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  • Arab Parliament decries Israeli officials' intrusion into Hebron

    Date: 2019-09-05 18:56:16 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8092025

    CAIRO, Sept 5 (MENA) – Speaker of the Arab Parliament Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami has categorically denounced the intrusion into the city of Al Khalil (Hebron) by the Israeli president and prime minister. He said in a statement issued on Thursday ....

  • Trump’s Mideast peace envoy resigns

    Date: 2019-09-05 17:43:41 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8091984

    WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (MENA) – A chief architect of US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace initiative announced he’s stepping down, Bloomberg reported. Jason Greenblatt, who has worked closely with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on the ....

  • AL condemns Israeli officials' intrusion into al Khalil

    Date: 2019-09-05 13:38:00 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8091553

    CAIRO, Sept 5 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) has condemned the intrusion into the city of Al Khalil (Hebrown) by the Israeli president and his prime minister. Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestine Affairs Saeed Abu Ali said the ....

  • Iran seizes seven fishing boats in Gulf of Oman

    Date: 2019-09-04 11:14:07 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8089867

    TEHRAN, Sept 4 (MENA) - The Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Wednesday seized seven fishing boats in the Gulf of Oman, reported Russia Today channel. Also, 24 foreigners who were on board the boats were held by the guard, added the ....

  • Israel arrests 10 Palestinians in WB

    Date: 2019-09-04 10:47:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8089817

    RAMALLAH, Sept 4 (MENA) - Israeli forces apprehended on Wednesday 10 Palestinians in the West Bank, mostly freed prisoners. In a statement on Wednesday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said five Palestinians were arrested in Nablus, three in ....

  • Israel closes road leading to Ibrahimi Mosque

    Date: 2019-09-04 10:44:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8089799

    RAMALLAH, Sept 4 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Wednesday installed cement blocks closing one of the roads leading to the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. The road was closed until further notice, human rights activist Aref Jaber said. Palestinian Chief ....

  • AL:UNRWA symbolizes int'l responsibility toward Palestinian refugees

    Date: 2019-09-04 09:46:22 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8089711

    CAIRO, Sept 4 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) assistant secretary general for Palestinian and occupied Arab lands affairs Dr Saeed Abu Ali said the UNRWA symbolizes the international community's responsibility toward the Palestinian refugees within its ....

  • Palestinian activists shut down ICRC premises in Beira

    Date: 2019-09-04 07:26:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8089523

    RAMALLAH, Sept 4 (MENA) - Palestinian activists and families of prisoners on Wednesday shut down the premises of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the city of Beira in Ramallah of the West Bank in protest against the conditions ....

  • US slaps new sanctions on 3 Iranian space facilities

    Date: 2019-09-03 21:12:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:8089315

    WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (MENA) - The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran's civilian space agency and two of its research institutes, saying they are being used to advance Tehran's missile program. The new sanctions target the Iran Space ....

  • Iran oil tanker goes missing off Syrian coast after being released

    Date: 2019-09-03 20:16:08 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:8089313

    LONDON, Sept 3 (MENA) - The tanker at the center of a diplomatic row between Iran and Britain "went dark" yesterday night off the coast of Syria, where it is suspected she may be delivering a controversial cargo of Iranian crude oil, The Telegraph ....

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