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  • Fierce clashes break out in Jobar of Syria -- rights group

    Date: 2017-11-26 09:31:12 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7109922

    LONDON, Nov 26 (MENA) - Fierce clashes have broken out between the Syrian army and opposition fighters in a district in eastern Damascus, said a London-based rights group on Sunday. The fighting is occurring on the Taibah and Al Manashir axes, the ....

  • Fierce clashes erupt between Hay'at Tahrir al Sham, Daesh in northeastern Hama: SOHR

    Date: 2017-11-25 11:14:48 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7108455

    LONDON, Nov 25 (MENA) - The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Saturday that fierce clashes erupted between Hay'at Tahrir al Sham and Daesh terrorist group in northeastern Hama governorate. The clashes followed an attack ....

  • SOHR: Bombardment targeting Damascus Ghouta declines

    Date: 2017-11-25 06:28:12 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7108084

    LONDON, Nov 25 (MENA) - Following 10 days of heavy shelling, bombardment targeting Damascus eastern Ghouta has declined, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Saturday. Up to 104 civilians, including 26 children and 11 women, ....

  • Kirkuk police hunt down terrorists attacked security headquarter

    Date: 2017-11-24 10:03:23 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7106265

    BAGHDAD, Nov 24 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces launched a manhunt to arrest terrorists who carried out a terrorist attack against a security headquarter in the oil-rich area of Arrapha, northern Kirkuk, the Police Command in the province said on ....

  • Top Palestinian official praises Jordanian king for supporting Palestinian cause

    Date: 2017-11-23 21:23:19 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7105949

    Amman, Nov 23 (MENA) - Chairman of the Palestinian National Council Salim Zanoun praised on Thursday Jordan’s King Abdullah II over his support of the Palestinian cause. During his visit to Amman, Zanoun hailed the role of the Jordanian Senate's ....

  • Syrian gov't, opposition negotiating for humanitarian corridor in Ghouta

    Date: 2017-11-23 20:49:31 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:7105938

    DAMASCUS, Nov 23 (MENA) – The Syrian government is negotiating with the armed opposition to open an additional humanitarian corridor in the de-escalation area of Eastern Ghouta, the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria ....

  • Syrian Army regains control over al Qouriya town in Deir Ezzor countryside

    Date: 2017-11-23 12:20:31 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7105072

    DAMASCUS, Nov 23 (MENA) - Syrian Army units, backed by the Russian Aerospace Forces, regained control over al Qouriya town in southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, after eliminating Daesh terrorist group last gatherings and fortifications in the ....

  • Israeli forces detain nine Palestinians in West Bank raids

    Date: 2017-11-23 11:47:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7105011

    RAMALLAH, Nov 23 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, WAFA quoted the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) as saying on Thursday. Israeli forces detained two Palestinians after ....

  • US moves toward open-ended presence in Syria after Daesh is routed - paper

    Date: 2017-11-23 11:21:22 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7104918

    WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (MENA) - The Trump administration is expanding its goals in Syria beyond routing Daesh group to include a political settlement of the country’s civil war, a daunting and potentially open-ended commitment that could draw the United ....

  • Israel attempts to 'Legalize' settlements built on private Palestinian lands

    Date: 2017-11-23 11:05:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7104824

    RAMALLAH, Nov 23 (MENA) - Israel's attorney general is planning to retroactively "legalize" more than 1,000 settlers' homes that were built on seized private Palestinian land in the West Bank, Haaretz reported on Thursday. Avichai Mendelblit's ....

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