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Jordan condemns Israeli police assault on worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2020-01-24 11:10:56 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8282795

AMMAN, Jan 24 (MENA) - Jordan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned an attack carried out by Israeli police against worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al Quds during Al Fajr prayer (dawn prayer), Petra news agency reported ....

US imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions on two people, six companies

Date: 2020-01-23 20:27:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:8282274

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - The United States on Thursday imposed Iran-related sanctions on two individuals and six companies, including four firms tied to the National Iranian Oil Company, Al Arabiya news channel reported. The National Iranian Oil ....

Netanyahu invited to White House to discuss Middle East peace plan

Date: 2020-01-23 20:25:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8282373

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his chief political rival, Benny Gantz, to the White House to discuss the administration’s plan for Middle East peace — a ....

52 settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque

Date: 2020-01-23 11:50:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8281590

RAMALLAH, Jan 23 (MENA) - Fifty two settlers, backed by Israeli forces, barged into the yards of Al Aqsa Mosque on Thursday. The settlers stormed the holy compound from Bab el Magharba and toured the various yards of the mosque. For Muslims, ....

Syrian army: Nusra terrorists launch fierce attack on posts in Idleb

Date: 2020-01-23 11:22:33 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8281521

DAMASCUS, Jan 23 (MENA) - Syrian Arab Army units operating in Idleb countryside clashed with terrorist groups which attacked military posts deployed in the liberated countryside in Ma’aret al-Nu’aman area. A military source told SANA that ....

Israeli forces arrest three Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-01-23 11:12:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8281538

RAMALLAH, Jan 23 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians in the West Bank on Thursday after raiding their homes. The arrest took place in the Palestinian cities of Hebron and Tubas, according to Palestinian news agency. Israeli ....

Local commander of Iran’s security forces killed in armed attack

Date: 2020-01-22 11:16:00 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8279949

TEHRAN, Jan 22 (MENA) - Masked gunmen on Wednesday ambushed and killed the local commander of a paramilitary security force in southwestern Iran, an associate of Iran’s top general recently killed in an American drone strike in Baghdad, the official ....

UN welcomes formation of new Lebanon govt.

Date: 2020-01-22 08:08:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8279683

NEW YORK, Jan 22 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the formation of Lebanon’s new government after more than three months of nationwide protests, naharnet reported Wednesday. Guterres welcomes the formation of a new ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry: EU’s stance from Israeli measures in occupied territories is too little, too late

Date: 2020-01-21 14:28:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:8278915

RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that the European Union’s rejection of Israeli measures in the occupied Palestinian lands, particularly in occupied Jerusalem, and calling on Israel to abide by the international law is ....

Iran says could not decode black boxes of Ukrainian airliner

Date: 2020-01-21 08:04:29 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8278196

TEHRAN, Jan 21 (MENA) - Iran said on Tuesday it was trying to analyze the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month, according to IRNA news agency. The military has said it downed Ukraine International Airlines ....