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Israeli soldiers punished after leaving their station in protest

Date: 2017-02-21 12:08:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:6562113

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) - Five soldiers from the Kfir Brigade's Haruv Battalion were sentenced to 21 days of on-base confinement after refusing an operational order at the Nahal Oz base, near the Gaza Strip, Ynet reported. At first, the battalion ....

Israeli soldier gets 18 months for killing wounded Palestinian attacker

Date: 2017-02-21 12:06:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:6562137

GAZA CITY, Feb 21 (MENA) - An Israeli soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian attacker in a high-profile case that split opinion across the country has been jailed for 18 months, the BBC reported Tuesday. Sgt Elor Azaria was found guilty of ....

Sohag police condusct campaign to arrest outlaws

Date: 2017-02-21 12:05:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:47 - ID:6561893

SOHAG, Upper Egypt, Feb 21 (MENA) - Sohag police have conducted a campaign to arrest outlaws in the Upper Egyptian city. Eighty-four criminals were arrested in several areas of Sohag. Two machine guns, 23 automatic rifles, 49 cartridges and ....

Sisi receives King Abdullah at Cairo airport

Date: 2017-02-21 11:59:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:6562169

CAIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Tuesday King Abdullah II of Jordan upon his arrival to Cairo International Airport in a several hours' visit to Egypt. The two leaders are set to hold talks on bilateral ....

Russia's Rosneft to buy oil for refineries from Iraqi Kurdistan in 2017-19

Date: 2017-02-21 11:55:48 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:6561905

MOSCOW, Feb 21 (MENA) - Russia's Rosneft and the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan signed a three-year contract on the purchase of oil to deliver it to its refineries abroad, the Russian company said Tuesday, according to Sputnik News ....

Israeli forces arrest 26 Palestinians in WB, al Quds

Date: 2017-02-21 11:47:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:6561797

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested on early Tuesday morning 18 Palestinians, including a girl, in governorates of the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said in a statement. The Palestinians arrested, according ....

Observatory: One killed, others injured in barrel bomb attack in Syria

Date: 2017-02-21 11:14:42 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:6561593

LONDON, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that one person was killed and others were injured in a barrel bomb attack on areas in "Khan Shaykhun" district in the southern Aleppo countryside. Alhurra news channel quoted ....

Giza security chief assigned to honor families of police martyrs

Date: 2017-02-21 11:13:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:6561577

GIZA, Egypt, Feb 21 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar assigned his assistant and Giza security chief Hesham el Eraki to honour the families of the police martyrs in the governorate. The move came as part of the ministry's keenness ....

Kremlin declines to comment on appointment of Trump’s new national security adviser

Date: 2017-02-21 11:07:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:6561569

MOSCOW, Feb 21 (MENA) - Kremlin does not make comments on appointments to positions in the US Administration but merely monitors Washington’s steps to shape its stance in relations with Russia, Tass news agency quoted Russian presidential spokesman ....

Serbia to honor Abul Gheit - diplomat

Date: 2017-02-21 11:06:54 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:40 - ID:6561601

CAIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic decided to bestow the Order of the Serbian Flag on Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit, the Serbian ambassador to Egypt said. In statements MENA on Tuesday, Ambassador Dragan ....