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Israeli forces storm mount south of Nablus, 18 injuries reported

Date: 2020-03-11 11:10:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8348852

RAMALLAH, March 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces Wednesday morning stormed Mount al 'Arma, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, and assaulted Palestinians staging a sit-in atop the mount, injuring 18, said Palestinian medics. Health Ministry medics ....

Turkey confirms first coronavirus case

Date: 2020-03-11 05:26:27 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:8348562

ANKARA, March 11 (MENA) - Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca confirmed that the first case of the coronavirus had been identified in the country as the epidemic grips neighbors including Iran, the hardest-hit nation after China and Italy, Sky ....

OSCE voices concern over detention of Turkish journalists

Date: 2020-03-10 09:56:17 GMT - Austria - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8347168

VIENNA, March 10 (MENA) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) expressed concern over the frequent arrest of journalists in Turkey, according to a statement issued by the website of the organization. OSCE Representative ....

S. Korea mulling sending chartered flight to bring nationals home from Iran

Date: 2020-03-08 07:31:09 GMT - south korea - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8343990

SEOUL, March 8 (MENA) - South Korea is reviewing a plan to send a chartered flight to Iran to bring its citizens home from the coronavirus-hit Islamic country this week, Yonhap news agency reported quoting government officials as saying ....

Coronavirus death toll hits 124 in Iran, 913 patients recover

Date: 2020-03-06 13:58:02 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8342121

TEHRAN, March 6 (MENA) - Iran's Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoosh Jahanpour announced Friday that 124 people have died and 913 people have recovered from the novel coronavirus. Speaking at a news conference, Jahanpour said that there are 1,234 ....

Iran cancels all sport events over coronavirus

Date: 2020-03-06 08:28:08 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8341616

TEHRAN, March 6 (MENA) - Iranian authorities have decided to cancel all sport events in the country over coronavirus outbreak. Head of Iran's Health Ministry's public relations office Kianoush Jahanpour said on Thursday that 3,513 people have ....

Turkish Defense Ministry says two soldiers died in Syria's Idlib

Date: 2020-03-05 21:03:14 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:8341415

ANKARA, March 5 (MENA) - Two Turkish soldiers died and three others were wounded after Syrian government forces opened fire in Syria's Idlib, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Thursday. In a statement, the defense ministry said Turkish forces ....

Senior Iranian official, former advisor to Zarif dies of coronavirus

Date: 2020-03-05 20:34:32 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:8341373

TEHRAN, March 5 (MENA) - Hossein Sheikholeslam, a senior Iranian politician and former advisor to current Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, has died on Thursday due to the coronvairus, Al Arabiya reported. (MENA) M G E/M H E ....

Lavrov announces items of Russia-Turkey agreement on situation in Syria

Date: 2020-03-05 19:40:51 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:8341371

MOSCOW, March 5 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergie Lavrov said on Thursday that his country and Turkey agreed to establish a "security corridor" along Idlib's M4 highway and start joint patrols along the road from March 15. At a press ....

German airlines cancel Israel flights over virus restrictions

Date: 2020-03-05 19:15:27 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:8341348

GAZA CITY, March 5 (MENA) - German Airline giant Lufthansa said Thursday it was canceling all flights to Israel until March 28, after the Jewish state barred entry to almost all non-resident arrivals from five European nations including Germany over ....