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Fire at Iran oil ministry building put out

Date: 2019-08-04 09:49:14 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8051091

TEHRAN, Aug 4 (MENA) - The main building of the Iranian Oil Ministry on Taleghani Street has been secured after the fire on the 15th floor was put out this morning, according to the Iranian news agency Mehr. An informed source told Mehr ....

US should rethink Middle East policy to avoid war with Iran

Date: 2019-08-04 09:41:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8051062

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Washington Examiner magazine urged the Trump administration to rethink its Middle East policy to avoid confrontation with Iran. The paper said the US foreign policy should be designed with one constituency in mind: ....

US welcomes ceasefire in Syria's Idlib

Date: 2019-08-04 08:21:43 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8050954

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) - The United States has welcomed news that a ceasefire was declared in Idlib in northwest Syria, but Washington said "what is truly important is that attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure must stop." "We ....

Israel demolishes 100 apartments in Wadi al Hummus in July - report

Date: 2019-08-04 08:04:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8050933

RAMALLAH, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Al Quds Center for Palestinian and Israeli studies said Israel demolished 100 apartments in Wadi al Hummus in the occupied Jerusalem in July. A total of 237 apartments received demolition notifications, the center ....

49 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in Gaza border protests

Date: 2019-08-02 21:57:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:8049726

GAZA CITY, Aug 2 (MENA) - At least, 49 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fires along the Gaza Strip borders, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported on Friday. About 24 of them were injured by live bullets as Israeli forces targeted ....

Israel plans to set up more than 2,400 settlements in Quds, WB

Date: 2019-08-02 20:38:30 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:8049686

GAZA CITY, Aug 2 (MENA) - Israel's Civil Administration is set to advance plans for at least 2,430 new settler homes and to authorize four new outposts as neighborhoods of existing settlements, Peace Now said on Friday. Earlier in the week, ....

Israeli court remands Palestinian photojournalist for one month

Date: 2019-08-01 20:27:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:8048590

RAMALLAH, Aug 1 (MENA) - An Israeli court remanded on Thursday a Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa Kharouf by one month, his attorney, Eddie Lostigman, has said. Kharouf, who works as photographer with the Turkish Anadolu news agency, was born ....

Jewish settlers storm into Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-08-01 12:29:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8047792

RAMALLAH, Aug 1 (MENA) - About 126 Jewish settlers, accompanied by 40 employees of the Israeli government, on Thursday broke into Al Aqsa Mosque from Magharbah gate, guarded by Israeli police forces. The Islamic Awqaf department in al Quds said ....

Iraq, UN sign MoU on reconstruction, development

Date: 2019-08-01 11:46:46 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8047646

BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (MENA) - Iraq and the United nations signed on Thursday an MoU on reconstruction and recovery and development in the country. The MoU falls within the framework of the Iraqi government's commitment to the resolutions of Kuwait 2018 ....

Zarif sanctioned by US due to his negotiating skills: Iran

Date: 2019-08-01 10:33:45 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8047600

TEHRAN, Aug 1 (MENA) - The United States has sanctioned Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif because they fear his negotiating skills, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said in a tweet early on Thursday. “The peak of ....