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Russia registers 29 ceasefire violations in Syria in 24 hours

Date: 2019-10-05 09:12:59 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8131640

MOSCOW, Oct 5 (MENA) - The Russian side to the joint commission with Turkey tasked with monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has registered 29 ceasefire breaches in Syria over the past 24 hours. The Russian side said seven violations ....

Iran releases Australian bloggers

Date: 2019-10-05 06:24:48 GMT - Australia - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8131445

SYDNEY, Oct 5 (MENA) - Two Australian travel bloggers have been released from detention in Iran after three months. All charges have been dropped, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Saturday. Australians Jolie King and Mark Firkin were ....

Nicosia condemns new attempt for Turkish illegal drilling operations in Cyprus' EEZ, continental shelf

Date: 2019-10-04 09:03:01 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8130515

NICOSIA, Oct 4 (MENA) - The government of the Republic of Cyprus has strongly condemned Turkey’s new attempt to illegally conduct drilling operations in the south-west of the island, within Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental ....

Palestine's Awqaf Ministry: Israeli forces stormed Aqsa Mosque 24 times in Sept.

Date: 2019-10-03 12:58:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8129268

RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs has revealed that Israeli occupation forces stormed Al Aqsa Mosque 24 times and banned the Muslim call to prayer (Azan) 52 times at the Ibrahimi Mosque in ....

Russia seeks US forces' pullout from Syria

Date: 2019-10-03 12:55:42 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8129583

MOSCOW, Oct 3 (MENA) - Russia is still waiting for US President Donald Trump to deliver on his promise and withdraw forces from Syria, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as quoted by Sputnik news agency. He hoped that Trump would meet ....

Israeli forces demolish house in south of West Bank

Date: 2019-10-03 11:34:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8129104

RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (MENA) - Israeli forces demolished today an under construction house in the town of Beit Ummar in the south of the occupied West Bank under the pretext it was built without a permit, Wafa news agency quoted activist Mohammad Awad as ....

Palestine TV cameraman injured during an Israeli army raid of Ramallah neighborhood

Date: 2019-10-03 11:31:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8129363

RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (MENA) - A Palestine TV cameraman was injured today by a rubber bullet fired by Israeli soldiers during an army raid on al-Tireh neighborhood in Ramallah to arrest a local resident, WAFA quoted witnesses as saying. Israeli forces ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli escalation of storming to Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2019-09-30 11:51:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8124852

RAMALLAH, Sept 30 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Monday condemned the Israeli authorities, extremist Jews and Jewish groups for their recurrent storming of Aqsa Mosque precincts with the participation of ....

Nine Palestinians detained from various areas in West Bank

Date: 2019-09-30 08:43:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8124505

RAMALLAH, Sept 30 (MENA) - The Israeli forces on Monday detained seven Palestinians from various areas in the West Bank. Two of the detainees, including a father and his son, are from occupied East Jerusalem and two others from the Bethlehem ....

Iran's oil sector on 'full alert' against attacks

Date: 2019-09-29 16:17:01 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:8123946

TEHRAN, Sept 29 (MENA)- Iran's oil minister on Sunday ordered his country's energy sector to be on high alert to the threat of "physical and cyber" attacks. "it is necessary for all companies and installations of the oil industry to be on full ....