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US tells Israel it will begin pulling out troops from Syria within 2 months

Date: 2025-04-15 20:29:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:11140308

WASHINGTON, April 15 (MENA) - US security officials have informed the Israeli security establishment that a phased withdrawal of US military forces from Syria will begin within two months, Ynet reported Tuesday. Israel has tried to prevent this ....

834 cases of amputation recorded among children since Israel resumed war on Gaza

Date: 2025-04-15 17:36:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:11139924

GAZA CITY, April 15 (MENA) - Head of the Pediatrics and Maternity Department at Nasser Medical Hospital in Gaza Dr. Ahmed al-Farah said Tuesday that there has been a significant increase in the number of victims among children and women since Israel ....

Turkey leads major operation against int'l crime, 234 arrested

Date: 2025-04-15 12:02:10 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:11139463

ANKARA, April 15 (MENA) - Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced Tuesday that authorities have detained 234 high-level members of transnational crime networks in a large-scale operation spanning five countries, marking one of the largest ....

UN chief condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza ospital

Date: 2025-04-15 09:48:43 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11139117

NEW YORK, April 15 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that he is deeply alarmed by Sunday's strike by Israeli forces on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, incapacitating the hospital in Gaza City and dealing a severe blow to an already ....

Hundreds of settlers storm Aqsa mosque on Passover

Date: 2025-04-15 08:21:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11139060

RAMALLAH, April 15 (MENA) - Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque Tuesday under heavy protection from the Israeli occupation police, according to Wafa news agency. Local sources reported that approximately 700 colonists stormed ....

5 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrike on Gaza displacement tens

Date: 2025-04-15 08:01:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11139062

GAZA CITY, April 15 (MENA) - Five citizens were killed and others injured early Tuesday morning as a result of the Israeli occupation's bombing of tents for displaced people in the Gaza Strip، said WAFA. In the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan ....

Six civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City

Date: 2025-04-14 14:53:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:11138383

RAMALLAH, April 14 (MENA) - Six Palestinian citizens were killed Monday afternoon when Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, WAFA reported. Israeli army jets conducted an airstrike targeting a group of ....

Hamas: Movement ready for releasing all prisoners in return for ceasefire, withdrawal from Gaza

Date: 2025-04-14 14:43:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:11138212

GAZA CITY, April 14 (MENA) - Media advisor for the Hamas movement Taher Al-Nono said that the movement is ready for releasing all Israeli prisoners in return for a ceasefire and Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Nono added in televised ....

EU deplores breakdown of ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2025-04-14 14:31:00 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:11138079

BRUSSELS, April 14 (MENA) - The European Union has deplored the breakdown of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. "The EU's priorities remain the resumption of the ceasefire, the release of all hostages and the restoration of humanitarian aid at ....

Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza surges to 50,983

Date: 2025-04-14 14:30:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:11138321

RAMALLAH, April 14 (MENA) - At least 39 Palestinians were killed and 118 others injured in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza, WAFA quoted medical sources as saying. They said that the ....