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Netanyahu to discuss 'Iranian entrenchment in Syria' with Putin

Date: 2017-08-22 21:42:57 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:6957099

GAZA CITY, Aug 22 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he intended to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a state visit to his country on Wednesday “Iranian efforts to entrench its military inside ....

Fatah, Hamas leaders meet in Lebanon over Ain Al Hilweh clashes

Date: 2017-08-22 20:40:21 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:6957159

BEIRUT, Aug 22 (MENA) - Leaders of the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas movements held a meeting in Lebanon on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp Ain Al Hilweh. The meeting was attended by Palestinian ....

UN blacklist of companies doing business in settlements to be released by year's end

Date: 2017-08-22 19:56:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:6957090

GAZA CITY, Aug 22 (MENA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, plans to publish by the end of the year a blacklist of international companies doing business in Israeli settlements in the West ....

Coalition jets conduct strikes against Daesh in Anbar

Date: 2017-08-22 14:04:47 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:6956694

BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (MENA) - US-led coalition warplanes on Tuesday carried out airstrikes against Daesh terrorists in al Qa'im district, western al Anbar. While three Daesh hotbeds were destroyed by the airstrikes, 17 Daesh terrorists were killed and ....

Iran to resume 20-percent enrichment in 5 days if necessary: Nuclear chief

Date: 2017-08-22 11:24:04 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:6956213

TEHRAN, Aug 22 (MENA) - The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says Iran is capable of resuming the enrichment of uranium to the 20-percent level at its Fordow facility within a maximum of five days if necessary, Iran's Press TV ....

Israeli forces demolishes house in Silwan town for 2nd time after being rebuilt

Date: 2017-08-22 11:11:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:6955985

RAMALLAH, Aug 22 (MENA) – Israeli bulldozers demolished a house in al Bostan neighborhood in Silwan town in the south of al Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday for the second time after being rebuilt. Israeli forces demolished the house for the first time on ....

Israeli settlers storm Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-08-22 10:22:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:6956180

RAMALLAH, Aug 22 (MENA) - Israeli settlers stormed on Tuesday the precincts of Al Aqsa Mosque under strict security by Israeli elite forces. The Awqaf Ministry in Al Quds said that the storming operations took place from Al Maghareba Gate where the ....

Yemen blames Iran for war, says it can't be part of solution

Date: 2017-08-22 10:19:30 GMT - Yemen - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:6956089

SANAA, Aug 22 (MENA) - Yemen's foreign minister blamed Iran and its support for Houthi Shiite rebels for causing the country's civil war and said it can't be part of the solution. Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi said at a press conference that Iranian ....

AL chief lauds Cairo statement on activating Arab peace initiative

Date: 2017-08-22 10:07:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:6956121

CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday welcomed a statement issued by the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan and Palestine after a Cairo meeting earlier this week. The statement by the three top diplomats ....

US delegates have no vision regarding Palestinian issue -- PLO official

Date: 2017-08-22 09:53:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:6956105

RAMALLAH, Aug 22 (MENA) - Member of the PLO Central Committee Azzam al Ahmad on Tuesday said that the Palestinian leadership sees that the visit by a US delegation to the region carries no clear vision regarding the Palestinian issue. In press ....