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Palestinian injured in Israeli incursion in West Bank

Date: 2017-07-02 18:36:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:6877830

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - A Palestinian man was injured by Israeli troops who raided a village in the occupied West Bank, local sources said on Sunday. The forces vandalized three acres of harvests owned by a villager during their incursion in ....

Israeli forces arrest MP Khaleda Jarrar

Date: 2017-07-02 11:51:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6876926

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested Sunday two prominent leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in a major raid on several areas in the city of Ramallah, central West Bank. Israeli forces ....

Syrian State TV: 8 killed, 12 wounded in Damascus suicide bombing

Date: 2017-07-02 11:47:07 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:6876877

DAMASCUS, July 2 (MENA) - Syrian state TV reported on Sunday at least eight people have been killed and 12 wounded in a series of car bomb explosions in Damascus. Security forces have chased three car bombs and destroyed two of them at the entrance ....

Former lawmaker begins jail sentence for boosting Palestinian prisoners

Date: 2017-07-02 10:47:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:6876937

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - Arab Knesset member Basel Ghattas of the Joint (Arab) List’s Balad faction began his two-year jail sentence at Gilboa Prison for boosting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. In April, the Beersheba Magistrate’s Court ....

Taliban kill 13 local militiamen in ambush in Afghanistan

Date: 2017-07-02 08:32:47 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:6876636

KABUL, July 2 (MENA) – Afghan officials say the Taliban have attacked a local militia, killing 13 pro-government fighters, ABC News reported on Sunday. Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for the governor of the northern Balkh province, says the local ....

Suicide bombing hits Damascus; casualties feared - State TV

Date: 2017-07-02 07:20:51 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:6876608

DAMASCUS, July 2 (MENA) - A suicide bomber has blown himself up in the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing and injuring a number of people, Russia Today reported on Sunday. The bomber was in one of three cars, each with bombs, that had been pursued ....

Giant US aircraft carrier fighting Daesh docks at Haifa port

Date: 2017-07-01 11:45:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6875548

Gaza City, July 1 (MENA) - The United States Navy USS George H.W. Bush supercarrier docked outside Israel's northern Haifa port on Saturday morning, the Jerusalem Post reported on Saturday. One of a ten-ship fleet, currently the largest warships ....

Israel to build pipeline to absorb sewage from Gaza

Date: 2017-07-01 09:18:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:6875310

RAMALLAH, July 1 (MENA) - Israel will build a pipeline to absorb sewage from neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip after the sewage treatment facility there was shut down due to the electricity crisis, Ynet reported on Saturday. The Sderot ....

Syrian soldiers killed in Ein Tarma clashes: Opposition

Date: 2017-07-01 09:07:54 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:6875237

DAMASCUS, July 1 (MENA) - A number of Syrian soldiers have been killed and others injured during clashes in Ein Tarma, Damascus eastern countryside, Syrian opposition factions announced on Saturday. The opposition said that they managed to ....

Iraqi police take full control of al Shifaa district in Mosul

Date: 2017-07-01 07:55:38 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:6875149

BAGHDAD, July 1 (MENA) - Iraq's rapid reaction forces took full control of al Shifaa district northern Mosul as part of the final operations to uproot Daesh terrorists, the Iraqi federal police announced on Saturday. The forces also recaptured ....