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US sanctions five Iranians over missile support to Houthis

Date: 2018-05-22 20:18:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:7412487

WASHINGTON, May 22 (MENA) - The US hit five Iranian nationals with sanctions on Tuesday for their roles in an alleged plan by Tehran to supply Houthi rebels in Yemen with ballistic missiles, The Hill reported. The Treasury Department said in a ....

Israel hopes Trump could ease rules for US-made military aid

Date: 2018-05-22 19:59:03 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7412475

GAZA CITY, May 22 (MENA) - Israeli lawmakers have urged the government to reopen talks with the United States on a defense aid deal signed in 2016 in the hope that President Donald Trump might ease a requirement that American aid money be spent on ....

IAF commander: Iran launched 32 missiles toward Israel in early May

Date: 2018-05-22 12:41:57 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7411816

GAZA CITY, May 22 (MENA) - Israel Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin said Tuesday that Iran launched 32 missiles toward Israel in early May. “Iran launched 32 missiles and we intercepted 4 of them and the rest fell outside Israeli ....

Malki: Palestine exercises its right as a State Party to the Rome Statute to refer situation to ICC

Date: 2018-05-22 12:00:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7411638

RAMALLAH, May 22 (MENA) - Foreign and Expatriates Minister Riyad al-Malki Tuesday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an immediate investigation into Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Al-Malki was ....

UNRWA warns of collapsing health sector in Gaza

Date: 2018-05-22 11:04:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7411567

GAZA CITY, May 22 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the health sector in Gaza is on the brink of collapse, having to handle large numbers of victims of Israeli atrocities. Israel ....

Israeli commander: Israel first to use F-35 jet in attacking ME targets

Date: 2018-05-22 10:19:55 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7411570

GAZA CITY, May 22 (MENA) - lsrael has struck targets in the Middle East with the F-35 Adir stealth fighter jet twice, Israel Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin said Tuesday, becoming the first country to use the US-made jet in combat, the ....

Palestinian FM hands over referral on Israeli settlements in Palestine to ICC

Date: 2018-05-22 10:17:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7411539

HAGUE\RAMALLAH, May 22 (MENA) - Foreign and Expatriates Minister Riad Maliki handed over to International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda a referral that covers "all the Israeli crimes and violations committed or to be committed ....

Israeli artillery shells Palestinian resistance monitoring points in Gaza

Date: 2018-05-22 09:32:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:7411483

GAZA CITY, M 22 (MENA) - The Israeli artillery shelled on Tuesday some monitoring points for the Palestinian resistance in eastern Bureij camp in central Gaza. No injuries were reported. Israeli military towers opened their machine gun fire at ....

2 Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack in northern Iraq

Date: 2018-05-22 07:25:35 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7411313

ANKARA, May 22 (MENA) - The Turkish General Staff announced the death of two soldiers and the injury of two others in an attack launched by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Turkish forces in northern Iraq. Sky News quoted the Turkish ....

Malaysia launches Palestine humanitarian fund

Date: 2018-05-22 06:42:18 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:7411286

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (MENA) - The Malysian Immigration Department (JIM) will initiate the JIM Palestine Fund to raise funds for aid missions and humanitarian activities for Palestinians, said Immigration director-general Mustafar Ali, Bernama news ....