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  • Israel enhances military deployment in Golan Heights amid concerns about Iranian attack

    Date: 2018-04-17 06:43:45 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7354530

    GAZA CITY, April 17 (MENA) - Israel has deployed air and ground troops to the Golan Heights in Syria, according to Ynet. The move is meant to face a potential Iranian attack after a series of strikes in Syria over the past few weeks. (MENA) M ....

  • EU foreign ministers meet to discuss Syria plan

    Date: 2018-04-16 10:31:49 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7352781

    BRUSSELS, April 16 (MENA) - Foreign Ministers from the European Union's 28 member nations are meeting Monday in Luxembourg to discuss how to revive the political peace process in Syria in the aftermath of the recent US-led airstrikes, DW reported. ....

  • Erekat: Arab Summit adopted full Palestinian proposals

    Date: 2018-04-16 10:14:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7352776

    RAMALLAH, April 16 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Saeb Erekat said the 29th Arab Summit has fully adopted the peace plan proposed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN ....

  • Belgian FM urges dialogue with Russia over Syrian crisis

    Date: 2018-04-16 09:40:56 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7352778

    BRUSSELS, April 16 (MENA) - Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders underlined on Monday the importance of holding dialogue with Russia to settle the Syrian crisis by political ways. Dialogue with Russia will not be an easy matter but we have to ....

  • Israel to impose three-day closure on Al Quds

    Date: 2018-04-16 09:27:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7352737

    RAMALLAH, April 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces will impose on Tuesday a three-day closure on Al Quds (East Jerusalem), denying the Palestinian citizens of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip access to the holy city. During the closure ....

  • Gaza power plant out of service over fuel shortage

    Date: 2018-04-16 07:36:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7352635

    GAZA CITY, April 16 (MENA) - The sole power plant in Gaza Strip stopped operating over lack of fuel, according to Gaza Electricity Distribution Company on Monday. The hours of power outage exceed 16 hours in return for a four hour operation, the ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 22 Palestinians from WB, Al Quds

    Date: 2018-04-16 07:26:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7352604

    RAMALLAH, April 16 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces at dawn Monday carried out a large-scale arrest campaign against Palestinians in the West Bank and Al Quds. As many as 22 Palestinians were arrested from various cities in the West Bank and Al ....

  • White House: Trump wants U.S. forces in Syria to come home as quickly as possible

    Date: 2018-04-16 06:06:15 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7352541

    WASHINGTON, April 16 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump still wants US forces in Syria to return home as soon as possible, the White House said on Sunday. The remarks came after French President Emmanuel Macron said he had convinced Trump to keep ....

  • Israel uses excessive force against peaceful Palestinian protesters - Fatah spox

    Date: 2018-04-15 15:22:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:7351388

    GAZA CITY, April 15 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the Palestinian Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip Atef Abou Zaid has accused Israel of using excessive force against peaceful protesters to prevent them from reaching the border line during the Great ....

  • Jewish settlers storm Aqsa Mosque under Israeli police protection

    Date: 2018-04-15 10:12:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7350858

    RAMALLAH, April 15 (MENA) - A group of Jewish settlers on Sunday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab Al Maghreba gate under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. Eyewitnesses said as many as 122 settlers pushed deep into the precincts of ....

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