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Cypriot FM welcomes Mogherini initiative on Middle East peace process

Date: 2018-02-27 11:42:24 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7267951

NICOSIA, Feb 27 (MENA) - Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis Asoulidis hailed an initiative by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini on exchanging points of view on the Middle East peace process between the EU foreign ministers and ....

Russian envoy says Arafat symbol of Palestinian struggle, unity

Date: 2018-02-27 11:04:07 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7267987

CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Russian president's special representative for the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov has said that late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is a symbol of the Palestinian struggle and unity. Addressing the 11th meeting of the ....

Israel detains 13 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2018-02-27 10:05:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7267750

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained at dawn on Tuesday 13 Palestinians from different governorates in the West Bank. In a statement on Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that five Palestinians were detained from ....

Israeli forces detain 19 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-02-26 10:58:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7265814

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Monday 19 Palestinians, including an injured minor, during pre-dawn raids across the West Bank, WAFA News Agency reported, quoting the Palestinian Prisoners' Club as saying. PPC said that ....

Israel bans tourism, education ministers from attending event in Quds

Date: 2018-02-26 10:55:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7265832

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) – Israeli authorities Monday banned Minister of Tourism Rola Ma’ay’a and Minister of Education Sabri Saidam from attending an event in the Old City of Al Quds, according to a Tourism Ministry official. Jiries Qumsieh, ....

Israeli forces mount limited incursion into northern GS

Date: 2018-02-26 10:43:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7265813

GAZA CITY, Feb 26 (MENA) - Israeli forces mounted a limited incursion on Monday into Beit Lahia town in the northern parts of the Gaza Strip. Local sources said that four Israeli bulldozers scooped some lands in the town. They acted under air ....

Palestinians suffocated after Israeli attack in West Bank

Date: 2018-02-25 21:46:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:7264800

RAMALLAH, Feb 25 (MENA) - A number of Palestinians were suffocated on Sunday after Israeli occupation forces targeted a peaceful march east of Tubas city in northeastern West Bank, medical sources said. The march was organized by the ....

Israeli navy fatally shoots Palestinian fisherman off Gaza shore

Date: 2018-02-25 20:47:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7264995

GAZA CITY, Feb 25 (MENA) – A Palestinian fisherman Sunday was fatally shot after Israeli naval forces opened fire on a fishing boat sailing within the unilaterally designated fishing zone offshore al-Sudaniya area, northwest of Gaza city, WAFA ....

4.6 quake hits south Iran

Date: 2018-02-25 20:33:10 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:7265262

TEHRAN, Feb 25 (MENA) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 degrees struck on Sunday the southern part of Tehran, Alsumaria News reported. The temblor has rattled the city of Asaluyeh in Bushehr Province. No casualties or damage were ....

Pope calls violence in Syria 'inhuman,' backs UN cease-fire

Date: 2018-02-25 14:42:07 GMT - Vatican - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7264571

VATICAN CITY, Feb 25 (MENA) - Pope Francis is denouncing the "inhuman" violence in Syria and is backing a UN Security Council-demanded cease-fire so food and medicine can reach desperate Syrians and the sick and wounded can be evacuated, ABC News ....