli forces raided early Saturday Kobar village in western Ramallah and ransacked the home of an alleged attacker whom they accuse of stabbing three Israeli settlers to death on Friday night, local sources said. ....

  • Tensions continue in Al Quds as Palestinians perform Fajr prayers in streets

    Date: 2017-07-22 09:29:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:6909550

    RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) - For the eighth consecutive day, worshipers continued Saturday to refrain from entering Al Aqsa mosque through the electronic gates set up by the Israeli occupation forces at the entrances to the mosque. The director of ....

  • US confirms end of CIA support for opposition in Syria

    Date: 2017-07-22 06:44:05 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:6909471

    WASHINGTON, July 22 (MENA) - A US army general has confirmed that Washington has decided to put an end to a CIA scheme to equip and train certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad. He insisted the policy shift ....

  • 21 Palestinians from West Bank arrested by Israeli occupation forces

    Date: 2017-07-21 21:12:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:6909344

    RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) – The Palestinian Prisoners Club said on Friday that 21 Palestinians from the West Bank were arrested by Israeli occupation forces during clashes that took place near Al Aqsa Mosque. In a press release, the club said ten ....

  • Abbas freezes contacts with Israel over Al Aqsa violations

    Date: 2017-07-21 19:46:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:6909310

    RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday all contacts with Israel will be suspended till the occupation forces stop their attacks on Al Aqsa Mosque. In a speech, Abbas urged all Palestinian factions to overcome ....

  • Palestinian succumbed to wounds in Quds clashes; death toll rises to 3

    Date: 2017-07-21 17:19:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:6909070

    RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry said Friday a man was succumbed to wounds at a Ramallah hospital after having been shot by Israeli forces during a demonstration in the village of Abu Dis district of Al Quds, local sources ....

  • 6 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli police outside Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2017-07-21 14:41:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:6908606

    RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) – Six Palestinians were injured outside Al Aqsa Mosque when Israeli police forces fired rubber bullets at them while being on their way to perform Friday prayers, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. Eyewitnesses told MENA ....

  • Israel is dragging us into religious war: Palestinian govt

    Date: 2017-07-21 14:13:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:6908662

    RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian government called on the international community to quickly assume responsibility towards the Israeli escalation in Al Quds. "This escalation is dragging us into religious and sectarian wars already ....

  • Seven terrorists killed, wounded in clashes in Iran

    Date: 2017-07-21 11:46:10 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:6908660

    TEHRAN, July 21 (MENA) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Friday that three terrorists were killed and four were wounded in clashes near the border in northwest Iran, local media reported. Some terrorists tried late Thursday to launch ....

  • Clashes, shelling kill 5 in Damascus, Raqqah: SOHR

    Date: 2017-07-21 11:01:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:6908593

    LONDON, July 21 (MENA) - At least five people were killed and others injured in clashes and bombardment in Damascus countryside and al Raqqah city, northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Friday. At least a person ....

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