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UK will not join Trump in war against Iran, says FM

Date: 2019-06-26 09:00:24 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7997353

LONDON, June 26 (MENA) - UK Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he “cannot envisage” any scenario in which the UK would agree to join the US in waging war against Iran, the Daily Telegraph reported. The Tory leadership hopeful told MPs in the ....

Trump says he has no 'exit strategy' if US goes to war with Iran

Date: 2019-06-26 08:40:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7997304

WASHINGTON, June 26 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said the US is "not going to need an exit strategy" if war broke out with Iran, The Hill newspaper reported. “You’re not going to need an exit strategy," Trump told reporters in the Oval ....

Palestinian youth injured in confrontations with Israeli forces in Ramallah

Date: 2019-06-26 07:49:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7997264

RAMALLAH, June 26 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was injured in a car-ramming by an Israeli military patrol, Palestinian sources said. A number of Palestinian youths sustained rubber bullet injuries during confrontations that broke out in ....

US will not initiate conflict against Iran: Disarmament ambassador

Date: 2019-06-25 14:25:43 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7996544

GENEVA, June 25 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump is leaving a path open to diplomacy with Iran, but Iran would be making a mistake if it interprets his restraint over the downing of a drone as weakness, Al Arabiya quoted US disarmament ambassador ....

Netanyahu says Israel acted to prevent Iran's military expansion in Syria

Date: 2019-06-25 12:35:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7996192

RAMALLAH, June 25 (MENA) - Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran that Israel would “respond forcefully to any attacks”. "Israel has acted hundreds of times to prevent Iran from entrenching itself militarily in Syria, while it ....

Lavrov: Situation around Iran heads toward dangerous scenario amid new US sanctions

Date: 2019-06-25 12:34:21 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7996224

MOSCOW, June 25 (MENA) - Russia is concerned over new US sanctions against Iran as restrictions against the Iranian authorities show that the situation can move in a dangerous scenario, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday. "We are ....

Israel tears down sit-it protest tent in Jerusalem neighborhood

Date: 2019-06-25 11:03:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7996080

RAMALLAH, June 25 (MENA) - Staff of the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem tore down Tuesday a sit-in tent that residents of Wad Yasoul area of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan have set up to protest Israeli plans to demolish their ....

New US sanctions on Iran prove US not ready for dialogue - Russian deputy FM

Date: 2019-06-25 10:18:31 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7995909

MOSCOW, June 25 (MENA) - Washington's new sanctions against Iran are unprecedented, and they reduce to zero the value of Washington's previous signals that it is ready to launch dialogue with the Middle Eastern country, Sputnik news agency quoted ....

New US sanctions on ayatollah mean the end of diplomacy, Iran says

Date: 2019-06-25 09:33:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7995756

TEHRAN, June 25 (MENA) - Iran said on Tuesday that US sanctions imposed on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials in the country permanently closed the path to diplomacy between Tehran and Washington, CNBC reported. US ....

Egyptian envoy to Israel confirms Egypt's vision on establishing peace

Date: 2019-06-25 09:12:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7995820

RAMALLAH, June 25 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Israel Khaled Azmy on Tuesday confirmed the Egyptian vision on establishing a just and comprehensive peace in the region. The Egyptian vision is based on the two-state solution and international ....