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Saudi Arabia: Attack on oil facilities 'unquestionably sponsored by Iran'

Date: 2019-09-18 18:09:44 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:8109755

RIYADH, Sept 18 (MENA) - Saudi Defense Ministry spokesman Turki al Maliki said on Wednesday that Saturday's attack on two of Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities were "unquestionably sponsored by Iran" and "did not originate from Yemen despite Iran's best ....

Scores of Jewish settlers storm Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-09-18 12:33:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:8109132

RAMALLAH, Sept 18 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers on Wednesday forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound from Bab el Maghreba gate under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. In a statement released on ....

Palestinian woman shot by Israeli forces near Qalandiya

Date: 2019-09-18 08:37:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8108618

RAMALLAH, Sept 18 (MENA) - A Palestinian woman was killed on Wednesday by Israeli soldiers near Qalandiya in the north of Al Quds, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday. According to a video that circulated on the social media, ....

Palestinian woman injured by Israeli fire near Qalandia checkpoint in northern Jerusalem

Date: 2019-09-18 07:16:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8108589

RAMALLAH, Sept 18 (MENA) - A Palestinian woman was injured Wednesday when the Israeli soldiers shot her near Qalandia checkpoint in northern Jerusalem Palestinian sources said the woman is in her fifties, but they have not identified ....

Israeli election is internal affair affecting ties between Palestinian and Israeli peoples -- Statement

Date: 2019-09-17 13:42:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:8107734

RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that the Israeli election is an internal Israeli affair but it affects the opportunities of settling the conflict and also affects relations between the Palestinian and Israeli ....

Palestinian official urges int'l community to guarantee protection to Palestinians

Date: 2019-09-17 13:15:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:8107728

RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (MENA) - Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s Refugee Affairs Department, Ahmad Abu Houli called on the international community to provide international protection to the Palestinian people and prosecute those who ....

Trilateral summit in Turkey paves way for progress in Syria: Russia’s UN envoy

Date: 2019-09-17 12:07:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8107612

NEW YORK, Sept 17 (MENA) - The trilateral summit of Russia, Iran and Turkey, held Monday, will facilitate efforts aimed at conflict settlement in Syria, Russia’s UN envoy, Vasily Nebenzya, told reporters at the UN headquarters. "Of course, one of ....

Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque amid Israeli security measures

Date: 2019-09-17 10:49:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8107391

RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (MENA) - Settlers on Tuesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Maghareba gate under strict security protection by the Israeli occupation police. According to local sources, many settlers toured the mosque and got an explanation ....

Unidentified jets shell Iranian sites in Al Bukamal

Date: 2019-09-17 10:13:54 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8107411

LONDON, Sept 17 (MENA) - Unidentified jets launched airstrikes on Iranian sites and centers in Al Bukamal countryside near the Syrian-Iraqi boarders, the Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. This is the second airstrike in September that ....

Iran's supreme guide rules out possibility of Iran-US talks at any level

Date: 2019-09-17 07:19:03 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8107175

TEHRAN, Sept 17 (MENA) - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei highlighted that there will be no talks between Iranian and American officials "neither in New York nor anywhere else.", Mehr News Agency reported. Making the ....