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Senate majority leader says 'measured' US response to Iran is coming

Date: 2019-06-21 07:50:35 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7989930

WASHINGTON, June 21 (MENA) - Top administration officials and lawmakers have left the White House after a classified briefing lasting over an hour, about Iran's sudden downing of an American surveillance drone in the Middle East, and a "measured" US ....

US aviation authority issues order prohibiting flights over some Iran-controlled airspace

Date: 2019-06-21 06:54:03 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7989866

WASHINGTON, June 21 (MENA) - The US Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued an emergency order prohibiting US operators from flying in an overwater area of Iran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman due to ....

EU threatens sanctions over Turkey's Cyprus drilling

Date: 2019-06-21 06:22:42 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:7989865

BRUSSELS, June 21 (MENA) - The EU stepped up its rhetoric over Turkey's "illegal" drilling for oil and gas off Cyprus, raising the threat of sanctions if Ankara refuses to back down, France 24 channel reported on Friday. As Turkey sent a new ship ....

Iran says it recovers debris of downed US drone

Date: 2019-06-20 21:41:28 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7989769

TEHRAN, June 20 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that Iran has recovered debris of the downed US drone in the country's southern waters, Xinhua reported. "We have gathered the debris of the US military drone ....

Israel gives residents of Jerusalem village till July 18 to demolish 100 apartments

Date: 2019-06-20 21:31:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:7989789

RAMALLAH, June 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities gave Palestinian residents in Wadi al-Hums neighbourhood in Sour Baher village, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, until July 18 to implement the Israeli Supreme Court’s order of demolishing ....

48 settlers storm into Aqsa

Date: 2019-06-20 12:31:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7988843

RAMALLAH, June 20 (MENA) - Forty-eight Israeli settlers stormed into Aqsa Mosque on Thursday guarded by units of the Israeli police. The settlers toured the mosque before leaving from Bab al Silsila (Gate of Chains), eyewitnesses said. The ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 11 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2019-06-20 09:53:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7988550

RAMALLAH, June 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 11 Palestinians in the West Bank on Wednesday night and in the wee hours of Thursday morning. In Ramallah, two unidentified citizens and three youths were apprehended after the ....

Seven Palestinians detained from West Bank

Date: 2019-06-19 11:14:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7987220

RAMALLAH, June 19 (MENA) - Israeli forces Wednesday detained at least seven Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, WAFA quoted the Palestine Prisoners Club (PPC) as saying. PPC confirmed that Israeli forces rounded up five Palestinians ....

Syrian ambassador in Moscow: War on terrorism in its final stage

Date: 2019-06-19 09:37:51 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7987036

MOSCOW, June 19 (MENA) - Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyadh Haddad said the war on terrorism in Syria entered its final phase as militants are currently escaping to various world countries to carry out terror attacks. The Syrian ambassador's ....

Israeli forces demolish Palestinian house in Jericho

Date: 2019-06-19 09:20:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7986901

RAMALLAH, June 19 (MENA) - Israeli bulldozers demolished an under-construction house in Al-Matar area, east of the West Bank city of Jericho. WAFA news agency reported that Israeli forces demolished a one-story house, which occupied an area of ....