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Turkish forces continue shelling of Afrin residential neighborhoods

Date: 2018-02-18 13:34:34 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7252280

DAMASCUS, Feb 18 (MENA) - A civilian was injured and a railway station was destroyed as a result of the continued Turkish assault on Afrin area in Aleppo’s northern countryside. Heavy bombardment was launched by the forces of the Turkish regime ....

Netanyahu threatens to act against Iran, 'Not just against its proxies' - Haaretz

Date: 2018-02-18 13:07:47 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7251939

MUNICH, Feb 18 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned Israel would act against Iran, and not only against its proxies, if needed, Haaretz reported. "We will act if necessary not just against Iran's proxies but against ....

Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-02-18 11:52:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7252011

RAMALLAH, Feb 18 (MENA) - Up to 100 Israeli settlers stormed Sunday Al Aqsa Mosque from Maghrabi Gate under the tight protection by occupation police, said eyewitnesses. The settlers roamed the mosque, while the police seized the IDs of ....

Israel arrests 6 Palestinians in Al Quds, WB

Date: 2018-02-18 10:51:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7251666

RAMALLAH, Feb 18 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested six Palestinian youths early Sunday in Al Quds and the West Bank, Palestinian sources said. The sources added that four youths were detained in Hazma and Issawiya villages in East Jerusalem during ....

Two Palestinians killed in Israeli shelling on southern Gaza Strip 2 last Gaza

Date: 2018-02-18 10:46:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7251749

On Saturday night, Israeli warplanes bombarded multiple locations across the besieged Gaza Strip. An Israeli F16 fighter jet launched missiles at three locations east of Gaza city, damaging homes, but there were no reports of ....

Israeli forces foil Islamic Jihad plot to bomb Lieberman convoy

Date: 2018-02-18 10:27:29 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7251805

GAZA CITY, Feb 18 (MENA) - Israeli security forces have arrested activists belonging to an Islamic Jihad terror cell that was planning to plant a bomb on a road on which Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s convoy was set to travel, Yedioth ....

Israeli settlers attack Jerusalemite driver

Date: 2018-02-18 10:05:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7251683

RAMALLAH, Feb 18 (MENA) - Israeli settlers attacked on Sunday a Jerusalemite driver near Kiryat Arba settlement in the West Bank city of Hebron. Eyewitnesses said the driver was rushed to a hospital in west of Jerusalem and the settlers fled the ....

Palestinian gov't holds Israel responsible for current escalation against Gaza

Date: 2018-02-18 09:17:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7251543

RAMALLAH, Feb 18 (MENA) - The Palestinian national accord government has held Israel responsible for the current escalation against the Gaza Strip. "The occupation is the first and last reason for the tension and deterioration at all levels in ....

Rescue teams trying to find debris of crashed Iranian plane - spokesman

Date: 2018-02-18 09:14:56 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7251614

TEHRAN, Feb 18 (MENA) - Spokesman for Iran's emergency services Mojtaba Khaledi announced on Sunday that rescue teams traveled by land to the site where an Iranian plane crashed and were trying to find the debris, Iran's Press TV reported. A ....

Iranian airliner with 66 people on board crashes

Date: 2018-02-18 08:22:05 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7251541

TEHRAN, Feb 18 (MENA) - An Iranian airliner with 66 people on board, which was flying from the capital Tehran to the southwestern city of Yasuj, has crashed near the central city of Semirom, Press TV reported on Sunday, quoting authorities. The ATR ....