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Daesh kills 23 Syrian soldiers in overnight attack: SOHR

Date: 2023-08-11 14:18:40 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:10296038

LONDON, Aug 11 (MENA) - In an overnight assault on a military bus in the Deir ez-Zor region, Daesh claimed the lives of 23 Syrian soldiers, as reported by the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The attack took place in the ....

Palestinian killed, 4 injured by Israeli gunfire in Tulkarm

Date: 2023-08-11 07:43:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10295413

RAMALLAH, Aug 11 (MENA) – A Palestinian was killed and four others were injured by Israeli army gunfire last night in an Israeli military raid of Tulkarm refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank, WAFA reported. Mahmoud Jihad Jarad, ....

Palestine says to present file to ICC on killing of 19-year-old Qusai Maatan by Israeli settlers

Date: 2023-08-10 17:12:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10294671

RAMALLAH, Aug 10 (MENA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said it is preparing an integrated file on the murder of Qusai Maatan, a 19-year-old Palestinian, during an attack mounted by Israeli settlers on Burqa village ....

PNC: Escalated killing operations of Palestinians crimes schemed by Israeli occupants

Date: 2023-08-10 17:10:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10294682

RAMALLAH, 10 Aug (MENA) - The Palestine National Council (PNC) asserted that the recurrent and escalation in the execution operations carried out against Palestinians on the hands of Israeli squads from the occupation forces are crimes that are ....

Lebanon’s defense minister unharmed after gunfire hit car

Date: 2023-08-10 15:51:44 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10294868

BEIRUT, Aug 10 (MENA) - Lebanon’s caretaker Defense Minister Maurice Sleem was safe on Thursday after his car came under gunfire in the Jisr al-Basha neighborhood, east of the capital Beirut, Al Arabiya reported. The bullets hit a window of his ....

4.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Turkey

Date: 2023-08-10 15:24:11 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10294995

ANKARA, Aug 10 (MENA) – A 4.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in Diyarbakir in Turkey at 15:25, ANews reported According to data from the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) website, a 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck Diyarbakir's ....

Arab Parliament welcomes Australia's decision to officially resume use of term "Occupied Palestinian Territories"

Date: 2023-08-10 13:32:44 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:10294561

CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament (AP) on Thursday welcomed Australia's decision to officially reinstate the terms "Occupied Palestinian Territories" and "Illegal Israeli settlements" to underscore the colonial status in the Palestinians ....

Israeli navy opens fire at Palestinian fishermen in Gaza

Date: 2023-08-10 10:21:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10294449

RAMALLAH, Aug 10 (MENA) - Israeli navy Thursday opened fire at Palestinian fishermen boats as they were sailing into the Gaza City sea causing damages to some of them, WAFA reported. Israeli navy forces targeted Palestinian fishermen boats as ....

Syrian National Earthquake Center records 7 tremors over past 24 hours

Date: 2023-08-10 10:07:32 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10294425

DAMASCUS, Aug 10 (MENA) - The National Earthquake Center (NEC) announced recording seven weak and medium-intensity tremors during the past 24 hours, reported the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The center said in a statement to SANA that the ....

US, Iraq disucss boosting bilateral judicial cooperation

Date: 2023-08-10 09:55:38 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10294393

BAGHDAD, Aug 10 (MENA) - Head of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Faiq Zeidan and US Deputy ambassador to Baghdad David Burger discussed on Thursday means of boosting judicial cooperation between Iraq and the United States. The media office of ....