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Entry of chemical weapons inspectors to Douma today unlikely - source

Date: 2018-04-18 09:43:11 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7356558

DAMASCUS, April 18 (MENA) - A UN source dismissed on Wednesday the possibility that inspectors of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) would enter the Syrian city of Douma today. A UN security team entered Douma on ....

Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home

Date: 2018-04-18 08:36:09 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7356494

DAMASCUS, April 18 (MENA) - Hundreds of Syrian refugees in southeastern Lebanon are preparing to return home. The voluntary return was scheduled to start on Wednesday, with refugees boarding buses that would take them from Lebanon’s Shebaa and ....

US refuses to give details about its desire to send Arab forces to Syria

Date: 2018-04-18 08:20:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7356368

WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert refused to talk about any details concerning a US desire to send Arab forces to Syria. About the reconstruction of Syria, Nauert said that the US wants to see other ....

US, allies to be unable to dislodge Assad, says ambassador

Date: 2018-04-18 06:58:04 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7356354

MOSCOW, April 18 (MENA)- Washington, London and Paris will not be able to dislodge the Syrian President Bashar al Assad, TASS News agency quoted Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya as saying on Tuesday at a meeting of the UN Security ....

5 Palestinians wounded in artillery shelling of Khan Younis

Date: 2018-04-18 06:00:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7356334

GAZA CITY, April 18 (MENA) - Five Palestinian citizens were wounded, one critically, in an Israeli artillery shelling of eastern Khan Younis. Israeli artillery fired several shells at a position belonging to Saraya el Quds. Eyewitnesses said ....

4 Palestinians injured by Israeli fire in Gaza

Date: 2018-04-17 22:40:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7356028

GAZA CITY, April 17 (MENA) – Four Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire in eastern Gaza city and eastern Bureij camp of the Gaza Strip, eyewitnesses said on Tuesday. The injuries occurred when Israeli occupation forces stationed at the ....

Israeli forces suppress Palestinian rally on prisoners’ day

Date: 2018-04-17 15:31:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7355435

RAMALLAH, April 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces have suppressed a popular rally Palestinians held Tuesday at the northern entrance of al Bireh city, near Ramallah to mark the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. The Israeli troops fired tear gas ....

44th Palestinian Prisoners' Day observed amid unprecedented Israeli violations

Date: 2018-04-17 07:45:01 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7354558

CAIRO, April 17 (MENA) - Palestinians marked on Tuesday the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day amid unprecedented Israeli violations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a report that roughly ....

British sub tracked by Russian subs before latest strikes in Syria

Date: 2018-04-17 07:21:25 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7354572

LONDON, April 17 (MENA) - A British attack submarine has been locked in a “cat-and-mouse” pursuit by Russian submarines and warships, The Times said quoting military sources. While Theresa May was deciding last week whether to launch strikes ....

Russia: Almost 600 Syrians return to Eastern Ghouta over past day

Date: 2018-04-17 06:57:31 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7354540

MOSCOW, April 17 (MENA) - Almost 600 civilians have returned to their homes in Syria over the past day, TASS reported Tuesday quoting the Russian Defense Ministry. "Over the past day 580 civilians have returned to Eastern Ghouta, and a total of ....