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Moscow satisfied Russia, US have working communications channel on Syria - Lavrov

Date: 2018-09-12 06:35:31 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:7572638

MOSCOW, Sept 12 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commended Wednesday the bilateral channel for communications between Moscow and Washington on Syria, Sputnik news agency reported. "I am very satisfied that we have s very ....

49 Palestinians wounded in Israeli shooting off Gaza

Date: 2018-09-10 20:19:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7571180

RAMALLAH, Sept 10 (MENA) - As many as 49 Palestinians were wounded Monday an Israeli naval shooting at a group of Palestinians off the coast of Al Waha in northwestern Gaza Strip. Israeli gunboats fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at ....

Closure of PLO mission in Washington is new aggression against peace in Middle East - PNC

Date: 2018-09-10 16:27:40 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7570617

AMMAN, Sept 10 (MENA) – The Palestinian National Council, under chairman Salim Zanoun, asserted that the US decision to close the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s mission in Washington is considered a new US aggression against peace in the ....

Kremlin denies knowledge of Idlib military operation date

Date: 2018-09-10 13:33:04 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7570580

MOSCOW, Sept 10 (MENA) - The Kremlin denied knowledge that an agreement was reached with the Assad regime on the date of Idlib military operation. "We don't have such information," spokesman for the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov said as quoted by Tass ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams US decision to close PLO office in Washington

Date: 2018-09-10 13:11:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7570320

RAMALLAH, Sept 10 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the US decision to close the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) office in Washington, saying the move is part of the open war launched by the US administration against the ....

Palestinian govt condemns US decision to close PLO office in Washington

Date: 2018-09-10 12:00:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7570276

RAMALLAH, Sept 10 (MENA) - The Palestinian government condemned on Monday the US decision to close the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office in Washington, saying it is a declaration of war against peacemaking efforts in both the ....

De Mistura holds unofficial talks on Syria

Date: 2018-09-10 11:18:41 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7570084

GENEVA, Sept 10 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura is to hold unofficial talks in Geneva on Monday with senior officials representing the Guarantee States of the Astana Process on Syria (Russia, Turkey and Iran) to follow up ....

Israel arrests 484 Palestinians in August

Date: 2018-09-10 10:57:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7570137

RAMALLAH, Sept 10 (MENA) - As many as 484 Palestinians, including 62 children and 18 women, were arrested by Israeli forces during August. The Israeli troops arrested 118 citizens in al Quds, 85 citizens in Ramallah and Bireh, 80 citizens in ....

Terrorist groups In Syria capable of producing chemical weapons - Russia

Date: 2018-09-10 09:09:49 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7569918

MOSCOW, Sept 10 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said terrorist groups in Syria are now capable of producing chemical weapons. "Over the years of military operations in Syria, as well as in neighboring Iraq, information ....

Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops near Gaza border

Date: 2018-09-09 19:15:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7569422

RAMALLAH, Sept 9 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds Sunday after he was shot by Israeli forces in Jabalia city, north of the Gaza Strip, over an attempt to cross the Gaza border fence, WAFA news agency reported. Local ....