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  • 17 ceasefire agreements signed in Syria's Hama

    Date: 2018-02-25 12:41:53 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7264243

    DAMASCUS, Feb 25 (MENA) - Over the last 24 hours, 17 ceasefire agreements have been signed in Syria's Hama province, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Sunday. The total number of residential settlements that had signed reconciliation ....

  • Church of the Holy Sepulchre closes over municipality's tax demand

    Date: 2018-02-25 11:31:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7264189

    RAMALLAH, Feb 25 (MENA) - Jerusalem heads of churches announced on Sunday, in a rare move, that they are closing down the doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in protests of recent moves made by Israeli authorities, The Jerusalem Post reported ....

  • Syrian army to enter Manbij city soon to face Turkish forces

    Date: 2018-02-25 11:24:07 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7263979

    DAMASCUS, Feb 25 (MENA) - The Assad regime forces will enter Manbij city in the northern countryside of Aleppo to defend Syrian territories against the Turkish invasion, a Kurdish security source said on Sunday. An agreement in this regard was ....

  • Israeli occupation forces detain 7 Palestinians in WB

    Date: 2018-02-25 10:59:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7263892

    RAMALLAH, Feb 25 (MENA) - Israeli forces Sunday detained seven Palestinians, including minors and a Turkish citizen, from the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). The PPS said in a statement that Israeli ....

  • Abul Gheit welcomes UNSC ceasefire resolution for Syria

    Date: 2018-02-25 10:58:15 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7264061

    CAIRO, Feb 25 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit welcomed on Sunday the UN Security Council resolution to cease fire in Syria for 30 days to let in humanitarian assistance to besieged areas. In a statement, Abul Gheit ....

  • Israeli settlers barge into Aqsa Mosque under protection of occupation army

    Date: 2018-02-25 10:19:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7263927

    RAMALLAH, Feb 25 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers on Sunday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab el Maghreba gate under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The settlers performed provocative acts inside the mosque's courtyard before ....

  • US forces in Israel for joint exercises -- report

    Date: 2018-02-24 15:19:06 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7262932

    GAZA CITY, Feb 24 (MENA) - More than 2,500 American soldiers and officers from the United States European Command (USEUCOM) have recently arrived in Israel to participate in Juniper Cobra, a joint exercise with the Israel Air Force to commence March ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Moving US embassy to Jerusalem 'aggression'

    Date: 2018-02-24 15:09:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7262937

    RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned in the strongest terms a recent American announcement to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem. The step is "a provocative ....

  • Palestinian cause to remain Arabs' top priority, Erekat tells RT

    Date: 2018-02-24 09:38:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7262243

    RAMALLAH, Feb 24 (MENA) - Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat has stressed that the Palestinian cause will always remain an Arab top priority. Erekat, in an interview with Russia Today on Saturday, refuted ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 2 Palestinian fishermen in Beit Lahia

    Date: 2018-02-24 09:08:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7262223

    GAZA CITY, Feb 24 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces arrested on Saturday two Palestinian fishermen and seized their boats off the coast of Beit Lahia in north of the Gaza Strip. According to local Palestinian sources, the Israeli forces also ....

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