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US diplomat meets Lebanon's top officials

Date: 2019-06-12 15:34:36 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7977673

BEIRUT, June 12 (MENA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern affairs, David Satterfield on Wednesday had talks with a number Lebanon's top officials. Satterfield held separate meetings with Speaker of the House of Representatives ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Moldovan PM's decision to remove embassy to Jerusalem

Date: 2019-06-12 11:56:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7977275

RAMALLAH, June 12 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday condemned Moldovan premier Pavel Filip's decision to relocate the Eastern European country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry ....

Moscow calls new US sanctions on Syria a tool to exert pressure on Assad

Date: 2019-06-12 11:10:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7976928

MOSCOW, June 12 (MENA) - The United States keeps putting pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to undermine his efforts to normalize the situation in the country, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Sputnik on Wednesday, reacting ....

Israeli forces carry out extensive demolitions in vicinity of Qalandia checkpoint

Date: 2019-06-12 08:11:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7976745

RAMALLAH, June 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces, using bulldozers and armored vehicles, have carried out extensive demolitions in the vicinity of Qalandia checkpoint, north of Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem), under the pretext of having no ....

Syria repels 'Israeli missile strike' – state TV

Date: 2019-06-12 05:20:14 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:7976610

DAMASCUS, June 12 (MENA) - Syria's Air defense systems have been activated around Tel al-Harah in southern Syria, close to the border with Israel, to repel an incoming missile attack allegedly launched by the Israeli forces, state news agency SANA ....

Israeli occupation forces apprehend 10 Palestinians from West Bank, Al Quds

Date: 2019-06-11 12:14:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7975667

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested on Tuesday ten Palestinians from the West Bank and Al Quds (East Jerusalem) and beat up two children. Palestinian sources said occupation forces held a young man from Al Quds' Essawiya ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Israeli aggression on preventive security HQ "call for chaos"

Date: 2019-06-11 09:16:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7975298

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs asserted on Tuesday that the Israeli aggression on the premises of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service in Nablus city, northern the West Bank, is a flagrant call for ....

Settlers, Israeli agriculture min. storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-06-11 08:58:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7975297

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - A group of settlers, led by Israeli Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel and guarded by Israeli security forces, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday. In a statement, the Islamic Waqf Department that the Israeli minister and ....

Palestinian security guard injured by Israeli fire in Nablus

Date: 2019-06-11 07:42:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7975239

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - A Palestinian security personnel was injured by Israeli fire in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday morning. Israeli forces surrounded the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Service as ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-06-10 12:50:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7974199

RAMALLAH, June 10 (MENA) - Up to 139 Jewish settlers, backed by Israeli forces, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab Al Maghraba on Monday. Guarded by special units of the Israeli police, the settlers conducted provocative tours at the holy site. ....