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52 settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque

Date: 2020-01-23 11:50:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8281590

RAMALLAH, Jan 23 (MENA) - Fifty two settlers, backed by Israeli forces, barged into the yards of Al Aqsa Mosque on Thursday. The settlers stormed the holy compound from Bab el Magharba and toured the various yards of the mosque. For Muslims, ....

Syrian army: Nusra terrorists launch fierce attack on posts in Idleb

Date: 2020-01-23 11:22:33 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8281521

DAMASCUS, Jan 23 (MENA) - Syrian Arab Army units operating in Idleb countryside clashed with terrorist groups which attacked military posts deployed in the liberated countryside in Ma’aret al-Nu’aman area. A military source told SANA that ....

Israeli forces arrest three Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-01-23 11:12:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8281538

RAMALLAH, Jan 23 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians in the West Bank on Thursday after raiding their homes. The arrest took place in the Palestinian cities of Hebron and Tubas, according to Palestinian news agency. Israeli ....

Local commander of Iran’s security forces killed in armed attack

Date: 2020-01-22 11:16:00 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8279949

TEHRAN, Jan 22 (MENA) - Masked gunmen on Wednesday ambushed and killed the local commander of a paramilitary security force in southwestern Iran, an associate of Iran’s top general recently killed in an American drone strike in Baghdad, the official ....

UN welcomes formation of new Lebanon govt.

Date: 2020-01-22 08:08:30 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8279683

NEW YORK, Jan 22 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the formation of Lebanon’s new government after more than three months of nationwide protests, naharnet reported Wednesday. Guterres welcomes the formation of a new ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry: EU’s stance from Israeli measures in occupied territories is too little, too late

Date: 2020-01-21 14:28:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:8278915

RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that the European Union’s rejection of Israeli measures in the occupied Palestinian lands, particularly in occupied Jerusalem, and calling on Israel to abide by the international law is ....

Iran says could not decode black boxes of Ukrainian airliner

Date: 2020-01-21 08:04:29 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8278196

TEHRAN, Jan 21 (MENA) - Iran said on Tuesday it was trying to analyze the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month, according to IRNA news agency. The military has said it downed Ukraine International Airlines ....

Iran's foreign minister cancels attendance at Davos summit

Date: 2020-01-20 09:25:17 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8276748

TEHRAN, Jan 20 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has cancelled his trip and will not be attending the Davos Forum, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Monday amid a crisis with Washington and disputes with Europe over Iran's ....

Pakistan stands for peace in ME, says FM

Date: 2020-01-20 07:46:55 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8276660

ISLAMABAD, Jan 20 (MENA) - Paksitani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that he had "constructive engagement" with his counterparts in Iran, the United States and Arab countries on efforts to defuse tensions and promote peace in the Middle ....

Trump to decide release date for ME peace plan within days

Date: 2020-01-19 22:58:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:8276505

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump is expected to decide in the next several days whether to present the White House's Middle East peace plan before Israel's March 2 elections, Israeli and US sources revealed, according to Axios ....