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Turkey may launch operation against northern Syria's Kurds, says minister

Date: 2017-07-04 13:49:47 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:6880831

ANKARA, July 4 (MENA) - Turkey says it may launch a cross-border operation into the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin in northern Syria if it constitutes a "constant security threat," ABC News reported. Defense Minister Fikri Isik told ....

Small Israeli drone crashes in southern Gaza, says army

Date: 2017-07-04 10:39:07 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:6880428

GAZA CITY, July 4 (MENA) - A small Israeli drone crashed in the southern Gaza Strip overnight Tuesday, the army said, in the third such incident this year, The Times of Israel reported. There did not appear to be a risk that classified ....

Turkey shells SDF posts near Afrin

Date: 2017-07-04 10:14:39 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:6880262

DAMASCUS, July 4 (MENA) - The Turkish army shelled with heavy artillery and rockets posts of the US-backed Democratic Syrian Forces (SDF) near Afrin city, northern Aleppo, Syrian activists said on Tuesday. The activists added that casualties were ....

Kuwaiti Emir receives call from Pakistani PM

Date: 2017-07-03 13:59:46 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:6878940

KUWAIT CITY, July 3 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah received a phone call from Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Monday. They discussed bilateral relations and the latest developments in the region. ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry urges quick action to stop Israeli settlement expansion plot

Date: 2017-07-03 12:58:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:6878738

RAMALLAH, July 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has called on the UN Security Council to live up to its legal and moral responsibilities to force Israel to stop its settlement expansion on Palestinian lands, particularly al Quds. The ....

Putin talks Syrian crisis with Russian national security council o

Date: 2017-07-03 12:57:19 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:6878993

MOSCOW, July 3 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Monday with the Russian National Security Council to discuss the economic and social situation in Russia and the Syrian crisis. Spokesman for the Kremlin said the meeting tackled ....

PNC urges Inter-Parliamentary Union to take punitive measures against Knesset over Jarrar's re-arrest

Date: 2017-07-03 11:27:25 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:6878711

AMMAN, July 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian National Council (PNC) vehemently condemned Israel's re-arrest of Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, a year after her release from jail. In a press release on Monday from Amman, the council urged the ....

Israel confiscates parts of historic Islamic cemetery in East Jerusalem

Date: 2017-07-03 10:41:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:6878635

RAMALLAH, July 3 (MENA) - Israel confiscated parts of the historic Islamic cemetery adjacent to the eastern wall of Al Aqsa Mosque. Eyewitnesses said Israeli forces brought heavy drilling equipment in the site. Israeli forces prevented ....

Iranian president criticizes Turkey's Dam projects

Date: 2017-07-03 10:25:55 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6878578

TEHRAN, July 3 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rohani criticized major dam projects by Turkey on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, IRNA news agency reported Monday. Rohani is demanding Turkey to halt construction of both dams, saying that they ....

Israel detains 17 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2017-07-03 09:29:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:6878387

RAMALLAH, July 3 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained 17 Palestinians on Monday from different areas in the West Bank. Israeli forces stormed into Qalqilya and detained five people, according to press statements. Three people were detained from ....