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  • Russia sends 34 tons of humanitarian aid to Syria

    Date: 2018-09-05 08:04:45 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7562751

    MOSCOW, Sept 5 (MENA) - Russia delivered more than 34 tons of humanitarian aid to residents of the Syrian city of Latakia, according to a press release by the Russian Emergency Ministry. The aid, which includes foodstuffs, tents and blankets, ....

  • Israel struck over 200 Iranian targets in Syria over past year - report

    Date: 2018-09-04 22:37:30 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:104 - ID:7562510

    GAZA CITY, Sept 4 (MENA) - The Israeli army has carried out more than 200 airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria and fired over 800 missiles and mortar shells over the past year and a half, JPost reported. The strikes were meant to prevent ....

  • US tells Israel “please leave Iraq to us” - The Jerusalem Post

    Date: 2018-09-04 13:11:45 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7561569

    GAZA CITY, Sept 4 (MENA) - US officials have warned Israel not to strike Iraq after officials signaled that Israel could target Iranian military positions in the country, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday. According to a report on Israel’s ....

  • Donors step up funds to Palestinian aid agency after US cuts

    Date: 2018-09-04 12:01:55 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7561564

    WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (MENA) - The top official with the UN's Palestinian aid agency says countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and India, have stepped up in recent months with a "very high amount" of $238 million in extra funding ....

  • UNRWA rejects graft accusations against int'l organization

    Date: 2018-09-03 09:22:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7559403

    RAMALLAH, Sept 3 (MENA) - Head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krahenbuhl rejected graft and administrative corruption accusations against the international organization. In statements to the ....

  • Iran FM arrives in Damascus

    Date: 2018-09-03 06:57:14 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7559239

    DAMASCUS, Sept 3 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif arrived in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Monday, IRNA reported. Zarif was welcomed by Syrian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Feisal al-Meqdad, and a number of other ....

  • Mail held 8 years by Israel finally reaches Palestinians

    Date: 2018-09-02 20:47:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7559082

    GAZA CITY, Sept 2 (MENA) - For the first time in eight years, Palestinians are receiving international mail. Letters, packages, presents and even a wheelchair have arrived in the West Bank after Israel released 10 tons of undelivered mail to the ....

  • 70 Israeli violations against Palestinian refugees: committee

    Date: 2018-09-02 14:36:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7558345

    RAMALLAH, Sept 2 (MENA) - A committee on supporting the Palestinian journalists said Sunday Israeli occupation forces are deliberately targeting Palestinian mediamen and journalists due to their role in exposing the crimes of occupation ....

  • Iran's Khamenei: War unlikely but armed forces should boost capacities

    Date: 2018-09-02 13:18:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7558318

    TEHRAN, Sept 2 (MENA) – Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that there was no possibility of a military war on Iran given the ongoing political considerations, but the country's Armed Forces must continue to upgrade their human ....

  • Israel plans 7 closures for Karm Abu Salem in Sept.

    Date: 2018-09-02 12:17:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7558203

    GAZA CITY, Sept 2 (MENA) - Israel has decided to close Karm Abu Salem border crossing for seven days in September for the Jewish holidays, said the Palestinian administration of crossings. The planned closures will be on September 9, 10, 18, 19, ....

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