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Dozens of Israeli settlers storm into Al Aqsa Mosque under protection of occupation forces

Date: 2019-09-15 12:26:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8104528

RAMALLAH, Sept 15 (MENA) - Groups of Israeli settlers on Sunday stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque once again under the protection of Israeli troops, Wafa news agency reported. The Jewish settlers broke into the holy site from the direction of Al ....

Jewish settlers set up new settlement position on Mount Montar in Al Quds

Date: 2019-09-15 07:21:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8104091

RAMALLAH, Sept 15 (MENA) - Jewish settlers at dawn Sunday set up a new settlement position on Mount Montar to the east of Al Sawaher town in the southeastern surroundsings of Al Quds City. Local Palestinians sources said that a number of settlers ....

Israeli forces attack Gaza border protests, injure 58 Palestinians

Date: 2019-09-13 21:04:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:8102722

GAZA CITY, Sept 13 (MENA) - At least 58 Palestinians were injured by live bullets or rubber-coated rounds Friday as Israeli forces attacked hundreds of protesters taking part in the weekly Great March of Return at Gaza-Israel border. Israeli ....

Turkish ex-PM to launch new political movement

Date: 2019-09-13 20:29:04 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8102688

ANKARA, Sept 13 (MENA) - Turkey's former-Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday announced he would resign from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). In a statement, Davutoglu said it is "a historical responsibility to build a new ....

Former Turkish FM resigns from Erdogan’s AK Party

Date: 2019-09-13 09:58:20 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8101906

ANKARA, Sept 13 (MENA) - Former Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu resigned on Friday from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party, Al Arabiya news channel reported. Davutoglu, who served as prime minister between 2014 and 2016 before ....

Pakistan condemns Netanyahu's remarks on annexing Jordan Valley

Date: 2019-09-13 09:54:50 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8101889

ISLAMABAD, Sept 13 (MENA) - Pakistan's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Faisal rejected statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on annexing the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank if he is re-elected in September 17 ....

Explosion on road in southeast Turkey kills 4, wounds 13

Date: 2019-09-12 20:01:24 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8101605

ANKARA, Sept 12 (MENA) - Turkish officials said Kurdish rebels have detonated an improvised explosive device on a road in southeast Turkey, killing four people and wounding 13 others. The local governor’s office said the explosion Thursday on a ....

Israeli forces arrest 10 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2019-09-12 12:23:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8100860

RAMALLAH, Sept 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Thursday arrested 10 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank (WB), the Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) said in a statement. Three family members of martyr Adel Atta Abu Allan were ....

Jordan urges int'l community to take action against Netanyahu's annexation plans

Date: 2019-09-12 11:33:05 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8100697

AMMAN, Sept 12 (MENA) - Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi on Thursday met with the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to the Kingdom. He urged the international ....

1,625 Syrian refugees return home from Jordan, Lebanon over past 24 hours

Date: 2019-09-12 09:24:13 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8100531

MOSCOW, Sept 12 (MENA) - More than 1,625 Syrian refugees have returned to their homeland from neighboring Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration ....