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Three Palestinians were killed Friday morning and eight others wounded in an operation by Israeli forces in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The three men were killed when Israeli forces, who have increased their operations in the area in recent months, opened fire on…

Health authorities said a 16-year-old Palestinian died early Wednesday after being wounded during clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a wave of violence that has persisted for months. The Palestinian health ministry said Ghaith Yamin was wounded by a gunshot to the head and…

Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Central Committee of Fatah, Hussein al-Sheikh, met on Wednesday in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his deputy Mikhail Bogdanov. The meeting touched on latest developments in the Middle East and prospects of an Israeli-Palestinian…

Israeli forces on Wednesday shot and killed an 18-year-old Palestinian man and wounded three others during clashes near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The ministry said that the man died from a gunshot wound to the head. Three others, including a 16-year-old boy, were…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a phone call with his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Palestine, especially latest events in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Abbas thanked Tebboune for Algeria's support of the Palestinian people and their just cause at all levels, and…

A Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces in clashes last week died from his wounds early on Wednesday, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Ahmed Seif, 23, was shot in the stomach three times during clashes with Israeli troops in the village of Burqa, near Nablus, in the occupied West…

The Syrian government Monday awarded a telecommunications company a license to become the third cellular operator targeting areas of poor coverage in the war-torn nation, state media reported. Telecommunications Minister Iyad Khatib told reporters that Wafa Telecom will improve the telecommunications sector in the country that was hard-hit by nearly…

Palestinian prisoners in all Israeli jails will go on an open hunger strike against the "arbitrary policies of the Israeli prison administration," announced the Palestinian Commission of Detainees Affairs. The commission said that the Israeli occupation prisons administration essentially reinforced the repression units of all sections. The Palestinian News Agency…