Palestine region)

The President of the Palestine Authority Mahmoud Abbas will be on an officially visit to Serbia on President Nikolic's invitation.

Tanjug is quoting the president's press service as stating Nikolic and Abbas will meet on Wednesday.

Around 2,000 people have been evacuated from the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus after the Islamic State group seized large parts of it, a Palestinian official told AFP April 5.
      

Palestinian security forces in the West Bank arrested dozens of members of the Islamist movement Hamas March 9, sources on both sides said.

The Palestinian Authority (PA), which has its headquarters in Ramallah, has regularly detained Hamas members, including MPs, over the past few years.

Around 50 Palestinian unity government officials, including eight ministers, arrived in Gaza Dec. 29 to kickstart reconstruction of the territory devastated by a 50-day war with Israel, officials told AFP.
      

Turkey moving in wrong direction - EP official

VIENNA -- European parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee chair Elmar Brok has said that Turkey is "increasingly moving away from Europe."

A senior Palestinian official died Wednesday after being struck in a confrontation with Israeli forces during a protest march in the West Bank.
      
The Palestinian leadership vowed to respond to what president Mahmoud Abbas called a "brutal assault" that led to the death of Ziad Abu Ein, who was in charge of the issue of Israeli settlements for the Palestinian Authority.