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45 Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-11-21 13:14:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7101581

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - Forty-five extremist settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque earlier Tuesday. The Islamic Awqaf department in Al Quds said the Israeli settlers broke into the Muslim's holy shrine from Bab Al Magharbeh gate in six groups ....

Russia's Putin hosts Syria's Assad for talks - Kremlin

Date: 2017-11-21 07:01:52 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:7100831

MOSCOW, Nov 21 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Syrian President Bashar al Assad in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, to discuss the fight against terrorism and the prospects for a political settlement in Syria, the ....

UNRWA says 440,000 Palestinian refugees live in Syria

Date: 2017-11-20 21:43:21 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:7100726

DAMASCUS, Nov 20 (MENA) - Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krahenbuhl on Monday estimated the number of Palestinian refugees currently living in Syria to less than 440,000, ....

Israel moves to deport 40,000 African migrants

Date: 2017-11-20 21:13:03 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:7100704

GAZA CITY, Nov 20 (MENA) - The Israeli Cabinet has voted unanimously to close the isolated Holot detention facility in the Negev Desert, Voice of America reported Monday. Holot houses 40,000 African migrants who illegally entered Israel. The ....

Syrian army combs Bukamal city after Daesh withdrawal

Date: 2017-11-20 09:06:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7099221

LONDON, Nov 20 (MENA) - Syrian troops have started combing areas in the city of Bukamal in the east of the country, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Monday. Combing operations started right after Daesh militants withdrew from ....

Israel detains 21 Palestinians from different parts in West Bank

Date: 2017-11-20 08:02:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7099150

RAMALLAH, Nov 20 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained on Monday 21 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank, Palestinian security sources said. The forces also stormed into a jewelry shop in Ramallah and robbed it, the sources ....

Netanyahu: Time to increase deportation of African migrants - reprort

Date: 2017-11-19 16:37:28 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:7098621

GAZA, Nov 19 (MENA) - It is time to increase the pace of deporting African migrants, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday. According to The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu said his policy regarding getting migrants to leave the ....

Netanyahu to meet with Macron in Paris next month

Date: 2017-11-19 16:15:28 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7098592

GAZA, Nov 19 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris early next month, the Israeli prime minister office was quoted by Ynet news Sunday as saying. The two leaders spoke on the ....

FMs of Russia, Iran, Turkey confer on Syria

Date: 2017-11-19 15:07:12 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7098340

MOSCOW, Nov 19 (MENA) - Foreign Ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey Sergei Lavrov, Javad Zarif and Mevlut Cavusoglu began negotiations in Antalya on Sunday, TASS reported. The ministerial meeting was devoted to settlement of the Syria crisis and ....

47 extremist settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-11-19 09:59:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7097666

RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (MENA) - As many as 47 Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque early Sunday, a Palestinian source said. The General Director of the Islamic Awqaf and Al Aqsa Affairs, Sheikh Azzam Al Khatib, said the Israeli settlers broke into ....