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  • Israeli settlers storm archaeological area in Sebastia town under army protection

    Date: 2019-08-21 08:48:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8070854

    RAMALLAH, Aug 21 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the archaeological area in Sebastia town, north of Nablaus, Wednesday. The settlers stormed the town under protection of the Israeli army, said head of Sebastia municipality Mohamed ....

  • Pompeo urges 'fresh thinking' on Middle East

    Date: 2019-08-21 08:18:45 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8070802

    WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Aug 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that greater cooperation and "fresh thinking to solve old problems" are needed in the Middle East – but he also condemned Iran and its proxies for continuing "to foment ....

  • Chinese envoy calls for more efforts toward political settlement of Mideast issues

    Date: 2019-08-21 08:05:25 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8070798

    BEIJING, Aug 21 (MENA) - China's envoy to the United Nations (UN) has urged more efforts to seek political settlement of regional hotspot issues in the Middle East, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. At a Security Council meeting on Middle ....

  • Lavrov: Attacks by terrorists in Syria's Idlib would be crushed

    Date: 2019-08-20 13:36:31 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8070081

    MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) - Russia has military servicemen stationed on the ground in Syria’s region of Idlib and is following the situation there closely, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. Attacks by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham ....

  • Israeli occupation deliberately violate rights of injured Palestinians prisoners

    Date: 2019-08-20 13:13:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8069873

    RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation prison authorities are deliberately violating the rights of the wounded Palestinian prisoners, said the Authority for the Palestinian Liberated Detainees and Prisoners Affairs on Tuesday. The Israeli ....

  • Daesh is regaining strength in Iraq, Syria: NYT report

    Date: 2019-08-20 13:09:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8069866

    NEW YORK, Aug 20 (MENA) - Five months after American-backed forces ousted Daesh terrorist group from its last shard of territory in Syria, the terrorist group is gathering new strength, conducting guerrilla attacks across Iraq and Syria, retooling ....

  • PA holds Israeli occupation responsible for suffering of Palestinians in Gaza Strip

    Date: 2019-08-20 13:06:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8069975

    RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday held the Israeli occupation government responsible for the suffering of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip due to its unfair siege. The ministry, in a statement, also ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounces participation of WH staffers in storming Aqsa

    Date: 2019-08-20 12:00:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8069776

    RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced the participation of White House staffers in storming Al Aqsa Mosque with settlers under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The ministry, in a statement on ....

  • US, Iran are at loggerheads, again: Washington Post

    Date: 2019-08-20 11:58:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8069865

    WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) - Though the US and Iran have lived in a state of hostility for decades, rarely have relations been as tense as in recent months, the risk is that a miscalculation could lead to a war that neither the US nor Iran say they ....

  • Settlers storm Aqsa Mosque under protection of occupation forces

    Date: 2019-08-20 11:35:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8069754

    RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (MENA) - Groups of Israeli settlers on Tuesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Maghreba Gate under protection of Israeli occupation forces. According to Palestinian sources, the settlers broke into the mosque and toured it before ....

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