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Iraq reiterates support for Palestinian cause

Date: 2018-12-18 13:50:43 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7720216

BAGHDAD, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Iraqi Foreign Ministry reiterated on Tuesday Baghdad's support for the Palestinian cause and people. A statement issued by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry quoted Ahmed Nayef Al Delemy, head of the Arab Department at the ....

Egypt reiterates support for Palestinian president

Date: 2018-12-18 12:19:19 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7720071

CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - Egypt's permanent representative to the Arab League Yasser El Atawi has reiterated Cairo's firm stance supporting the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and President Mahmoud Abbas. Atawi made the remarks during ....

Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli violations in territories

Date: 2018-12-18 12:16:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7720184

CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia deplored continued Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, thus hampering international peace efforts and further complicating the Palestinian-Israeli crisis. Deputy Permanent Representative ....

24 Palestinians arrested in West Bank

Date: 2018-12-18 11:55:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7720181

RAMALLAH, Dec 18 (MENA) – Israeli forces detained on Tuesday 24 Palestinians from the West Bank, including one woman, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. In a statement on Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that ....

FMs of Cyprus, Greece, Palestine convene in Athens

Date: 2018-12-18 11:28:10 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7720085

NICOSIA, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Trilateral Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Palestine tackled here Monday a host of issues of mutual concern, especially the latest developments in the Middle East, the Palestinian and Cyprus issues and ....

AL condemns Turkish violation of Iraqi sovereignty

Date: 2018-12-18 11:15:44 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7720060

CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) has condemned the successive Turkish strikes against posts in northern Iraq, stressing that such action is a violation to the sovereignty of the Iraqi State. The AL voiced its rejection of the Turkish ....

Palestine warns of world's silence on settlers' crimes

Date: 2018-12-18 11:10:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:7719957

RAMALLAH, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry warned of the international community's silence on settlers' crimes against the Palestinians. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry lashed out at non-stop attacks by Israeli occupation ....

Israel demolishes unlicensed house in Jerusalem

Date: 2018-12-18 11:08:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7720009

RAMALLAH, Dec 18 (MENA) - Israeli forces demolished a house in East Jerusalem's Jabal al Mukaber area under the pretext that it was unlicensed. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry vehemently condemned the Israeli barbaric strategy to destroy ....

AL discusses Israeli escalations against Palestinians

Date: 2018-12-18 10:14:54 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7719919

CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) Council on Tuesday convened an emergency session at the level of permanent delegates under the chairmanship of Sudan to discuss the recent Israeli escalations against Palestinian people and ....

Settlers' storming of Mar Saba Monastery 'unprecedented incident', says Palestinian commission

Date: 2018-12-18 09:48:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7719843

RAMALLAH, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Islamic Christian Commission for the Support of Jerusalem and Holy Sites considered as "unprecedented incident" the attempt by hundreds of Israeli settlers to storm the vicinity of Mar Saba Monastery, near Al-Obeydiyya ....