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Turkey arrests 46 opponents of Syria offensive

Date: 2019-11-23 07:08:07 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8199967

ANKARA, Nov 23 (MENA) - The Turkish authorities arrested 46 persons who took to social media to criticize their country's offensive in northern Syria. The detainees are facing accusations of inciting hatred and insulting the Turkish state, ....

Pompeo: we will hold Iranian regime accountable of their violent repression of people

Date: 2019-11-22 21:36:05 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8199821

WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday the United States will hold members of the Iranian regime accountable for their violent repression of the Iranian people. "The US is sanctioning the Minister of Information ....

Next round of Astana talks to be held on Dec. 10-11

Date: 2019-11-22 13:52:19 GMT - Kazakhstan - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8199208

NUR-SULTAN, Nov 22 (MENA) - Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi said that the next round of Astana talks on crisis in Syria will be held at the Kazakh capital city of Nur-Sultan on December 10-11, SANA news agency reported. Speaking to ....

Israeli settlers torch vehicles, scrawl hate graffiti in three Nablus-district villages

Date: 2019-11-22 11:09:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8199082

RAMALLAH, Nov 22 (MENA) - Israeli settlers torched overnight several Palestinian vehicles and scrawled hate graffiti in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, said a settlement watchdog. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli colonial ....

Iranian opposition urges UN chief to interfere to stop "killing machine" in country

Date: 2019-11-22 10:40:40 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8198941

TEHRAN, Nov 22 (MENA) - Iranian opposition parties and figures called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to interfere to stop what they described as “killing machine” against Iranian protesters. Al Arabiya news channel quoted opposition ....

Pompeo: Washington to expose, sanction Iranian regime's abuses against protesters

Date: 2019-11-22 08:16:34 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8198798

WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington will expose and sanction the abuses committed by the Iranian regime against protesters. "I have asked the Iranian protesters to send us their videos, photos, and ....

5 Palestinians arrested by Israel in W.Bank

Date: 2019-11-21 10:47:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8197452

RAMALLAH, Nov 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested five Palestinians in the West Bank on Thursday. In a statement, the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that the five Palestinians included Al Quds governor Adnan Ghaith and a girl ....

Kuwait hails Egypt's efforts for halting Israeli aggression against Palestinians

Date: 2019-11-21 09:54:46 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8197385

KUWAIT/NEW YORK, Nov 20 (MENA) - Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mansour Al-Otaibi hailed Egypt's efforts to clinch a ceasefire and halt Israeli hostilities in the Gaza Strip. Addressing a UN Security Council session on ....

Palestinian presidency describes US position on Jerusalem, settlements as crime of century

Date: 2019-11-20 14:17:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:8195991

RAMALLAH, Nov 20 (MENA) - Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh described the US decisions on Jerusalem and settlements as one of the biggest crimes of the century that made regional powers lose their roles in the course of events, ....

Israel detains eight Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2019-11-20 12:32:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8196170

RAMALLAH, Nov 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday detained eight Palestinians and ransacked several houses across the occupied West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli ....