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Russia's foreign intelligence chief hopes attack on oil tankers won’t trigger war
Date: 2019-06-18 09:52:08 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7985297
MOSCOW, June 18 (MENA) - Russia expects that the attack on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz won’t spark war and the perpetrators will be found, TASS news agency quoted Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin told an ....
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Jewish settlers storm antique building in Hebron under protection of Israeli forces
Date: 2019-06-18 09:13:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7985210
RAMALLAH, June 18 (MENA) - A group of Jewish settlers on Tuesday stormed an ancient building in Samou town in southern Hebron in the West Bank. Palestinian local sources said the settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the town. Meanwhile, Israeli ....
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China calls for political solution to Yemen crisis
Date: 2019-06-18 07:26:20 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7985157
BEIJING, June 18 (MENA) - A Chinese UN envoy called for a political solution to the Yemeni issue through intra-Yemeni dialogue, Xinhua news agency reported. China supports the Yemeni parties to return to the track of dialogue, said Ma Zhaoxu, ....
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Army destroys Jabhat al Nusra fortifications in Idlib countryside
Date: 2019-06-17 13:23:14 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7984110
DAMASCUS, June 17 (MENA) - Syrian regime forces conducted intensive bombardments against fortified positions of Jabhat al Nusra terrorists in the Idleb southern countryside and Hama northern countryside. The shelling inflicted heavy losses on ....
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140 Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2019-06-17 12:34:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7984108
RAMALLAH, June 17 (MENA) - About 140 Israeli settlers stormed on Monday the holy Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Maghraba gate, guarded by heavily-armed special units of the Israeli police, according to eyewitnesses. The Jewish settlers conducted ....
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Israeli forces storm into Rimon Prison
Date: 2019-06-17 09:39:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7983702
RAMALLAH, June 17 (MENA) - Israeli forces broke into the Israeli prison of Rimon and conducted a wide-scale inspection campaign messing with the belongings of the Palestinian prisoners. A state of tension has been prevailing in the jail since the ....
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12 killed in armed factions' shelling of Aleppo countryside
Date: 2019-06-17 06:49:41 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7983531
DAMASCUS, June 17 (MENA) - Rocket fire has killed 12 civilians in a regime-held village in northwestern Syria, state news agency SANA reported. Some 15 people were also wounded late Sunday in the attack on Al-Wadihi village south of Aleppo ....
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Pelosi: We have 'absolutely no appetite' for going to war with Iran
Date: 2019-06-16 22:01:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7983361
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview that aired Sunday that "we have absolutely no appetite for going to war with Iran" amid heightened tensions with the Middle Eastern power, The Hill reported. "We have ....
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Pompeo blames Iran for tanker attacks
Date: 2019-06-16 21:33:23 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7983312
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated on Sunday President Trump's claim that Iran was behind last week's attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz and that the United States is ready to take ....
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US seeks to 'build int'l consensus' blaming Iran for tanker attacks - report
Date: 2019-06-16 19:41:14 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7983211
LONDON, June 16 (MENA) - The US is hoping to "build international consensus" around Iran's responsibility for damaging two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, as UK officials joined the US in formally accusing Iran of carrying out the attacks, The ....
