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US will not initiate conflict against Iran: Disarmament ambassador

Date: 2019-06-25 14:25:43 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7996544

GENEVA, June 25 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump is leaving a path open to diplomacy with Iran, but Iran would be making a mistake if it interprets his restraint over the downing of a drone as weakness, Al Arabiya quoted US disarmament ambassador ....

Netanyahu says Israel acted to prevent Iran's military expansion in Syria

Date: 2019-06-25 12:35:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7996192

RAMALLAH, June 25 (MENA) - Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran that Israel would “respond forcefully to any attacks”. "Israel has acted hundreds of times to prevent Iran from entrenching itself militarily in Syria, while it ....

Lavrov: Situation around Iran heads toward dangerous scenario amid new US sanctions

Date: 2019-06-25 12:34:21 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7996224

MOSCOW, June 25 (MENA) - Russia is concerned over new US sanctions against Iran as restrictions against the Iranian authorities show that the situation can move in a dangerous scenario, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday. "We are ....

Israel tears down sit-it protest tent in Jerusalem neighborhood

Date: 2019-06-25 11:03:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7996080

RAMALLAH, June 25 (MENA) - Staff of the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem tore down Tuesday a sit-in tent that residents of Wad Yasoul area of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan have set up to protest Israeli plans to demolish their ....

New US sanctions on Iran prove US not ready for dialogue - Russian deputy FM

Date: 2019-06-25 10:18:31 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7995909

MOSCOW, June 25 (MENA) - Washington's new sanctions against Iran are unprecedented, and they reduce to zero the value of Washington's previous signals that it is ready to launch dialogue with the Middle Eastern country, Sputnik news agency quoted ....

New US sanctions on ayatollah mean the end of diplomacy, Iran says

Date: 2019-06-25 09:33:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7995756

TEHRAN, June 25 (MENA) - Iran said on Tuesday that US sanctions imposed on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials in the country permanently closed the path to diplomacy between Tehran and Washington, CNBC reported. US ....

Egyptian envoy to Israel confirms Egypt's vision on establishing peace

Date: 2019-06-25 09:12:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7995820

RAMALLAH, June 25 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Israel Khaled Azmy on Tuesday confirmed the Egyptian vision on establishing a just and comprehensive peace in the region. The Egyptian vision is based on the two-state solution and international ....

US-Russia-Israel security summit kicks off

Date: 2019-06-25 08:57:59 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7995754

GAZA CITY, June 25 (MENA) - A summit grouping the national security advisers of the United States, Russia and Israel kicked off in Jerusalem on Tuesday to discuss the security situation at the regional and international levels. Israeli Prime ....

Moscow: More than 1,500 Syrian refugees return home over past 24 hours

Date: 2019-06-24 11:54:43 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7994284

MOSCOW, June 24 (MENA) - Over the past day, in total 1,554 people returned to Syria from the territory of foreign states: 364 people including 109 women and 185 children, left Lebanon for Syria via the Jaydet-Yabus and Talkalakh CPs, and 1,190 ....

Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque, refugee camp in Jerusalem

Date: 2019-06-24 11:24:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7994328

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday stormed Shoafat refugee camp in Jerusalem, while extremist settlers pushed deep into Aqsa Mosque. Extremist Israeli settlers vandalized on Monday several vehicles and spray-painted ....