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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 ....

Tension rises in al Quds as Israel keeps metal detectors in place

Date: 2017-07-21 09:38:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:6908522

RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - Tensions continued to rise in Jerusalem on Friday after the Israeli occupation government decided late Thursday to keep in place controversial security arrangements at al Aqsa Mosque compound in the city, the Washington ....

Two people dead in Turkey tremor

Date: 2017-07-21 09:22:29 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:6908532

ANKARA/ATHENS, July 21 (MENA) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.9 killed two people when it struck near major Turkish and Greek tourist destinations in the Aegean Sea on Friday, Turkish and Greek officials said. According to Sky News ....

Strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes off Turkey coast

Date: 2017-07-21 09:15:49 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:6908507

ANKARA, July 21 (MENA) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 hit off Turkey coast, the American Geological Survey Agency reported on Friday. The tremor occurred off the coastal city of Marmaris in southwestern Turkey, it added. No more ....

Israeli occupation arrests Fatah leaders in al Quds

Date: 2017-07-21 08:07:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:6908375

RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation on Friday made wide-scale arrests of Fatah Movement leaders and al Quds activists after storming their homes in the occupied al Quds city. Tension mounts in al Quds as the Israeli cabinet decided to ....

Abbas arrives in Ramallah to follow up al Quds developments

Date: 2017-07-21 07:38:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:6908374

RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday returned home to Ramallah to follow up developments taking place in al Quds city. Abbas is set to chair a meeting of Palestinian leaderships in Ramallah to brief them on the ....

US implementing Iranian nuclear deal 'very badly' - Moscow

Date: 2017-07-20 16:37:03 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:6907989

MOSCOW, July 20 (MENA) - The introduction of new US sanctions against Iran over its controversial ballistic missile program is unfounded and could harm the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's ....

Abul Gheit, UN envoy probes latest Syrian developments

Date: 2017-07-20 13:57:54 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:6907639

CAIRO, July 20 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab League (AL) Ahmed Abul Gheit received a phone call from UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura during which they exchanged points of view pertaining to the latest developments of the Syrian ....

Israeli army shoots dead Palestinian near Bethlehem

Date: 2017-07-20 12:37:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:6907489

RAMALLAH, July 20 (MENA) - Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian from the village of Taqou, east of Bethlehem, after he allegedly attempted to stab soldiers near the village, according to Palestinian security and medical sources. Soldiers ....