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Pentagon: US retreat from Syria helps Daesh to rebuild

Date: 2019-11-20 09:25:41 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8195818

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (MENA) - A new report from the US Department of Defense's Inspector General finds that President Donald Trump's chaotic Syria withdrawal opened the door for Daesh to regroup in Syria, Al Hurra TV reported. A previous quarterly ....

11 gunmen killed in Israeli raids near Damascus

Date: 2019-11-20 09:11:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8195856

LONDON, Nov 20 (MENA) - Eleven gunmen, including seven Iranians, were killed in Israeli raids near Damascus early Wednesday, Sky news reported quoting Syrian sources. Israeli warplanes targeted the precincts of Damascus by a number of ....

Mahathir slams US support for Israel’s occupied territory settlements

Date: 2019-11-20 09:08:58 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8195800

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (MENA) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has expressed concern over the reversal of the US stand on Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, Bernama News Agency reported. In a media statement released ....

UN fears dozens of Iranians killed in protests

Date: 2019-11-19 15:36:49 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:8194875

NEW YORK, Nov 19 (MENA) - The UN human rights office deeply concerned by reported violations of international norms and standards on the use of force, including the firing of live ammunition, against demonstrators in Iran during the protests that ....

China: Establishing settlements in West Bank against international law

Date: 2019-11-19 14:10:04 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8194293

BEIJING, Nov 19 (MENA) - China asserted on Tuesday that the establishment of settlements in the occupied territory of Palestine, including East Jerusalem, is against international law, according to UN Security Council Resolution 2334. "China ....

EU maintains stance on Israeli settlements

Date: 2019-11-19 12:25:54 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8194586

BRUSSELS, Nov 19 (MENA) - The European Union's position on Israeli settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territory is clear and remains unchanged, according to a statement released by EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini ....

30 Palestinians arrested in West Bank

Date: 2019-11-19 11:09:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8194408

RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces carried out a wide-scale arrest campaign in the wee hours of Tuesday and arrested 30 Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank. According to a statement issued by the Palestinians ....

Arab parl't speaker slams softened US position on Israeli settlements

Date: 2019-11-19 11:04:22 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8194094

CAIRO, Nov 19 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Mishaal bin Fahm al Salami affirmed his rejection of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement that the US will no longer consider Israeli settlements in Jerusalem and the West Bank as illegal ....

AL chief slams US announcement on Israeli settlements, terms it as "very negative" development

Date: 2019-11-19 08:40:24 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8194042

CAIRO, Nov 19 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday condemned the announcement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the Israeli settlements in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank do not violate international ....

Syrian air defense repels air raid on Damascus Airport

Date: 2019-11-19 07:08:11 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8193985

DAMASCUS, Nov 19 (MENA) - Syrian missile defenses fended off projectiles attack near Damascus International Airport and shot down some of them, Russia Today channel reported quoting Syrian field sources. The strikes also targeted Syrian Army ....