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Iranian FM: US assassination of General Soleimani "dangerous, foolish"

Date: 2020-01-03 09:13:02 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8253912

TEHRAN, Jan 3 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described the US act of assassinating the IRGC commander Major General Qasem Soleimani as "dangerous and foolish," IRNA news agency reported on Friday. “The US bears ....

Iraqi PMF says Iran's Soleimani, militias' leader Muhandis killed in US airstrike in Baghdad

Date: 2020-01-03 09:11:52 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8253915

BAGHDAD, Jan 3 (MENA) - Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) confirmed the death of the militias' deputy commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and commander of Iran's elite Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major-General Qassem ....

Iraqi news agency confirms death of Iranian commander, PMF leader in airstrike

Date: 2020-01-03 08:46:30 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8253914

BAGHDAD, Jan 3 (MENA) - Leader of Iran's Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Maj. Gen. Qassim Soleimani was killed in an airstrike in Baghdad, the Iraqi news agency confirmed. Deputy commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization ....

US defense secretary: Iran may be planning more attacks on US interests

Date: 2020-01-02 20:01:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:8253630

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (MENA) - Iran or its proxy forces may be planning further strikes on American interests in the Middle East, Voice of America reported qutoing US Defense Secretary Mark Esper as saying Thursday. Without providing details, Esper ....

Netanyahu formally resigns from ministerial posts over criminal charges

Date: 2020-01-02 09:01:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8252573

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has resigned from his ministerial posts as required by the indictment against him, Ha'aretz newspaper reported quoting the premier Wednesday. Netanyahu has held the health, welfare, ....

Northern Iran hit by 5.8 magnitude earthquake

Date: 2020-01-02 08:47:17 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8252551

TEHRAN, Jan 2 (MENA) - A powerful 5.8-magnitude earthquake has hit the town of Sangan, IRNA reported. The epicenter of the quake was located at a depth of 8 kilometres (5 miles), according to Iranian state television. At the moment, there ....

Over 30,000 extremist Israeli Jews stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in 2019 - Al-Azhar Observatory

Date: 2020-01-01 13:21:49 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8251672

CAIRO, Jan 1 (MENA) - Al-Azhar Observatory for Countering Terrorism said that more than 30,000 extremist Israeli Jews broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in 2019 under the protection of Israeli police. The observatory added, in its annual report ....

U.S. says strikes on militia in Iraq sent clear warning to Iran

Date: 2019-12-30 20:23:43 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8250007

WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (MENA) - The U.S. air strikes on five bases in Iraq and Syria used by an Iranian-backed militia sent a warning to Tehran that President Donald Trump's patience has its limits, San Francisco Chronicle reported. "One of the ....

Arab League slams Israel's deduction of Palestinian tax revenues

Date: 2019-12-30 15:23:54 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8249543

CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) - The Arab League condemned on Monday Israel's decision to cut 150 million shekels from the Palestinian tax revenues over paying families of Palestinians who attacked Israelis. In a statement, Arab League (AL) Assistant ....

Abbas says no election unless Palestinians vote in East Jerusalem

Date: 2019-12-30 07:10:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8248878

RAMALLAH, Dec 29 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas insisted on Sunday that there will be no general Palestinian election unless Israel allows Palestinians to vote in the heart of East Jerusalem. Abbas made the remarks during his Fatah ....