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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 ....

Livni urges Abbas to reopen talks with US

Date: 2018-09-26 09:15:40 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7593537

GAZA CITY, Sept 26 (MENA) - Israeli opposition leader MK Tzipi Livni met on Tuesday night with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meetings. She urged him to reopen diplomatic channels with ....

15 Daesh militants, six SDF members killed in clashes in Deir al Zour countryside

Date: 2018-09-26 06:40:03 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7593304

DAMASCUS, Sept 26 (MENA) - Fifteen Daesh militants and six members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed in fierce clashes in the countryside of Deir al Zour over the past 24 hours, Syrian sources said. Fierce clashes between ....

Netanyahu: Operations in Syria to continue despite supply of S-300

Date: 2018-09-25 22:41:17 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:111 - ID:7592869

GAZA CITY, Sept 24 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel will continue to act in order to prevent Iranian entrenchment in the region, even after Russia supplies Syria with an S-300 anti-missile system ....

Netanyahu: Army to continue anti-Iran strikes in Syria, Despite S-300

Date: 2018-09-25 15:06:10 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7592496

GAZA CITY, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Israeli army will continue to strike at Iranian target in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after Russia announced plans to transfer to Syria an advanced anti-missile system known as the ....

Palestine urges int'l community to support message of peace

Date: 2018-09-25 11:38:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7591898

RAMALLAH, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged the international community to work for establishing peace according to the two-state solution. In a released statement, the ministry also urged the international ....

Lebanese min. blames Hezbollah, Iranian militias for refugees problem

Date: 2018-09-25 09:40:00 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7591759

BEIRUT, Sept 25 (MENA) - Lebanese Minister of State for Refugees Affairs Mouin Merehbi has blamed Hezbollah and armed Iranian militias for a refugee problem in the country. Some 1.3 million Syrian refugees are now living in Lebanon, Merehbi ....