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Syrian army continues military operations in southern Aleppo

Date: 2018-01-14 11:36:51 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7189995

DAMASCUS, Jan 14 (MENA) - The Syrian army continued military operations against Nusra Front in the southern countryside of Aleppo on Sunday. Over the past few hours, the Syrian army units controlled several areas in the southern ....

Netanyahu after Gaza strike "we will respond with greater force"

Date: 2018-01-14 08:59:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7189556

GAZA CITY, Jan 14 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli army will respond with greater force against Hamas attacks, The Jerusalem Post reported on Sunday. On the eve of a visit to India, Netanyahu commented on the ....

Israel closes down Karm Abu Salem crossing without giving any reasons

Date: 2018-01-14 08:12:07 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7189553

GAZA CITY, Jan 14 (MENA) - Israel on Sunday closed down Karm Abu Salem crossing for undisclosed reasons. Israeli occupation forces have not given any word so far on the reasons behind the move. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the ....

Macron calls for respecting Iran nuclear deal

Date: 2018-01-13 22:42:05 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7189376

PARIS, Jan 13 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday called for the necessary respect of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers, a statement by the Elysee reported. This came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the ....

Israeli occupation army bombs Hamas positions in Gaza

Date: 2018-01-13 22:04:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7189368

GAZA, Jan 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation army's planes have attacked Hamas "terror targets" along the border with Gaza, the Israeli army was quoted by Haartez as saying Saturday. Palestinian sources said that a tunnel was the target of the ....

German journalist, previously arrested in Turkey, urges more pressure on Ankara

Date: 2018-01-13 21:40:14 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7189349

BERLIN, Jan 13 (MENA) - German journalist Mesale Tolu called on Berlin to continue pressuring Turkey on detaining journalists and media workers, Deutsche Welle reported Saturday. "We cannot look away now," Tolu said. "I expect the federal ....

Four Palestinians injured in Jerusalem clashes

Date: 2018-01-13 18:29:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7189133

RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - Four Palestinians, including a paramedic, were injured when Israeli forces dispersed protesters in Jerusalem on Saturday. The paramedic was wounded while providing medical aid for a protester, the Palestinian Red ....

2nd light tremor rocks western Iran

Date: 2018-01-13 13:54:38 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7188570

TEHRAN, Jan 13 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 4.1 on Richter scale shook Sumar in the western province of Kermanshah bordering Iraq at 10:00 hours local time (06:30 GMT) on Saturday, IRNA news agency reported. According to the Seismological ....

Israeli authorities ban elderly woman from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-01-13 10:12:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7188314

RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities decided late Friday to ban a 61-year-old Amira al-Haj Khalil, from Jerusalem, from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for 15 days for raising the Palestinian flag during a protest held after Friday's ....

Iran rejects changes to nuclear deal- Foreign Ministry

Date: 2018-01-13 09:38:33 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7188313

TEHRAN, Jan 13 (MENA) - Iran announced on Saturday that it will not accept any changes to its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The Iranian Foreign Ministry stressed in a statement that Iran "will not accept any change in the deal, neither now ....