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Israel arrests 16 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2020-01-28 11:10:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8287877

RAMALLAH, Jan 28 (MENA) - Israel arrested on Tuesday 16 Palestinians in various parts of the West Bank. In a statement on Tuesday wired by the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said Israel arrested two in Tobas city, ....

Search operations for survivors of Turkey's earthquake end

Date: 2020-01-28 10:17:52 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8287826

ANKARA, Jan 28 (MENA) - Turkey has halted search operations for survivors of the powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the eastern part of the country on Friday, according to Sky News. The emergency teams recovered the bodies of the last two ....

Washington did not discuss ‘Deal of the Century’ with Moscow — Russia’s UN envoy

Date: 2020-01-28 09:33:39 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8287773

NEW YORK, Jan 28 (MENA) - The United States did not hold consultations with Russia on a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Tass reported, quoting Russia’s Permanent Envoy to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya as saying. "We were ....

No form of economic incentives can replace political solution to Palestinian-Israeli conflict - AL

Date: 2020-01-27 22:22:54 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:8287467

CAIRO, Jan 27 (MENA) - The Palestinian cause has never been an economic issue. It must be resolved through a political solution, Arab League (AL) Assistant Secretary General Hossam Zaki said on Monday. He added that no form of economic incentives ....

Army continues to advance in Idleb southern countryside, liberates Ma’asaran town, al Sawami’a village

Date: 2020-01-27 12:34:11 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8286363

DAMASCUS, Jan 27 (MENA) - Syrian Arab Army units have liberated Ma’asaran town and al Sawami’a village, northeast of Ma’aret al Nu’aman city in Idleb southern countryside, after fierce clashes with Jabhat al Nusra terrorists and affiliated ....

Int'l law professor: Turkey seeks to create crisis in eastern Mediterranean

Date: 2020-01-27 12:30:40 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8286410

CAIRO, Jan 27 (MENA) - Head of the international law department at Cairo University Professor Mohamed Sameh Amr said Turkey is trying to create a crisis in the eastern Mediterranean region to exercise pressure on countries at odds with its policy ....

ECSS hosts seminar on Turkish policies in Mideast

Date: 2020-01-27 12:18:37 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8286409

CAIRO, Jan 27 (MENA) - The Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies (ECSS) Monday hosted a seminar on Turkish exploration for oil and natural gas east of the Mediterranean. The seminar focused on the legal status of such explorations in the region ....

Palestinian PM: No coronavirus infection in Palestine

Date: 2020-01-27 12:11:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8286424

RAMALLAH, Jan 27 (MENA) - Palestine is still free from the Wuhan novel coronavirus (Wuhan-nCoV), Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Monday. The Palestinian news agency (WAFA) quoted the Palestinian premier as saying that all ....

Israel arrests 6 Palestinians from Ramallah, Hebron

Date: 2020-01-27 09:14:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8286053

RAMALLAH, Jan 27 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested six Palestinians on Monday. The occupation troops rounded up four from Ramallah and two from Hebron. The forces also seized agricultural equipment and uprooted olive trees in Birin village, ....

Trump rejects Iran talks opening as enriched uranium stockpile swells

Date: 2020-01-26 09:38:01 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8284715

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump turned down the possibility of talks with Tehran after Iran’stop diplomat said his country was still willing to negotiate over its nuclear program if Washington lifts sanctions, US News website ....