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Opposition leader hails proposals for Syria ‘safe zone’

The Syrian opposition has informed the U.S. of the need to closely coordinate with Turkey on its planned troop withdrawal, Syrian opposition leader Abdul Rahman Mustafa has said. According to Mustafa, who leads the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, a...

Netanyahu blocks Gaza aid funds after border flare-up

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blocked millions in Qatari aid to the Gaza Strip in response to renewed border hostilities, risking increased tensions with the Palestinian territory's Islamist rulers Hamas during Israel's election campaign. Weeks of relative calm in the Gaza...

Gazans bury Hamas member killed by Israel

Hundreds of Palestinians on Wednesday laid to rest a Hamas member killed in an Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip a day earlier.  Mahmoud al-Nabahin, 24, was martyred in Israeli airstrikes that targeted a Hamas post in central Gaza Strip on Tuesday.  Mourners chanted slogans...

Israel arrests 16 Palestinians in West Bank raids

Israeli forces rounded up 16 Palestinians in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military on Wednesday.  The individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the army said in a statement, without elaborating...