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  • Occupation forces send eviction notice to residential building in South Aqsa

    Date: 2018-03-11 11:51:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7288837

    RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) - Jewish religious organization Ateret Kohanim has sent an eviction notice to tenants of a residential building in Batn el Hawa district in Silwan town, south of Al Aqsa Mosque, as part of its efforts to expand settlement ....

  • UNRWA: 90 countries take part in donors conference in Rome mid March

    Date: 2018-03-11 11:04:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7288803

    RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) - Spokesman of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Samy Mushashaa said Sunday 90 countries will take part in the donors conference, to be held in the Italian capital Rome in mid March. In statements to Palestine ....

  • Shaath: Refugees' right to return can never be trespassed

    Date: 2018-03-11 10:28:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7288573

    RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) - Palestinian Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs and International Relations Nabil Shaath said the Palestinian refugees' right to return can never be rescinded. In statements to Palestine Radio on Sunday, Shaath ....

  • First woman White Helmets rescuer killed in Syria

    Date: 2018-03-11 09:04:27 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7288568

    DAMASCUS, March 11 (MENA) - The White Helmets rescue force suffered its first woman fatality on Saturday, after air strikes hit a rebel-held town in the battered Idlib province of northwest Syria, the group said on Sunday. It said rescue worker ....

  • Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in Nablus

    Date: 2018-03-10 19:16:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7288135

    RAMALLAH, March 10 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was shot dead and another one wounded during clashes with Israeli forces in Urif village in southern Nablus in northern West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the 23-year-old man was ....

  • Syrian army advances towards several axes in Eastern Ghouta

    Date: 2018-03-10 12:51:44 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7287547

    DAMASCUS, March 10 (MENA) - The Syrian army advanced on Saturday towards several axes held by armed groups in Eastern Ghouta. The death toll among the Syrian troops rose to 147, Syrian activists told Russia Today TV channel. Meanwhile, Faylaq ....

  • Truce to allow civilians to exit Ghouta starts

    Date: 2018-03-10 11:28:34 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7287464

    DAMASCUS, March 10 (MENA) - A daily truce to allow the civilians, besieged in Ghouta by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization and affiliated groups, has started on Saturday morning, as terrorists continued to prevent civilians from exiting through ....

  • Israeli forces target Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza

    Date: 2018-03-10 10:31:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7287272

    GAZA CITY, March 10 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats fired at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Israeli gunboats targeted the Palestinian fishermen in the northern parts of the coast, with no casualties reported, ....

  • Iran protests lax security measures during embassy attack in London

    Date: 2018-03-10 07:44:23 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7287054

    TEHRAN, March 10 (MENA) - The Iranian Foreign Ministry sent a protest letter to the British embassy in Tehran to complain about slow security measures by the London police after several men armed with cold weapons attacked its mission in the British ....

  • Palestinian gov't condemns fresh aggression by settlers

    Date: 2018-03-09 19:44:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7286835

    RAMALLAH, March 9 (MENA) - The Palestinian national accord government has denounced an aggression by settlers on the Ibrahimi Mosque in the old city of Hebron. The settlers set up tents at the mosque's yard. "It's a fresh occupation of the ....

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