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Former Turkish FM resigns from Erdogan’s AK Party

Date: 2019-09-13 09:58:20 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8101906

ANKARA, Sept 13 (MENA) - Former Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu resigned on Friday from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party, Al Arabiya news channel reported. Davutoglu, who served as prime minister between 2014 and 2016 before ....

Pakistan condemns Netanyahu's remarks on annexing Jordan Valley

Date: 2019-09-13 09:54:50 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8101889

ISLAMABAD, Sept 13 (MENA) - Pakistan's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Faisal rejected statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on annexing the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank if he is re-elected in September 17 ....

Explosion on road in southeast Turkey kills 4, wounds 13

Date: 2019-09-12 20:01:24 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8101605

ANKARA, Sept 12 (MENA) - Turkish officials said Kurdish rebels have detonated an improvised explosive device on a road in southeast Turkey, killing four people and wounding 13 others. The local governor’s office said the explosion Thursday on a ....

Israeli forces arrest 10 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2019-09-12 12:23:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8100860

RAMALLAH, Sept 12 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Thursday arrested 10 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank (WB), the Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) said in a statement. Three family members of martyr Adel Atta Abu Allan were ....

Jordan urges int'l community to take action against Netanyahu's annexation plans

Date: 2019-09-12 11:33:05 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8100697

AMMAN, Sept 12 (MENA) - Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi on Thursday met with the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to the Kingdom. He urged the international ....

1,625 Syrian refugees return home from Jordan, Lebanon over past 24 hours

Date: 2019-09-12 09:24:13 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8100531

MOSCOW, Sept 12 (MENA) - More than 1,625 Syrian refugees have returned to their homeland from neighboring Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration ....

UN chief concerned about Netanyahu's promise to annex Jordan Valley

Date: 2019-09-12 06:53:37 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:8100378

NEW YORK, Sept 12 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concerns about Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s statement declaring his intention, if elected, to annex the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea as a first step ....

Russia warns of implementation of Netanyahu’s plan to extend Israeli sovereignty to Jordan Valley

Date: 2019-09-11 22:39:50 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:8100262

MOSCOW, Sept 12 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned that the implementation of the plan voiced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley may escalate tensions in the region and ....

Israeli reconnaissance aircraft shells empty site in Gaza

Date: 2019-09-11 21:21:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8100221

GAZA CITY, Sept 11 (MENA) – An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft shelled an empty site in Al Shajaiyeh neighborhood, east of Gaza city, WAFA news agency reported Wednesday, quoting Palestinian sources. The drone fired at least one missile targeting ....

UAE condemns Netanyahu's Jordan Valley annexation plan

Date: 2019-09-11 13:56:04 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8099671

ABU DHABI, Sept 11 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates has expressed its strong condemnation and categorical rejection of an announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the planned annexation of land from the occupied West Bank to ....