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  • Lavrov, Abbas discuss developments of Palestinian cause

    Date: 2019-09-26 08:06:34 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8119506

    NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly, Russia Today quoted a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on ....

  • Iran: Procedure to release the UK oil tanker 'Stena Impero' finalized despite violations

    Date: 2019-09-25 11:38:42 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8118353

    TEHRAN, Sept 25 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday that the procedure to release the UK oil tanker 'Stena Impero' has been finalized, adding that the case is still open to address some of its violations ....

  • Israel detains 17 Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2019-09-25 10:13:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8118180

    RAMALLAH, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Israeli forces detained Tuesday night and on Wednesday 17 Palestinians from the West Bank including the minister of Al Quds affairs, a woman and five children. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said ....

  • Former Shin Bet head storms Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2019-09-25 08:08:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8117990

    RAMALLAH, Sept 25 (MENA) - Head of Knesset Foreign and Security Committee and former head of the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) Avi Dichter, backed by Israeli forces, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque early Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said Dichter, ....

  • Scores of Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2019-09-24 11:34:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8116710

    RAMALLAH, Sept 24 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers on Tuesday stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Maghareba gate under tight security measures. Head of Muslim Endowments and Al Aqsa Affairs Azzam al Khatib said scores of Israeli settlers ....

  • Bahrain confirms support for Palestinian rights

    Date: 2019-09-24 09:23:41 GMT - Bahrain - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8116616

    ْNEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - Bahrain Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled Bin Ahmed Al Khailfa on Tuesday underlined the importance of coordinating regional and international efforts for empowering the Palestinian people to obtain their rights and live ....

  • Israeli occupation forces detain 15 Palestinians from West Bank

    Date: 2019-09-24 09:22:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8116530

    RAMALLAH, Sept 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained on Tuesday 15 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinians Prisoner’s Society (PPS). It said in a statement that Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians ....

  • Eight Palestinians wounded in clashes with occupation troops

    Date: 2019-09-23 14:27:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8115691

    RAMALLAH, Sept 23 (MENA) - At least eight Palestinians sustained rubber-coated steel bullet injuries and suffocation during clashes that broke out with Israeli forces at the northern entrance to al-Bireh in Ramallah, said WAFA news agency. Dozens ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry summons Australian diplomat over pro-Israel remarks

    Date: 2019-09-23 13:02:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8115394

    RAMALLAH, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry summoned on Monday an Australian diplomat over the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s remarks in favor of Israel, said WAFA news agency. Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry, ....

  • Saudi Arabia stresses Palestinians' right to regain all their occupied territories

    Date: 2019-09-23 11:43:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8115334

    RIYADH/GENEVA, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has renewed its condemnation and rejection of the Israeli Prime Minister's recent declaration of his intention to annex lands from the occupied West Bank in 1967, if he wins the elections, ....

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