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  • Israeli forces prevent Palestinian marathon in Jerusalem

    Date: 2018-03-09 12:21:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7285974

    RAMALLAH, March 9 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces prevented on Friday a Palestinian marathon in Al Quds city against Israel's Jerusalem Marathon. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli occupation forces attacked Palestinian participants, including ....

  • Militants bar at least 1,500 civilians from leaving East Ghouta: Russian center

    Date: 2018-03-08 22:23:16 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:7285621

    MOSCOW, March 8 (MENA) - About 1,500 residents of five Eastern Ghouta settlements are ready to leave the militant-controlled Syrian district via a humanitarian corridor, but militants prevent them from doing so, Tass News Agency reported quoting the ....

  • 5,000 Israeli, US troops train together to counter missile threats

    Date: 2018-03-08 19:33:07 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7285483

    GAZA CITY, March 8 (MENA) - Some 5,000 American and Israeli troops are participating in a joint missile-defense exercise, preparing for the threat of attacks from across the region, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. The "Juniper Cobra" exercise began ....

  • Macron: Trump's recognition of Jerusalem "real error"

    Date: 2018-03-08 08:30:59 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7284072

    PARIS, March 8 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron said US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital was a "real error" and France has no plans to follow in his footsteps, ABC news reported. Macron met Wednesday ....

  • 5.4 quake hits southeast Iran

    Date: 2018-03-07 19:27:03 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7283681

    TEHRAN, March 7 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit southeast Iran on Wednesday evening, Euronews cited state media as reporting. The epicenter of the earthquake was about 14 km (9 miles) away from the town of Kahnooj in Kerman province, the ....

  • Egyptian security delegation holds talks in Gaza on reconciliation

    Date: 2018-03-07 14:04:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7283096

    GAZA CITY, March 7 (MENA) - An Egyptian security delegation had talks on Wednesday with Governor of the Central Zone in the Gaza Strip Abdullah Abu Samahdan in the residence of the Egyptian delegation, now visiting here. The two sides reviewed ....

  • Egyptian security delegation probes with Haniyeh implementing Palestinian reconciliation

    Date: 2018-03-07 13:36:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:7282775

    GAZA CITY, March 7 (MENA) - The visiting Egyptian security delegation here discussed Wednesday with the Head of the Political Office of Hamas Movement Ismail Haniyeh means of implementing mechanisms of Palestinian reconciliation. This came in ....

  • 144 settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque

    Date: 2018-03-07 11:45:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7282392

    RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) - Some 114 settlers broke into Al Aqsa mosque on Wednesday amid tight security measures by Israeli police. Eyewitnesses said the settlers stormed the courtyards of the mosque via Bab Magarba and toured the compound in a ....

  • Palestine denounces Israeli PM statements

    Date: 2018-03-07 11:35:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7282488

    RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that the only solution to the Palestinian issue is via establishing peace in the region. A released statement by the ministry strongly denounced instigation discourse ....

  • Armed factions say they are not negotiating to withdraw their fighters from Ghouta

    Date: 2018-03-07 09:39:15 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7282068

    DAMASCUS, March 7 (MENA) - Armed factions in Ghouta denied holding any negotiations on the withdrawal of their fighters from the besieged enclave. This comes after the announcement of the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria that it is ready ....

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