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Turkish soldiers injured in shelling of village in Syria's Idlib

Date: 2020-03-02 10:19:51 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8334942

DAMASCUS, March 2 (MENA) - Syrian field sources said that Turkish soldiers have been injured in artillery shelling of a Turkish post in the village of Qaminas in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. Sky News quoted the sources as saying that ....

EU calls for extraordinary meeting on Syria next week

Date: 2020-03-01 22:33:20 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8334759

BRUSSELS, March 1 (MENA) - EU Minister for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell called for an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council next week to discuss the unfolding situation in Syria at a request of the Greek foreign minister. The ....

Shopping mall in central Israel evacuated amid coronavirus fears

Date: 2020-03-01 12:55:37 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8333939

GAZA CITY, March 1 (MENA) - The emergency services evacuated parts of a shopping mall in central Israel after a suspected coronavirus patient came to a health maintenance organization (HMO) located on the top floor after recently arriving from ....

Turkey: Thousands of migrants cross Turkish-Eu border

Date: 2020-03-01 11:52:37 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8333869

ANKARA, March 1 (MENA) - More than 76,000 migrants have crossed the Turkey-EU border following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to open it, Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, quoted by Russian news agency, Sputnik, said on ....

Pompeo: US offered to help Iran with coronavirus response

Date: 2020-02-28 15:58:32 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8331856

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the United States has offered to help with the coronavirus response in Iran, where the outbreak has killed 34 people, and raised doubts about Tehran's willingness to ....

40 Palestinians injured in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in Nablus

Date: 2020-02-28 11:18:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8331405

RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Forty Palestinians, including a child, were injured with tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces who stormed Jabal al-'Arma, southern Nablus, WAFA news agency ....

3 Syrian soldiers injured as Israeli helicopters strike army posts

Date: 2020-02-27 23:07:23 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:8331039

DAMASCUS, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli helicopters fired missiles at Syrian army posts in Syria’s al-Qahtaniya, al-Hurriyeh and the liberated city of al-Quneitra, leaving three soldiers slightly injured. This was reported in breaking news in the ....

El Al cancels all flights to Italy, Thailand; postpones Tokyo route launch

Date: 2020-02-27 15:35:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:8330593

GAZA CITY, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli flag carrier El Al said it was cancelling flights to all Italian destinations and Bangkok on Thursday, as well as postponing the launch of its new route to Tokyo, due to the coronavirus outbreak, The Jerusalem Post ....

Iran bans Chinese citizens from entering the country

Date: 2020-02-27 14:38:11 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8330530

TEHRAN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Iran has banned Chinese citizens from entering the country, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, amid the spread of the new coronavirus across the country that had killed 26 Iranians. Iran, which has the ....

Iranian vice president tests positive for coronavirus

Date: 2020-02-27 14:36:08 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:8330523

TEHRAN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Iranian Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar has tested positive for coronavirus, the state-run daily IRAN reported. Ebtekar is the first member of President Hassan Rouahni’s cabinet to be infected ....