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Turkey to face 'grave consequences' for acquisition of Russian S-400 - Pentagon

Date: 2019-03-09 07:58:04 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7839401

WASHINGTON, March 9 (MENA) - Turkey’s military relationship with the United States will face serious consequences if Ankara takes possession of the Russian S-400 air defence system, Defense Department spokesperson Charlie Summers said. "If ....

Iranian navy thwarts pirate attack on oil tanker - state TV

Date: 2019-03-08 12:40:19 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7838701

TEHRAN, March 8 (MENA) - Iranian naval forces intervened to repel pirates who attacked an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, Euronews quoted Iran's state television as saying on Friday. The broadcast said pirates in 11 speedboats attacked a ....

Israeli forces tighten security in Al Quds ahead of Friday prayer in Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-03-08 11:52:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7838467

GAZA CITY, March 8 (MENA) - Security has been stepped up by Israeli occupation forces on Friday in Al Quds city and the vicinity of the Old City ahead of Friday prayer in Al Aqsa Mosque. Before Friday prayer, Israeli forces launched a wide-scale ....

Israeli artillery shells eastern Gaza

Date: 2019-03-07 19:35:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7837873

GAZA CITY, March 7 (MENA) – The Israeli artillery forces shelled Thursday a Palestinian outpost eastern Gaza city, Palestinian sources said Thursday. None was harmed, the sources added. In the meantime, the Israeli occupation army said that ....

AL praises struggle of Palestinian woman

Date: 2019-03-07 17:45:46 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:7837787

CAIRO, March 7 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) lauded the struggle of the Palestinian and East Jerusalem women who are exposed to ethnic cleansing daily. The pan-Arab body greeted the female Palestinian prisoners incarcerated in Israeli dungeons as ....

No pressure to withdraw from Syria by specific date: U.S. General

Date: 2019-03-07 17:06:21 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7837828

WASHINGTON, March 7 (MENA) - The general overseeing U.S. forces in the Middle East said on Thursday that he was under no pressure to withdraw forces from Syria by any specific date. "What is driving the withdrawal of course is our mission, which ....

OIC condemns Kabul attack

Date: 2019-03-07 16:07:22 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7837716

RIYADH, March 7 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place in Kabul, Afghanistan, which targeted a gathering of political figures, Saudi Press Agency reported. OIC Secretary ....

Palestinian killed in clashes east Gaza

Date: 2019-03-07 09:02:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7836721

GAZA CITY, March 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry said that a Palestinian youth was killed on Wednesday in clashes with Israeli occupation forces on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. Spokesman for the Health Ministry Dr. Ashraf al ....

Arab League official calls for providing int'l protection to Palestinians

Date: 2019-03-05 13:55:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7834003

CAIRO, March 5 (MENA) - Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Saeed Abu Ali Tuesday denounced the heinous crime committed by the Israeli occupation army in cold blood in Kafr Naema village, west of Ramallah, on Monday that ....

Twelve Palestinians detained in West Bank raids

Date: 2019-03-05 13:09:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7833684

RAMALLAH, March 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces rounded up 12 Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoners' Club (PPC). PPC said in a press release that Israeli forces detained four Palestinians from the ....