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No peace plan received from US -- PLO chief

Date: 2018-03-04 10:48:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7276701

RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian leadership hasn't directly or indirectly received any plan or features of the so-called "the deal of the century" for peace with Israel, said the Palestine Liberation Organization's chief Wasel Abu ....

Farmer shot by Israeli forces at Gaza border dies of wounds

Date: 2018-03-03 18:45:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7275964

GAZA CITY, March 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry said Saturday that a farmer who was shot and injured by Israeli forces to the east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip earlier on the day succumbed to his wounds. The troops stationed ....

149 civilians killed in Turkish shelling on Afrin

Date: 2018-03-03 07:05:23 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7274763

DAMASCUS, March 3 (MENA) - As many as 149 Syrian civilians, including 27 children, were killed in a Turkish shelling on Afrin in Aleppo countryside. Turkish forces renew its shelling on some areas in Jandairis countryside as part of the ....

11 Palestinians injured in Gaza clashes with Israeli forces

Date: 2018-03-02 17:16:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7274345

GAZA CITY, March 2 (MENA) - At least 11 Palestinians were injured in clashes that broke out in multiple locations along Gaza borders as Israeli forces attacked protesters who rallied on the 13th Friday of Rage against US recognition of Jerusalem as ....

Azhar Grand Imam calls for 'just solution' for Palestinian cause

Date: 2018-03-02 12:26:13 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7273589

CAIRO, March 2 (MENA) - Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyib said the Palestinian cause is the most important issue in the Middle East, stressing the necessity of reaching a "just solution" to the Palestinian cause. He made it clear "If this issue is ....

Turkey prosecutors order arrest of naval officers, teachers and trade unionists – reports

Date: 2018-03-02 12:22:15 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7273814

ANKARA, March 2 (MENA) - Turkish prosecutors have reportedly ordered the arrest of 154 people including naval officers, teachers and trade unionists over alleged links to Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, Russia Today cited state media as ....

17 persons killed in Turkish air raids in Syria's Afrin

Date: 2018-03-02 11:14:35 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7273571

LONDON, March 2 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday that Turkish warplanes attacked two positions of pro-Syrian government forces overnight, killing at least 17 people in the northwestern Kurdish enclave of Afrin, Voice of ....

SOHR: 60 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria's Afrin

Date: 2018-03-02 11:09:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7273642

LONDON, March 2 (MENA) - At least 15 elements of the Turkish troops were killed in clashes with the Kurdish forces in the Syrian region of Afrin, bringing the total number of Turkish soldiers killed in Ankara's military operation in Afrin to 60, the ....

RT: Five Turkish soldiers killed, seven others injured in Syria's Afrin

Date: 2018-03-01 23:03:46 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:120 - ID:7273250

DAMASCUS, March 1 (MENA) - Five Turkish soldiers were killed and seven others injured in Syria's Afrin city, Russia Today reported on Thursday night. No further details were available by the Russian Network.(MENA) M H E ....

Rift between Israel, US widens with Washington inaction on Iran entrenchment in Syria

Date: 2018-03-01 22:59:21 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:119 - ID:7273249

GAZA CITY, March 1 (MENA) - A rift between Israel and the United States regarding Iranian entrenchment in Syria appears to be widening, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled meeting on Monday with US President Donald Trump, Times of ....