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Israel's Netanyahu tours buffer zone inside Syria

Date: 2024-12-17 17:14:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:10995382

RAMALLAH, Dec 17 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered Syrian territory on Tuesday during a security tour of the buffer zone seized by Israel in the past few days since the fall of Bashar Assad, according to Ynet. It was ....

7 Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes on multiple locations across Gaza

Date: 2024-12-17 17:11:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10995421

GAZA CITY, Dec 17 (MENA) - Seven Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Tuesday evening in Israeli airstrikes targeting multiple locations across the war-torn Gaza Strip. WAFA quoted local sources as saying that Israeli warplanes ....

Qatari top official affirms importance of rallying int'l efforts to support Syria

Date: 2024-12-17 10:16:00 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10994702

DOHA, Dec 17 (MENA) - Qatar's Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi held a phone call on Tuesday with United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, according to Qatar News Agency ....

UN official: Developments in Syrian allow repatriations of refugees

Date: 2024-12-17 09:55:17 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10994520

GENEVA, Dec 17 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Tuesday said that the situation in Syria is likely to allow the return of Syrian refugees to homeland. "The fast moving situation in Syria allows more access by ....

UN condemns Israeli airstrike on UNRWA-run school in Gaza’s Khan Yunis

Date: 2024-12-17 07:31:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10994389

NEW YORK, Dec 17 (MENA) - The United Nations condemned the Israeli airstrike on a school in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, which resulted in the killing of dozens of civilians, WAFA reported. UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric confirmed during the ....

10 civilians killed in Israeli airstrike on apartment in central Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-12-17 07:30:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10994388

GAZA CITY, Dec 17 (MENA) - Ten civilians from one family, including children and women, were killed and others were injured after Israeli occupation warplanes targeted, at dawn an apartment belonging to the Al-Turk family near the Jabalia parking ....

EU, Palestine Monetary Authority sign EUR 28.3 mln agreement

Date: 2024-12-16 15:42:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:10993852

RAMALLAH, Dec 16 (MENA) - The EU and the European Investment Bank (EIB), together with the Palestine Monetary Authority, signed a EUR 28.3 million agreement under the Palestine Financial Sustainability Initiative. This funding aims to enhance ....

9 Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli raids

Date: 2024-12-16 11:07:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10993220

GAZA CITY, Dec 16 (MENA) - Nine Palestinians were killed and others injured on Monday in Israeli airstrikes on the northern and central Gaza, WAFA reported. Five Palestinians were killed and others injured after Israeli warplanes hit a house in ....

Gaza war 'most fatal conflict for civilians' in decade --paper

Date: 2024-12-16 09:22:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10993070

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (MENA) - Airwars, a UK-based nonprofit that investigates civilian deaths in conflict zones, said the toll of destruction on civilians in Gaza is the largest it has documented in a decade. Airwars said in a new report that the ....

London to provide 50mn pounds in aid for Syrians

Date: 2024-12-16 08:34:50 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10993002

LONDON, Dec 16 (MENA) - The British government said it will release 50 million pounds ($63 million) of humanitarian aid for "the most vulnerable" Syrians in Syria and in neighboring Lebanon and Jordan, Barron's reported. "We’re committed to ....