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Abbas: Al Quds issue is not for sale

Date: 2018-09-27 18:20:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7596229

NEW YORK, Sept 27 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday “Al Quds issue is not for sale” and that the Palestinian people’s rights “are not up for bargaining.” Speaking at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New ....

Abu Rudeineh: Not a single Israeli soldier will be accepted on Palestinian land

Date: 2018-09-27 13:45:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7595756

RAMALLAH, Sept 27 (MENA) - Reacting to statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York regarding keeping Israeli security forces in areas west of the Jordan River, that is the West Bank’s Jordan Valley, presidential spokesman ....

Middle East Quartet calls for preventing tensions in Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-09-27 11:48:08 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7595582

NEW YORK/MOSCOW, Sept 27 (MENA) - Representatives of the Middle East Quartet members (Russia, the US, the EU and the UN) have held a meeting on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, calling for efforts to prevent a new armed ....

Russian, Jordanian FMs probe ME conditions

Date: 2018-09-27 09:05:36 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7595185

MOSCOW, Sept 27 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi have discussed Middle East conditions especially the situation in Syria and Iraq on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations ....

Trump vows to release Mideast peace plan within 4 months

Date: 2018-09-26 21:54:12 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:7594654

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he hoped to present his long-anticipated peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians within four months, and said he favored a two-state solution to the decades of conflict ....

After Trump meeting, Netanyahu backs Palestinian state under Israeli security control

Date: 2018-09-26 21:08:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7594795

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters Wednesday he was not surprised by US President Donald Trump's remark that he favored a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying "Everyone ....

OIC orders ministerial panel to look into violations against Rohingya Muslims

Date: 2018-09-26 15:49:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:7594403

RIYADH, Sept 26 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen ordered on Wednesday forming a 10-member ministerial committee to look into human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims ....

Egypt condemns storming Al Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers

Date: 2018-09-26 13:48:04 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7594098

CAIRO, Sept 26 (MENA) - Mufti of the Republic Shawky Allam on Wednesday condemned storming Al Aqsa Mosque in the Palestinian territories by hundreds of Israeli settlers earlier in the day. In a press release, he urged the international community ....

Abbas: Palestinian issue passing through most difficult time

Date: 2018-09-26 10:24:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7593708

RAMALLAH/NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said that the Palestinian issue is passing through the most difficult time. At a meeting in his residence in New York with members of the Palestinian community, ....

4 killed, injured in blast in southeastern Turkey

Date: 2018-09-26 09:22:12 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7593541

ANKARA, Sept 26 (MENA) - Two people were killed and two others injured when a primitive bomb went off in southeastern Sirnak province, according to Turkish media. An improvised explosive device planted on a road in Sirnak’s Silopi district was ....