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Turkey: Thousands of migrants cross Turkish-Eu border

Date: 2020-03-01 11:52:37 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8333869

ANKARA, March 1 (MENA) - More than 76,000 migrants have crossed the Turkey-EU border following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to open it, Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, quoted by Russian news agency, Sputnik, said on ....

Pompeo: US offered to help Iran with coronavirus response

Date: 2020-02-28 15:58:32 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8331856

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the United States has offered to help with the coronavirus response in Iran, where the outbreak has killed 34 people, and raised doubts about Tehran's willingness to ....

40 Palestinians injured in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in Nablus

Date: 2020-02-28 11:18:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8331405

RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Forty Palestinians, including a child, were injured with tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces who stormed Jabal al-'Arma, southern Nablus, WAFA news agency ....

3 Syrian soldiers injured as Israeli helicopters strike army posts

Date: 2020-02-27 23:07:23 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:8331039

DAMASCUS, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli helicopters fired missiles at Syrian army posts in Syria’s al-Qahtaniya, al-Hurriyeh and the liberated city of al-Quneitra, leaving three soldiers slightly injured. This was reported in breaking news in the ....

El Al cancels all flights to Italy, Thailand; postpones Tokyo route launch

Date: 2020-02-27 15:35:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:8330593

GAZA CITY, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli flag carrier El Al said it was cancelling flights to all Italian destinations and Bangkok on Thursday, as well as postponing the launch of its new route to Tokyo, due to the coronavirus outbreak, The Jerusalem Post ....

Iran bans Chinese citizens from entering the country

Date: 2020-02-27 14:38:11 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8330530

TEHRAN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Iran has banned Chinese citizens from entering the country, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, amid the spread of the new coronavirus across the country that had killed 26 Iranians. Iran, which has the ....

Iranian vice president tests positive for coronavirus

Date: 2020-02-27 14:36:08 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:8330523

TEHRAN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Iranian Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar has tested positive for coronavirus, the state-run daily IRAN reported. Ebtekar is the first member of President Hassan Rouahni’s cabinet to be infected ....

Al Azhar condemns Israeli decision to build 3,500 settlement units in West Bank

Date: 2020-02-27 13:53:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8330247

CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Al Azhar vehemently condemned Israeli plans to build 3,500 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank. In a statement on Thursday, Al Azhar said that this decision represents a blatant aggression against the Palestinian ....

Germany gravely concerned about Israel’s settlement plan in E1 area

Date: 2020-02-27 12:54:49 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8330246

BERLIN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Germany yesterday expressed grave concern about the recent announcement by the Israeli government that it will push ahead with plans to build a settlement in the strategically important E1 area, east of the occupied ....

Syrian army units confront large attack launched by terrorists on Saraqeb

Date: 2020-02-27 10:18:53 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8329760

IDLIB, Syria, Feb 27 (MENA) - Syrian Arab Army units have engaged in fierce clashes with “Jabhat al-Nusra” terrorists and terrorist groups which are backed by the Turkish regime in the western direction of Saraqeb in Idlib southeastern ....