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Jordan denounces building of 800 Israeli settlement units in Al-Quds

Date: 2019-06-05 12:00:02 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7969115

AMMAN, June 5 (MENA) – Jordan has strongly condemned Israel’s decision to build 800 settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem. Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Al Safadi said on Wednesday that the Israeli decision ....

Palestinian president performs Eid prayers at mosque in Ramallah

Date: 2019-06-05 05:40:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7968716

RAMALLAH, June 5 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas performed Eidul Fitr prayers at el Teshrifat mosque at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah on Wednesday. Chief Justice of Palestine Dr Mahmoud Al Habbash greeted Arab and Islamic ....

In northern Syria, food supplies turned into weapon of war - - UN

Date: 2019-06-04 14:14:36 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7968164

GENEVA, June 4 (MENA) - Fighters set fire to thousands of acres of wheat and other crops in northwest Syria in a campaign that has turned food supplies into a “weapon of war” and forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee, the United Nations ....

Syria, Russia mull economic, trade cooperation

Date: 2019-06-04 12:21:40 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7968022

DAMASCUS/MOSCOW, June 4 (MENA) - Syrian Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam discussed on Tuesday with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov ways of boosting economic, trade, and financial relations. The two sides stresse, during ....

Little festive atmosphere in Gaza amid rising poverty rates - Palestinian MP

Date: 2019-06-03 18:35:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7967328

GAZA CITY, June 3 (MENA) - The Head of the Popular Committee against the Israeli Siege MP Jamal al Khodari stressed that there is little festive atmosphere in the Gaza Strip this year amid the rising poverty and unemployment rates ahead of Eidul ....

800 Syrians start leaving crowded al Hol camp

Date: 2019-06-03 13:48:11 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7967138

DAMASCUS, June 3 (MENA) - Some 800 Syrian women and children started leaving the Kurdish-run al Hol camp in northeast Syria on Monday, en route to their hometowns in the nearby province of Raqqa, Al Arabiya channel reported. At least 17 buses ....

"Miles of Smiles 36" aid convoy arrives to Gaza via Rafah crossing

Date: 2019-06-03 12:42:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7966886

GAZA CITY, June 3 (MENA) - The second batch of the medical aid offered by "Miles of Smiles 36" convoy arrived to Gaza strip via Rafah border crossing. The aid received by Gaza's health Ministry includes 100,000 tube feeding units that will be ....

US offers second major softening of its policy toward Iran - paper

Date: 2019-06-03 12:38:20 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7966885

NEW YORK, June 3 (MENA) - In a second major softening of American policy toward Iran in recent days, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the Trump administration was ready to negotiate with the country’s clerical leaders with “no ....

Booby-trapped car explodes in northern Iraq

Date: 2019-06-03 11:56:31 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7966887

BAGHDAD, June 3 (MENA) - A booby-trapped car went off in the northern Iraqi governorate of Nineveh on Monday, according to an Iraqi security source. No injuries were reported as Iraqi security forces detonated the car in Nineveh's Mosul, ....

Trump: Pompeo 'may be right' in casting doubt on Middle East plan

Date: 2019-06-03 09:05:45 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7966580

WASHINGTON, June 3 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "may be right" in casting doubt on the administration's long-awaited Middle East peace plan. "Look, we’re doing our best to help the Middle East to get ....