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  • 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 ....

  • Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque under protection of occupation troops

    Date: 2023-08-10 07:48:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:10294105

    RAMALLAH, Aug 10 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers on Thursday broke into Al Aqsa mosque compound, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. Eyewitnesses said the settlers entered the compound through Al-Maghariba gate. The ....

  • Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian in Nablus

    Date: 2023-08-10 06:54:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10294023

    RAMALLAH, Aug 10 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces have killed a Palestinian youth during confrontations in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinian security sources said Thursday that the Palestinian,27, was killed during the ....

  • Release of settlers who murdered Palestinian gives Jewish terrorists feeling of impunity: Palestinian FM

    Date: 2023-08-09 21:04:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10293883

    RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - The release of Elisha Yared, a Jewish settler accused of murdering 19-year-old Qosai Jammal Mi'tan in a settler raid on the Palestinian village of Burqa, and just putting him under house arrest by an Israeli court order, ....

  • Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque under protection of occupation troops

    Date: 2023-08-09 08:59:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10292800

    RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers on Wednesday broke into Al Aqsa mosque compound, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. Eyewitnesses said the settlers entered the compound through Al-Maghariba gate. The ....

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