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21 Palestinians injured in confrontations with Israeli troops near Joseph's Tomb

Date: 2019-04-24 07:11:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7914009

RAMALLAH, April 24 (MENA) - At least 21 Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli troops near Balata Camp in the east of Nablus in the northern West Bank. The Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets during the ....

Israeli army demolishes home of slain Palestinian near Salfit

Date: 2019-04-24 06:52:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7913985

RAMALLAH, April 24 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers demolished on Wednesday dawn the family home of Omar Abu Laila in the az-Zawiya town, west of Salfit in the Central West Bank, the International Middle East Media Center reported. Media sources said ....

Israeli occupation police chief, dozens of settlers storm al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-04-23 13:08:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7912848

RAMALLAH, April 23 (MENA) - The Israeli police chief in Al Quds stormed on Tuesday Al Aqsa Mosque along with dozens of Israeli settlers on the fourth day of the Jewish Passover. Some 237 settlers broke into the holy mosque on Tuesday morning via ....

22,000 Israeli settlers storm Ibrahimi Mosque

Date: 2019-04-23 08:19:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7912331

RAMALLAH, April 23 (MENA) - An estimated 22,000 Israeli settlers reportedly stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron on Monday and Tuesday. Buses carrying settlers arrived in Hebron on Monday night on the occasion of Jewish Passover, Israeli media ....

Russia pounds militant sites in Idlib with multitude of airstrikes

Date: 2019-04-23 07:20:58 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7912265

MOSCOW, April 23 (MENA) - The Russian Air Force has unleashed a new series of airstrikes over Syria's Idlib, targeting several sites under the control of militant groups, according to Sputnik news agency. A military source in northwestern Syria ....

Israel shuts Ibrahimi mosque to Muslims due to Passover

Date: 2019-04-22 12:42:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7911071

RAMALLAH, April 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al Khalil city, southern the West Bank, to Muslim worshipers as Jewish Passover approaches. Tayseer Abu Sneineh, the mayor of Al Khalil, told MENA on ....

Palestinian shot, injured at Israeli army checkpoint north of West Bank

Date: 2019-04-20 10:20:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7906783

RAMALLAH, April 20 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers injured a Palestinian youth at an army checkpoint in north of the West Bank after he allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack, according to Palestinian security sources. The sources told ....

Trump's envoy says ME peace plan has nothing to do with Sinai

Date: 2019-04-19 21:11:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:7906216

WASHINGTON, April 19 (MENA) - Jason Greenblatt, Trump's Middle East envoy, said Friday his country's so-called "Deal of the Century" Middle East peace plan will not include territorial transfer from Egypt's Sinai to the Palestinians. "Hearing ....

OIC congratulates Indonesian people on successful general elections of 2019

Date: 2019-04-18 20:18:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:7904504

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, April 18 (MENA) – Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al-Othaimeen congratulated the people and the government of Indonesia on the successful conduct of the general elections, Saudi News ....

10 Palestinians arrested in W.Bank

Date: 2019-04-18 07:35:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7903327

RAMALLAH, April 18 (MENA) - At least 10 Palestinians were arrested by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank on Thursday. Palestinian sources said that the 10 Palestinians were arrested during Israel's campaigns in Bethlehem, Hebron, Salfit, ....