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Al Azhar condemns Israeli decision to build 3,500 settlement units in West Bank

Date: 2020-02-27 13:53:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8330247

CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Al Azhar vehemently condemned Israeli plans to build 3,500 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank. In a statement on Thursday, Al Azhar said that this decision represents a blatant aggression against the Palestinian ....

Germany gravely concerned about Israel’s settlement plan in E1 area

Date: 2020-02-27 12:54:49 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8330246

BERLIN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Germany yesterday expressed grave concern about the recent announcement by the Israeli government that it will push ahead with plans to build a settlement in the strategically important E1 area, east of the occupied ....

Syrian army units confront large attack launched by terrorists on Saraqeb

Date: 2020-02-27 10:18:53 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8329760

IDLIB, Syria, Feb 27 (MENA) - Syrian Arab Army units have engaged in fierce clashes with “Jabhat al-Nusra” terrorists and terrorist groups which are backed by the Turkish regime in the western direction of Saraqeb in Idlib southeastern ....

Coronavirus death toll mounts to 22 in Iran

Date: 2020-02-27 09:55:46 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8329763

TEHRAN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Coronavirus has claimed three more lives in Iran, bringing the death toll from the virus to 22, the country confirmed. The death toll from coronavirus increased from 19 to 22 while the number of people affected by the ....

Syrian army takes full control of southern Rif Idlib

Date: 2020-02-27 08:07:48 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8329687

LONDON, Feb 27 (MENA) - The Syrian army has taken full control of southern Rif Idlib, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Thursday. The Syrian army made new advancements in Idlib's southern countryside, where it retook four ....

Egypt condemns Israeli plan to build new settlement units in West Bank

Date: 2020-02-26 20:42:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:8329443

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) – Egypt condemned Wednesday an Israeli decision to build 3,500 new settlements units in the occupied West Bank. In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said the Israeli move violates international law and ....

20 Palestinians wounded in confrontation with occupation troops in Nablus

Date: 2020-02-26 12:12:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8328548

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - Twenty Palestinians were injured Wednesday morning by Israeli army gunfire as hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers forced their way into Joseph’s Tomb near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian news agency WAFA ....

Palestinian territories free from coronavirus - Health Ministry

Date: 2020-02-26 09:41:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8328358

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the Palestinian Health Ministry Tareef Ashour stressed that the Palestinian territories are free from coronavirus (COVID-19). In statements to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, he said the tests of a ....

US sanctions 13 foreign entities for supporting Iran missile program

Date: 2020-02-25 20:52:56 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:8327984

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (MENA) - The United States announced on Tuesday it was imposing sanctions on 13 foreign entities and individuals in China, Iraq, Russia, and Turkey for supporting Iran’s missile program, CNBC reported. The State Department said ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli plans to build settlement in E1 area

Date: 2020-02-25 16:02:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8327487

RAMALLAH, Feb 25 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned on Tuesday an announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to build 3,500 housing units in a new settlement in E1 area, east of occupied ....