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  • Macron stresses need to maintain stability in ME

    Date: 2019-08-25 13:49:10 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8076100

    BIARRITZ, France Aug 25 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron described the situation in the Middle East as fragile, stressing the need for maintaining the stability of the region and preventing Iran from possessing nuclear weapons. During ....

  • Lebanon lodges complaint with UNSC against Israeli violations

    Date: 2019-08-25 13:07:12 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8076130

    BEIRUT, Aug 25 (MENA) - Lebanese Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Sunday directed Lebanon’s ambassador to the UN to file an urgent complaint against Israel with the UN Security Council over its “dangerous violation of Lebanese sovereignty,” in ....

  • 220 imprisoned Palestinian students deprived from joining academic year: PPS

    Date: 2019-08-25 09:20:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8075750

    RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (MENA) - As many as 220 imprisoned Palestinian students are deprived from joining the new academic year which started Sunday across Palestinian governorates, said Director of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) Rafaat ....

  • 2 Daesh terrorists serving at 'Diwan al Jund' arrested in Mosul

    Date: 2019-08-25 08:08:32 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8075714

    BAGHDAD, Aug 25 (MENA) - Two Daesh elements serving at the so called 'Diwan al Jund' were arrested in Mosul, Iraq's Interior Ministry announced on Sunday. The arrest came after searching the right parts of Mosul city, Spokesman for the Interior ....

  • Air defenses repel Israeli rocket attack in precincts of Damascus

    Date: 2019-08-25 07:39:20 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8075709

    DAMASCUS, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Syrian Army’s air defenses repelled an Israeli rocket attack on the surroundings of Damascus before midnight Saturday, shooting down most of them before they could reach their targets. A military source told SANA ....

  • Hezbollah: Israeli drone falls, another explodes over Beirut

    Date: 2019-08-25 06:37:25 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8075643

    BEIRUT, Aug 25 (MENA) - A Hezbollah official said Sunday an Israeli drone went down over the Lebanese capital of Beirut and another exploded in the air, The Daily Star reported. Residents in southern Beirut reported one large explosion that shook ....

  • UK sends third warship to Arab Gulf

    Date: 2019-08-24 18:26:16 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8075456

    LONDON, Aug 24 (MENA) - A third British warship is heading to the Arab Gulf to join a mission to protect shipping amid heightened tensions in the region, the Daily Mail reported Saturday. Portsmouth-based HMS Defender, a Type 45 destroyer, is ....

  • Israeli forces compel Palestinian to demolish his own house

    Date: 2019-08-24 11:48:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8074957

    RAMALLAH, Aug 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces compelled on Saturday a Palestinian citizen to demolish his own house in Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem). The house owner, Mohamed al Abasy, said he made the move after receiving a demolition ....

  • 127 Palestinians injured at Gaza border

    Date: 2019-08-23 18:29:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8074376

    GAZA CITY, Aug 23 (MENA) - At least 127 Palestinians were injured today when Israeli soldiers stationed on the Gaza border cracked down on the weekly March of Return protest activities on the Gaza eastern border with Israel, according to medical ....

  • Turkey's prosecution orders arrest of 86 civilians, army men over Gulen links

    Date: 2019-08-23 11:37:50 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8073776

    ANKARA, Aug 23 (MENA) - Turkey's public prosecutor issued on Friday arrest warrants for 86 civilians and military men over links to the Fetullah Gulen organization, Sky News channel reported. The country's chief prosecutor ordered the arrest of ....

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