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  • Palestinian foreign ministry deplores US ambassador's stances

    Date: 2019-05-13 10:38:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7939314

    RAMALLAH, May (MENA) - The Palestinian foreign ministry deplored on Monday repeated stances of US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. "He replaced the references of the political conflict with that of the ....

  • Syrian army destroys terrorists’ vehicles, fortifications in Hama

    Date: 2019-05-13 10:34:46 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7939448

    DAMASCUS, May 13 (MENA) - The Syrian army continued operations against Jabhat al Nusra terrorists in both Hama and Idlib countrysides, Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported on Monday. An army unit tracked the movements of a terrorist group from Jabhat ....

  • Palestinian, Russian presidents to meet in mid June

    Date: 2019-05-13 10:13:28 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7939342

    MOSCOW, May 13 (MENA) - President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas expects to hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Meeting on Cooperation and Confidence Measures in Asia in Dushanbe on June ....

  • Iran nuclear deal necessary for Europe - German FM

    Date: 2019-05-13 10:02:41 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7939341

    BRUSSELS, May 13 (MENA) - European countries are united in their belief that it is necessary to have a nuclear agreement with Iran and to implement it, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday as quoted by Sputnik news agency. "We in ....

  • EU supports Iran nuclear deal: Mogherini

    Date: 2019-05-13 09:52:49 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7939376

    BRUSSELS, May 13 (MENA) - The European Union fully supports the international nuclear accord with Iran and wants rival powers to avoid any further escalation over the issue, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Monday as quoted by ABC ....

  • UN Mideast envoy warns of collapsing truce agreements

    Date: 2019-05-13 09:00:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7939275

    GAZA CITY, May 13 (MENA) - UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov has warned that truce agreements in the Gaza Strip are falling, urging all parties to act to prevent that. "I hope that all sides will play ....

  • Russia records 29 ceasefire violations in Syria over past 24 hours - Defense Ministry

    Date: 2019-05-13 08:45:30 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7939238

    MOSCOW, May 13 (MENA) - The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syria ceasefire registered 29 truce breaches in Syria over the past 24 hours, Sputnik news agency quoted the Russian Defense Ministry's ....

  • Israel steps up arbitrary measures against Palestinian prisoners in Ramadan - rights center

    Date: 2019-05-13 08:33:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7939219

    GAZA CITY, May 13 (MENA) - Israeli forces stepped up arbitrary measures against Palestinian prisoners during the holy fasting month of Ramadan with more cell searches that sometimes last till after Fajr or from morning till fast-breaking time, ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 11 Palestinians in WB

    Date: 2019-05-13 08:27:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7939243

    RAMALLAH, May 13 (MENA) - Israeli troops arrested Monday 11 Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank. Five Palestinians were arrested in Jenin and one Palestinian was arrested in each of Qalqiliya and Nablus, the Prisoners' Club said ....

  • Greece strongly refuses Turkish statements on Aegean islands

    Date: 2019-05-12 21:04:13 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:7938997

    ATHENS, May 12 (MENA) - The Greek Foreign Ministry strongly refused its Turkish counterpart's claim that Greece wants to drag NATO into a dispute between itself and Turkey, the local Ekathimerini reported Sunday. Spokesman for the Greek Foreign ....

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