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  • Syria requests UN Security Council meeting on Golan

    Date: 2019-03-27 07:35:35 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7867952

    NEW YORK, March 27 (MENA) - Syria has asked the United Nations Security Council to hold an urgent meeting on the US decision to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Monday in which the ....

  • OIC condemns US Golan move

    Date: 2019-03-26 16:17:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7867428

    JEDDAH, MArch 26 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned on Tuesday US President Donald Trump's recognition of the Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The decision is a bid to legitimize the ....

  • Palestinian amb. warns against serious escalation in Gaza

    Date: 2019-03-26 14:51:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7866289

    NEW YORK/RAMALLAH, March 26 (MENA) - Permanent Observer of Palestine to the UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour warned on Tuesday of the dangerous escalation in the Gaza Strip because of the Israeli besiege. In messages to the UN chief, UN Security ....

  • Moscow regrets Washington's decision over Golan Heights

    Date: 2019-03-26 14:05:50 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7866722

    MOSCOW, March 26 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump’s decision to sign a proclamation recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights will have negative consequences for the situation in the Middle East, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ....

  • KSA rejects, denounces US recognition of Israel's sovereignty over Syrian Golan Heights

    Date: 2019-03-26 12:11:44 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7866803

    RIYADH, March 26 (MENA) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expressed its firm rejection and condemnation of the declaration issued by the United States Administration to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, the Saudi ....

  • UAE expresses regret, condemnation of US decision on Golan

    Date: 2019-03-26 12:09:13 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7866784

    ABU DHABI, March 26 (MENA) - The UAE has expressed its deep regret and condemnation of the recognition by the United States of the Syrian Golan Heights as sovereign Israeli territory, describing it as a move that disrupts all efforts to achieve a ....

  • China opposes unilateral action to change Golan Heights status

    Date: 2019-03-26 11:30:08 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7866571

    BEIJING, March 26 (MENA) - China said on Tuesday it opposed any unilateral action to change the status of the Golan Heights and would not like to see any escalation of tensions in the region, China Daily reported. Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng ....

  • Japan's position on Golan to remain unchanged -- spokesman

    Date: 2019-03-26 10:24:03 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7866465

    TOKYO, March 26 (MENA) - Japan's top government spokesperson says the country will maintain its position on the Golan Heights and will not recognize it as Israeli territory, Japan's NHK reported. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga spoke to ....

  • Israel resumes raiding GS despite ceasefire announcement

    Date: 2019-03-26 09:19:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7866279

    GAZA CITY, March 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation army's war jets and artillery on Tuesday resumed raids on Palestinian resistance sites and farmlands in the Gaza Strip despite an announced ceasefire agreement. Palestinian resistance factions ....

  • Abbas, King Abdullah discuss Palestinian developments over telephone

    Date: 2019-03-26 06:38:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7866104

    RAMALLAH, March 26 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordanian King Abdullah II discussed the latest developments in the Palestinian territories in a telephone conversation Monday night. Abbas appreciated king Abdullah's firm ....

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