Middle East
- Service : English General
- Category : Middle East
-
Former US envoy says Trump has given 'new life' to terror group
Date: 2019-01-20 08:41:46 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7765339
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (MENA) - The former US envoy for the anti-Daesh coalition, who resigned last month because of President Donald Trump abrupt decision to pull US forces out of Syria, has penned an op-ed arguing that Donald Trump has given the ....
-
Blast in Almotahalik Aljanobi in Damascus leaves people killed, injured
Date: 2019-01-20 08:27:51 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7765283
LONDON, Jan 20 (MENA) - A blast on Sunday near security premises in Almotahalik Aljanobi in Damascus left an unidentified number of people killed and injured, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The blast targeted a Syrian ....
-
3 terrorist tunnels destroyed in Salaheldin
Date: 2019-01-20 07:35:31 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7765195
BAGHDAD, Jan 20 (MENA) - Three tunnels, belonging to the terrorists in Makhoul Mountains in Salaheldin province, were destroyed, Spokesman for the Iraqi Security Media Center Brigadier-General Yehia Rasool said on Sunday. The three tunnels were ....
-
Blast heard around Damascus; terrorist act reported
Date: 2019-01-20 07:10:55 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7765169
DAMASCUS, Jan 20 (MENA) - A blast has occurred around Damascus amid reports that it was a terrorist attack, said the state news agency (SANA) on Sunday. Roads leading to the scene have been closed and ambulances rushed there, Arabiya television ....
-
Israeli settlers quarrel with residents, police attack Palestinians in Silwan
Date: 2019-01-19 09:17:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7764022
RAMALLAH, Jan 19 (MENA) - Israeli police intervened in support of Jewish settlers during a quarrel with Palestinian residents of Silwan, an Arab neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, early Saturday leaving four residents injured, according to ....
-
Israeli forces conduct limited incursion into southern Gaza Strip
Date: 2019-01-18 10:25:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7762942
GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Friday carried out a limited incursion into northeastern Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip. Four military bulldozers carried out dredging operations in the area, according to Palestinian ....
-
Israeli authorities blow up house of Palestinian prisoner in Hebron
Date: 2019-01-18 09:56:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7762836
RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces blew up on Friday the house of a Palestinian prisoner Khalil Youssef al-Jabarin in southern Hebron, south of West Bank. The occupation forces along with a military bulldozer and digger ....
-
New UN special envoy for Syria to visit Moscow next week
Date: 2019-01-17 17:35:16 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7762249
MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - New UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen plans to visit Moscow next week, his representative Reem Ismail told TASS on Thursday. "I can confirm his plans to go on a trip next week," the official said, when replying on ....
-
Palestine rejects any US proposals to resolve Mideast conflict
Date: 2019-01-17 16:05:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7761742
RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has asserted that it will not accept any US proposals on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict unless Washington backtracks on its pro-Israel decisions, notably its recent decision to recognize ....
-
Ashkelon Central Prison to impose new arbitrary measures against prisoners
Date: 2019-01-17 12:26:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7761509
RAMALLAH, Jan 17 (MENA) - Ashkelon Central Prison will impose new arbitrary measures against Palestinian prisoners as part of efforts to tighten the nose on the prisoners and undermine the historic rights that managed to secure over the past few ....