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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 ....

87 soldiers hospitalized at barracks after suffering from vomiting in Turkey

Date: 2017-06-30 19:51:02 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:6874957

ANKARA, June 30 (MENA) – A total of 87 soldiers at a military barracks in the southwestern resort district of Marmaris were hospitalized in the Aegean province of Mugla after suffering from nausea and vomiting, Sky News reported Friday. Some 84 ....

Israel cancels family visits for Hamas prisoners

Date: 2017-06-29 17:42:20 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:6873735

GAZA, June 29 (MENA) - Israel decided Thursday to no longer allow family visits for some 1,200 Hamas prisoners in an effort to put pressure on the Islamist group and advance talks on the return of Israeli citizen Abera Mengistu and the bodies of two ....

Israeli surveillance drone crashes in Bethlehem

Date: 2017-06-29 17:40:20 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:6873705

GAZA CITY, June 29 (MENA) - An Israeli unmanned Skylark surveillance drone crashed in the Bethlehem area of the West Bank in Israel on Thursday evening, The Jerusalem Post reported. The Israeli army tracked down and recovered the wreckage, and is ....

Israeli troops close Aqsa mosque to worshipers

Date: 2017-06-29 09:01:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:6872805

NABLUS, June 29 (MENA) - Israeli police on Thursday closed Al Aqsa mosque to worshipers after dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the mosque to commemorate the first death anniversary of an Israeli girl. Last year, a Palestinian youth entered an ....

Israeli troops fire at Palestinian fishermen, farmers in Gaza

Date: 2017-06-29 08:16:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:6872759

GAZA CITY, June 29 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats opened fire on Thursday at Palestinian fishing boats in the sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Israeli troops also opened random fire at Palestinian peasants east of Khan Yunis. No casualties were ....

Convicted ex-PM Olmert granted early release from prison

Date: 2017-06-29 08:08:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:6872774

RAMALLAH, June 29 (MENA) - Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was granted early release from prison on Thursday morning and is set to be released on July 2, Ha'aretz newspaper reported. The prosecution opposed the decision to commute his sentence by ....

Israel attacks Syria after mortar attack

Date: 2017-06-29 05:16:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:6872644

RAMALLAH, June 29 (MENA) - Israeli army said it attacked a Syrian position Wednesday evening after a mortar shell landed inside the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Ha'aretz newspaper reported. The Israeli military said the Syrian shell hit an ....

Israeli troops kill Palestinian who shot at them, army says

Date: 2017-06-28 22:51:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:6872531

GAZA CITY, June 28 (MENA) - Israeli military said its forces have shot and killed a Palestinian who opened fire on them in the West Bank, ABC News reported. It said forces were on a mission to find weapons in Hebron Wednesday when the incident ....

Israel strikes Syria army positions

Date: 2017-06-28 21:56:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:6872518

GAZA CITY, June 28 (MENA) - The Israeli army on Wednesday said that it targeted Syrian military positions. The spokesman for the Israeli army said that the strike was in response to an errant mortar shell that fell in an open area in the ....