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Settlers storm Aqsa Mosque on 1st day of Jewish feast

Date: 2018-09-23 11:44:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7588589

Al-QUDS, Sept 23 (MENA) - As many as 87 settlers stormed on Sunday Al-Aqsa Mosque compound from Al-Maghariba gate, said WAFA news agency. The settlers conducted provocative tours in the site. They tried to perform Jewish rituals amid tight ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israeli order to demolish Khan al Ahmar

Date: 2018-09-23 11:41:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:7588528

RAMALLAH, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has denounced an Israeli order for residents of Khan al Ahmar community, east of al Quds, to dismantle their homes -- mainly shacks -- and leave the community before the start of ....

PA not evading peace negotiations, says Palestinian Foreign Ministry

Date: 2018-09-23 11:11:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7588525

RAMALLAH, Sept 23 (MENA ) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has refuted Israeli accusations for the Palestinian Authority (PA), headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, of evading peace negotiations. Such accusations are part of a US-Israeli plan to ....

Israeli forces arrest 19 Palestinians in various parts of WB

Date: 2018-09-23 10:57:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7588486

RAMALLAH, Sept 23 (MENA) - Israeli forces have arrested 19 Palestinians in various parts of the West Bank. In a statement on Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said six Palestinians were detained in Hebron, three in Qalqiliya, three in ....

Russia accuses Israel of violating agreement in jet downing

Date: 2018-09-23 10:35:28 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7588375

MOSCOW, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Israeli Air Force misled Russia by providing wrong information about the area of the planned air strikes in Syria on September 17, thus preventing the Russian Il-20 from moving to a safe zone, Russian Defense Ministry ....

Iran summons Dutch, Danish and British diplomats

Date: 2018-09-23 07:20:35 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:7588178

TEHRAN, Sept 23 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the ambassadors of the Netherlands and Denmark and British charge d'affaires over Saturday morning terror attack on a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, Irna News ....

US warns Iran of direct action for any attacks

Date: 2018-09-22 19:08:42 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7587785

WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - US has issued a stark warning to Iran that Washington will take direct action against Tehran for any attacks, even those using proxy forces, against US interests. "We have told the Islamic Republic of Iran that using ....

Death toll from Ahvaz terror attack rises to 24

Date: 2018-09-22 11:21:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7587215

TEHRAN, Sept 22 (MENA) - The number of the people who were killed in the terrorist incident in Iran's southern city of Ahvaz on Saturday morning has reached 24, IRNA news agency reported. More than 53 people were wounded in the incident and were ....

Iran holds US accountable for Ahvaz attack: FM

Date: 2018-09-22 10:35:07 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7587075

TEHRAN, Sept 22 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Islamic Republic holds “regional terror sponsors and their US masters” responsible for the Saturday terrorist attack on a military ceremony in the southwestern city of ....

4 terrorists carried out Ahvaz attack, says Iranian official

Date: 2018-09-22 10:30:03 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:7587053

TEHRAN, Sept 22 (MENA) - Deputy Governor of Khuzestan province Ali Hosseinzadeh said that four terrorists carried out the attack that targeted a military ceremony in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz, earlier on Saturday. The attack left 11 ....