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  • White helmets should be put on UN terrorist list - Russian Envoy

    Date: 2018-12-21 16:40:33 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7725115

    NEW YORK, Dec 21 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia stressed during a UN roundtable discussion on the White Helemts group’s activities in Syria that "the White Helmets deserve to be on the United Nations’ designated ....

  • Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen, injure 25 at Gaza border

    Date: 2018-12-21 16:05:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7725066

    GAZA CITY, Dec 21 (MENA) - One Palestinian teenager was killed and 25 others injured by live bullets or rubber-coated rounds on Friday as Israeli forces continued attacking the Great March of Return protests at Gaza-Israel border, Wafa News Agency ....

  • Maliki: Palestine rejects US monopoly on political process

    Date: 2018-12-21 12:35:37 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7724653

    MOSCOW, Dec 21 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Maliki on Friday asserted his country's rejection of the US monopoly on the political process, welcoming the Russian efforts in this regard. In a joint press conference with his Russian ....

  • Lavrov: Israel not ready yet to agree on date of meeting with Palestinian leader in Moscow

    Date: 2018-12-21 12:16:50 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7724650

    MOSCOW, Dec 21 (MENA) - Russia's foreign minister said on Friday that Israel does not rule out a meeting in Moscow between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas but is not ready to set the date yet, Sputnik news ....

  • PA won’t honor agreements with Israel if aggression continues, says Fatah official

    Date: 2018-12-20 22:43:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7724158

    RAMALLAH, Dec 20 (MENA) - Member of the Central Committee of Fatah movement Mohammad Shtayeh said on Thursday that the Palestinian Authority has sent a message to the Israeli government to the effect that the PA will not continue to honor signed ....

  • Turkey is preparing for operation in Syria: defense minister

    Date: 2018-12-20 21:54:03 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7724131

    ANKARA, Dec 20 (MENA) - Turkey is carrying out an intensive effort to prepare for a military operation in Syria, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday. This is Ankara’s first official statement after the US announced the decision ....

  • Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian man near Al-Bireh

    Date: 2018-12-20 21:03:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7724104

    RAMALLAH, Dec 20 (MENA) - A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli soldiers at the northern entrance to Al-Bireh city in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported according to local sources. Soldiers stationed at the DCO checkpoint on ....

  • Netanyahu: Israel will step up fight against Iran in Syria after US exit

    Date: 2018-12-20 15:46:40 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7723720

    GAZA CITY, Dec 20 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel will escalate its fight against Iranian-aligned forces in Syria after the withdrawal of US troops from the country, Yediot Aharonot newspaper ....

  • OIC discusses establishing Endowment Fund to Support Palestinian Refugees

    Date: 2018-12-20 14:31:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7723551

    JEDDAH, Dec 20 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held here a meeting of the Committee of Experts of the OIC Member States to discuss the draft statute of Endowment Fund to Support Palestinian Refugees, ....

  • Albania expels 2 Iranian diplomats for security reasons

    Date: 2018-12-20 06:21:41 GMT - Albania - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:7722770

    TIRANA, Dec 20 (MENA) - Albania said that it has expelled two Iranian diplomats for allegedly engaging in illegal activities that threaten the country’s security. A spokesman from the Foreign Ministry said that the two diplomats were expelled for ....

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