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3.1-magnitude quake reported in Syria

Date: 2023-03-03 11:36:11 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10047686

DAMASCUS, March 3 (MENA) - Syria's National Earthquake Center has reported a 3.1-magnitude earthquake in the north of Latakia. The news was carried by Sana with no further details. (MENA) M A E/M O H ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 8 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2023-03-03 11:33:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:10047619

RAMALLAH, March 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested eight Palestinians last night during raids in the north and center of the occupied West Bank, state news agency WAFA quoted local and media sources as saying on Friday. In Ramallah, in ....

New earthquake hits Turkey, measuring 5 magnitude

Date: 2023-03-03 07:39:46 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:10047460

ANKARA, March 3 (MENA) - A five-magnitude earthquake jolted Kahramanmaras province in southern Turkey on Friday, according to Turkey Disaster and Management Authority. The quake was at depth of 6.5 kilometers, the authority said. The new quake ....

AL condemns Israel's laws against Palestinians

Date: 2023-03-02 16:04:53 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10046727

CAIRO, March 2 (MENA) - The Arab League has strongly condemned Israel's laws, policies and practices of racial segregation, persecution and apartheid against the Palestinians. The pan-Arab body also deplored Israel's declared war against the ....

Dozens of Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-03-02 15:40:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10046282

RAMALLAH, March 2 (MENA) - Dozens of Jewish settlers stormed on Thursday Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. The settlers provocatively toured Islam's third holiest site. Israeli occupation forces ban Muslims from entering ....

Fatah announces "comprehensive strike" Thursday in mourning of camp martyr

Date: 2023-03-01 20:39:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:10045302

RAMALLAH, March 1 (MENA) - The Palestinian Fatah movement has announced a "comprehensive strike" to start in Jericho, the Jordan Valley and the eastern West Bank on Thursday. The strike is to be held in mourning of martyr Mahmoud Hamdan, the ....

PNC condemns Knesset preliminary approval of detainees execution bill

Date: 2023-03-01 19:43:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:10045227

RAMALLAH, March 1 (MENA) - Speaker of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) Rawhi Fattouh has condemned the Israeli Knesset's approval in preliminary reading of a bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian detainees. Israel does not need ....

Palestinian injured in Jericho by occupation army gunfire died of his wounds

Date: 2023-03-01 19:43:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:10045244

RAMALLAH, March 1 (MENA) - A Palestinian who was injured earlier during an Israeli army assault on Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho has died of his wounds, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed on Wednesday evening. In a statement ....

Four Palestinians rescued after migrant boat capsizes off Greece

Date: 2023-03-01 17:03:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10045057

RAMALLAH, March 1 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were rescued after a boat carrying immigrants sank off Greece on Wednesday. The boat was carrying 27 immigrants, 24 of them were rescued, including four Palestinians, according to the political ....

Palestine says follows up boat sinking off Greek coast

Date: 2023-03-01 12:50:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10044475

RAMALLAH, March 1 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said on Wednesday that it is following up with great interest a boat sinking that occurred off the Greek coast on Tuesday. Political Advisor to the ....