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Israeli forces kill two teens at Gaza border

Date: 2019-02-08 22:18:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7795560

Two Palestinians, one of them a minor, were killed and 18 others injured on Friday as Israeli forces continued to attack the Great March of Return protests at Gaza-Israel border, WAFA quoted the Palestinian Ministry of Health as saying. The ....

Palestinian killed, 16 others injured by Israeli forces in eastern Gaza

Date: 2019-02-08 17:37:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7795341

A Palestinian kid was killed, 16 others wounded by live ammunition and gas inhalation during Israeli forces' suppression of Palestinian peaceful marches in eastern Gaza Strip. According to local medical sources on Friday, Hassan Salby, 14, was ....

Syria, Russia discuss means to enhance bilateral relations

Date: 2019-02-07 18:56:24 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7794138

Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam on Thursday met Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov in Moscow. Talks during the meeting dealt with the bilateral relations between Syria and Russia on different levels and means to enhance ....

Abul Gheit: socio-economic file referred to Arab summit should include feasible executive mechanisms

Date: 2019-02-07 11:12:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7793297

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said that the socio-economic file to be referred to Arab leaders during their summit meeting in Tunis in March should include a clearly-set road map outlining feasible executive mechanisms and ....

Syria says aid convoy of 133 trucks sent to Rukban Camp

Date: 2019-02-06 22:16:40 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7792681

A convoy of humanitarian aid has been delivered to tens of thousands of displaced Syrians at Al-Rukban Camp in al-Tanf area on the Syrian-Jordanian border. The delivery process was carried out by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) in cooperation ....

Dozens of Yemenis flee Houthi shelling in Hudaydah

Date: 2019-02-06 21:05:32 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7792660

A Houthi random shelling forced dozens of Yemeni residents to flee their homes in mountainous area at Tuhayat District in Al Hudaydah governorate, Al-Arabiya television reported on Wednesday. The fresh Houthi attack breached a declared truce, ....

AL lauds Spanish firm's rejection of Israeli rail tender

Date: 2019-02-06 18:47:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7792551

Arab League (AL) Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian and Occupied Arab Territories Affairs Saeed Abu Ali lauded a Spanish company’s decision to reject an Israeli tender to build part of the Jerusalem railway. In press statements ....

Republican senators break with Trump on Afghanistan, Syria withdrawal

Date: 2019-02-05 07:34:03 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7789536

The Republican-controlled US Senate voted to oppose the withdrawal of US troops from Syria and Afghanistan, breaking with US President Donald Trump as he calls for a military drawdown in both countries. Senators voted 70-26 for the amendment ....

UAE VP grants Azhar imam, Vatican pope human fraternity prize

Date: 2019-02-05 06:18:13 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7789447

UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum granted on Monday Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb and Pope Francis of the Vatican the first-of-its-kind prize of human fraternity. Addressing a ceremony ....

Disabled Palestinian beaten, detained in western Bethlehem

Date: 2019-02-03 20:47:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7787742

The Israeli forces detained on Sunday a disabled Palestinian after beating him in western Bethlehem. In statements, Deputy Mayor of Nahalin Hani Fannun said that Ibrahim Ali Fannun, who has an amputated leg, attempted to help a young man nabbed ....