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Death toll from Turkish airstrikes on Afrin rises to 38

Date: 2018-01-26 13:27:16 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7211613

LONDON, Jan 26 (MENA) – The death toll from a Turkish military operation in Syria's Afrin city rose to 38 civilians, including four children and 10 women, a watchdog said Friday. At least 53 from the Kurdish fighters were killed in the operation, ....

2 Daesh militants arrested in Iraq's Saladin

Date: 2018-01-26 12:15:55 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7211621

BAGHDAD, Jan 26 (MENA) - The Iraqi forces arrested two Daesh militants in the vicinity of Tuz Khurmatu in eastern Saladin in Iraq, a security source was quoted by Al Sumaria News channel as saying Friday. Based on a tip-off, the two Daesh ....

Israeli forces storm several areas in WB

Date: 2018-01-26 09:44:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7211335

RAMALLAH, Jan 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn Friday several neighborhoods and villages in the West Bank and arrested three Palestinians and seized two vehicles. A number of Jewish extremists belong to the Israeli "Price ....

OIC denounces terrorist attack on NGO office in Afghanistan

Date: 2018-01-25 12:01:12 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7210168

RIYADH, Jan 25 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned on Thursday the terrorist attack which targeted the offices of the "Save the Children" charity in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, leaving several people ....

78 Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque under Israeli army protection

Date: 2018-01-25 11:58:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7210022

RAMALLAH, Jan 25 (MENA) – As many as 78 Jewish settlers on Thursday stormed the precincts of Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab el Maghreba gate under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The settlers carried out provocative tours at the holy site ....

4 Palestinians arrested in West Bank

Date: 2018-01-25 08:55:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7209844

RAMALLAH, Jan 25 (MENA) - Four Palestinians, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank. Palestinian sources said that the Palestinians were arrested in the southern West Bank city of Al Khalil ....

1 killed, 13 injured as rockets hit Turkish border town

Date: 2018-01-24 17:23:02 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7209274

ANKARA, Jan 24 (MENA) - One person was killed and 13 were injured when two rockets hit a mosque and a house in the Turkish town of Kilis, local officials were quoted by Russia Today. The projectiles were allegedly fired from the northern Syrian ....

Israel demolishes Araqib Bedouin village in Naqab

Date: 2018-01-24 13:31:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7208580

RAMALLAH, Jan 24 (MENA) - Israeli authorities demolished on Wednesday al Araqib Bedouin village in the Naqab desert in southern Israel for the 124th time, WAFA news agency reported. Israeli police and bulldozers broke into the village and ....

Israeli journalist: Army ordered to strike plane to kill Arafat in 1982

Date: 2018-01-24 13:24:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7208765

GAZA CITY, Jan 24 (MENA) - During his term as Israel's defense minister, Ariel Sharon ordered the Israeli army to shoot down a passenger plane if it was confirmed that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was on board, Haaretz quoted Israeli journalist ....

SDF denies Daesh presence in Syria's Afrin

Date: 2018-01-24 11:07:05 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7208141

DAMASCUS, Jan 24 (MENA) - The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have denied Turkish claims that Daesh elements are present in the Afrin region of northwestern Syria, where Ankara launched an offensive four days ago. "The whole world knows Daesh is ....