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  • Settlers storm Aqsa; perform Jewish rituals

    Date: 2018-01-21 09:57:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7202260

    RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - Jewish settlers Sunday stormed the compound of Al Aqsa Mosque, where they performed religious rituals. Israeli security forces guarded the ultra orthodox settlers who continued their provocative acts at the holy Muslim ....

  • Turkish FM arrives in Baghdad

    Date: 2018-01-21 08:26:34 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7202101

    BAGHDAD, Jan 21 (MENA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived here Sunday on an official visit for talks with Iraqi government officials, topped by the premier, Iraqi sources said. In statements to Al Sumaria News channel, the sources ....

  • Israeli settlers storm into religious shrines in Awarta village

    Date: 2018-01-21 08:20:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7202051

    RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - Israeli settlers stormed early Sunday religious shrines in Awarta village, southeast of Nablus. Scores of settlers stormed into the village under tight security to perform Talmudic rituals, Palestinian security sources ....

  • Iraqi MP urges UN to halt Turkey's attacks on Syria's Afrin

    Date: 2018-01-21 07:21:39 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7201994

    BAGHDAD, Jan 21 (MENA) - Iraqi MP Hoshyar Abdullah from the Kurdish Change (Gorran) Movement urged the United Nations and the international community to put an end to the Turkish attacks on the Syrian city of Afrin. He called for swiftly halting ....

  • Israel detains 16 Palestinians in West Bank raids

    Date: 2018-01-21 07:08:16 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7201978

    RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - Sixteen Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces in overnight raids in the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post reported on Sunday. Of those arrested, 15 are suspected of participation in "armed activities", and have been ....

  • Free Syrian army enters Kurdish-held Afrin city

    Date: 2018-01-21 06:32:22 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7201959

    ANKARA, Jan 21 (MENA) - The Free Syrian Army entered on Sunday the Kurdish-held Afrin city in coordination with the Turkish army, Sky News reported. The move comes shortly after Turkey announced a military operation, dubbed "Operation Olive ....

  • 1 wounded after 4 rockets fired from Syria land in southern Turkey

    Date: 2018-01-21 06:21:37 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7201945

    ANKARA, Jan 21 (MENA) - One person was slightly wounded when four rockets launched from Syrian territories landed at southern Turkey, Kilis city governor Mehmet Arslan said as quoted by Russia Today. Two rockets hit a house, one landed at a shop ....

  • Turkey starts Military Operation in Syria's Afrin

    Date: 2018-01-20 14:08:21 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7201169

    ANKARA, Jan 20 (MENA) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan revealed on Saturday the start of a military operation in Syria's Kurdish-controlled Afrin region. The operation followed Turkey's army shelling of shelters and hideouts used by Kurdish ....

  • Turkish army shells YPG camps in Syria anew

    Date: 2018-01-20 10:16:59 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7200576

    ANKARA, Jan 20 (MENA) - The Turkish army announced on Saturday launching new strikes against People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria. In a statement, the army said that strikes come as part of what it termed as an act of "legal ....

  • Palestine urges ICC to exercise statutory authority against Israeli violations

    Date: 2018-01-20 09:31:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7200564

    RAMALLAH, Jan 20 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad Malki urged the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, to exercise her statutory authority, without delay, to prevent the ....

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