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Ukrainian plane carrying 180 people crashes in Tehran

Date: 2020-01-08 04:59:12 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8260186

TEHRAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - A Ukrainian Boeing 737 plane with 180 passengers and crew on board has crashed near Tehran just three minutes after takeoff. Iranian media reports said the plane took off from Imam Khomeini International Airport when it ....

Mehr news agency: IRGC fired 30 missiles at Ain Al-Assad base

Date: 2020-01-08 03:58:48 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8260167

TEHRAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) fired 30 missiles at Ain Al-Assad base which hosts US troops in Iraq as part of retaliation for killing IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani in a US strike in Iraq on Friday, said Mehr ....

US bans flights over Iraq, Iran

Date: 2020-01-08 03:31:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8260165

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) banned all US airlines from flying over parts of the Middle East. US airlines are indefinitely banned from flying over Iran, Iraq, the Gulf region and the Gulf of Oman, US ....

Iran warns US against any response, saying Israel is part of US regime

Date: 2020-01-08 03:17:01 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8260163

TEHRAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - Iran has warned the United States against any military response to Iranian missile attacks on US bases in Iraq, saying it would respond painfully and harshly to any US military attack on Iran. “We warn the Great Satan, the ....

Pentagon: Iraqi civilians wounded in Iranian missile attack

Date: 2020-01-08 02:32:27 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:8260156

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - The Pentagon said Wednesday the missile attacks launched by Iran on Ain Al Assad military base and another base in Erbil only wounded Iraqis. The US-funded Al Hurra news channel said Iran Revolutionary Guard threatened ....

Trump, Merkel discuss Iran, Iraq and Libya by Phone

Date: 2020-01-07 22:26:06 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:8260123

BERLIN, Jan 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday discussed "the tense situation regarding Iran and Iraq," a German government spokesman said, US News reported. "They also exchanged views on the ....

Arab-African alliance necessary to foil expansionist schemes in region: official

Date: 2020-01-07 22:18:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:8259944

CAIRO, Jan 7 (MENA) - Vice-President of the Egyptian Council for African Affairs Salah Halima underlined the need to establish a council of the Arab and African countries of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The establishment of such a council is ....

Iran TV: 35 killed in stampede at funeral for slain general

Date: 2020-01-07 10:17:14 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8259293

TEHRAN, Jan 7 (MENA) - A stampede erupted on Tuesday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a US airstrike last week, killing 35 people and injuring 48 others, ABC News quoted Iran's state television as saying. According to ....

US denies it is withdrawing troops from Iraq

Date: 2020-01-06 23:46:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:8258990

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) – The U.S. has made no decision about withdrawing troops from Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday in response to a letter from a senior military officer that appeared to suggest a withdrawal was ....

US issues travel alert for Israel, Jerusalem, WB, Gaza due to rising tensions in ME

Date: 2020-01-06 21:52:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8258969

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) - The Trump administration issued an advisory on Monday urging Americans to avoid traveling in areas of Israel and Palestinian-held territories including Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. An advisory from ....