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Iran says 6th person dead of new virus

Date: 2020-02-22 21:04:00 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8323193

TEHRAN, Feb 22 (MENA) - Iranian officials Saturday reported a sixth death from the new virus that emerged in China, ABC news reported. The governor of Markazi province told the official IRNA news agency that tests of a patient who recently died ....

Israeli police kills Palestinian in Jerusalem

Date: 2020-02-22 19:05:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8322696

RAMALLAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was killed by Israeli forces near Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement Saturday. Israeli forces fired live ammunition at the Palestinian young man who ....

Iran: Two border guards killed in clashes in southeastern country

Date: 2020-02-22 08:57:22 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8322276

TEHRAN, Feb 22 (MENA) - Two Iranian border guards were killed in clashes with gunmen in Jakigor, southeastern Iran, state news agency IRNA reported Saturday. According to Iranian border guards Command, some terrorists were advancing toward a ....

UN says it fears 'bloodbath' in northwest Syria fighting

Date: 2020-02-21 18:12:25 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8322023

GENEVA, Feb 21 (MENA) - The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could "end in a bloodbath, Sky news reported. OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke told a news briefing in Geneva said "We call for an immediate ceasefire to ....

Israel confirms first coronavirus case as cruise ship returnee diagnosed

Date: 2020-02-21 13:39:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8321642

GAZA CITY, Feb 21 (MENA) - One of 11 Israeli travelers who returned to the country early Friday after being quarantined for the last two weeks on a cruise ship off Japan’s coast tested positive for coronavirus Friday, the Israeli Health Ministry ....

Israeli settlers storm northern Jordan Valley villages

Date: 2020-02-21 13:37:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8321631

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (MENA) - Thousands of Israeli settlers stormed on Friday the northern Jordan Valley villages of al-Burj and Umm al-Qaba. Aref Daraghmeh, a local activist, confirmed that Israeli forces escorted a convoy of buses packed with some ....

Iran reports 2 more deaths, 13 new cases of new coronavirus

Date: 2020-02-21 12:25:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8321539

TEHRAN, Feb 21 (MENA) - Iranian health authorities on Friday reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China and said the fatalities were from among 13 new confirmed cases of the virus in Iran, ABC News reported. The report by ....

Turkish forces withdraw from Al-Nayrab after fierce clashes with Syrian army

Date: 2020-02-20 22:10:45 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:8321081

LONDON, Feb 20 (MENA) – Turkish forces and their allied factions withdrew from Al-Nayrab town after fierce clashes with the Syrian army, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Thursday. At least 27 people from all the ....

Turkey's support for militants in Syria may provoke new escalation - Moscow

Date: 2020-02-20 21:40:24 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:8321039

MOSCOW, Feb 20 (MENA) - As Turkey has supported a militant attack in Syria, it has violated the agreement with Russia on separating armed opposition from terrorists in the crisis-torn country, and this move may provoke a further escalation in Idlib, ....

Bogdanov discusses with PLO member situation in Middle East

Date: 2020-02-20 15:12:05 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:8320583

MOSCOW, Feb 20 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov discussed on Thursday with PLO Executive Committee member Ahmed Mejdalni restoring Palestinian national unity and prospects of Palestinian-Israeli settlement. The two sides ....