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Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes with settlers in Nablus

Date: 2022-03-26 19:49:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:9491210

RAMALLAH, March 26 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinians sustained suffocation injuries on Saturday during confrontations with Israeli settlers in Asira ash-Shamaliya village in the occupied West Bank province of Nablus, WAFA reported quoting medical ....

Palestine holds Israeli gov't accountable for Al Aqsa's break-ins

Date: 2022-03-26 19:26:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:9491177

CAIRO, March 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry held on Saturday the Israeli government accountable for the continuation of break-ins of Al Aqsa Mosque, according to a press release. The Israeli authorities' deliberate linking between ....

Thousands of Palestinians perform Friday prayers at al-Aqsa despite closure

Date: 2022-03-25 13:57:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:9489089

RAMALLAH, March 25 (MENA) - Thousands of Palestinian worshippers performed Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al Quds amid tight Israeli restrictions and closure to secure a marathon in the occupied territories. The Islamic Awqaf department in ....

Israeli police block off Jerusalem traffic arteries for settler marathon

Date: 2022-03-25 13:54:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:9489088

RAMALLAH, March 25 (MENA) - Israeli police Friday blocked off traffic arteries in the occupied city of East Jerusalem to make room for a settler marathon, WAFA reported. Police closed dozens of roads in Jerusalem, starting from the Sheikh Jarrah ....

Israeli forces detain 13 Palestinians, injure three others in West Bank

Date: 2022-03-24 11:24:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:9487265

RAMALLAH, March 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces Thursday overnight detained 13 Palestinians and injured three others in multiple raids across the West Bank, WAFA quoted local and security sources as saying. They said that Israeli forces rounded up a ....

Israeli settlers attack vehicle carrying teachers home from school near Hebron

Date: 2022-03-23 20:43:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:117 - ID:9486400

RAMALLAH, March 23 (MENA) - A group of armed Israeli settlers attacked with stones a Palestinian vehicle to the south of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, said Fouad al-Amour, a local activist on Wednesday. He told WAFA News Agency a ....

Palestine warns of escalated violence in Ramadan

Date: 2022-03-23 17:39:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:9485876

RAMALLAH, March 23 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has warned of escalated violence during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. In a press release on Wednesday, the ministry said that Israel practices a racist occupation policy and ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2022-03-23 13:48:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:9485713

RAMALLAH, March 23 (MENA) - A number of Israeli settlers stormed on Wednesday Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli occupation police. More than one hundred settlers broke into the Al Aqsa Mosque from Al-Magharebah gate, according ....

Daesh-affiliated terrorist cell arrested in Iraq's Salah al-Din province

Date: 2022-03-23 09:20:36 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:9484613

BAGHDAD, March 23 (MENA) - The Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) announced the arrest of a Daesh-affiliated terrorist cell in Salah al-Din governorate, north of Baghdad, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported. In a statement on Wednesday, the IIS ....

Kuwait, Indonesian parl't speakers seek closer relations

Date: 2022-03-23 09:01:02 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:9484734

KUWAIT CITY, March 23 (MENA) - Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq al Ghanim met Wednesday with his Indonesian counterpart Puan Maharani, on the sidelines of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) 144th session, to discuss bilateral parliamentary ....