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Abbas visits China to discuss bilateral ties

Date: 2017-07-17 09:12:35 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:6901454

BEIJING, July 17 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Beijing on Monday on a four-day visit to China to discuss several issues. The visit comes at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Chinese Xinhua news agency ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-07-17 07:27:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:6901408

RAMALLAH, July 17 (MENA) - A number of Israeli settlers stormed the holy Mosque of Al Aqsa Monday amid tight security measures by Israeli police. Nineteen settlers entered the halls of the mosque and were satisfied with the absence of Muslims ....

Syrian observers arrive in Syria's Daraa

Date: 2017-07-17 06:58:54 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:6901383

DAMASCUS, July 17 (MENA) - A group of Russian observers arrived in Syria's Daraa to monitor the implementation of a ceasefire agreement in the southwestern city. The military observers will be deployed in specified areas, Sky News reported ....

Int'l coalition launches 29 raids on Daesh sites in Iraq, Syria in past 24 hours

Date: 2017-07-17 06:58:22 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:6901385

WASHINGTON, July 17 (MENA) - The international coalition's fighter jets carried out 29 airstrikes on Daesh outposts in Iraq and Syria over the past 24 hours. Alhurra news channel quoted the international coalition as saying in a statement on ....

Netanyahu says Israel to keep new security measures at Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-07-16 20:58:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:6901214

RAMALLAH, July 16 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the electronic security checkpoints installed at the entrances to Al Aqsa compound will remain. Netanyahu told reporters that the metal detectors and cameras will ....

Iran: Presence in Syria not depending on other party's consent

Date: 2017-07-16 16:38:06 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:6900991

TEHRAN, July 16 (MENA) - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari said that Iranian armed forces are in Syria at the request of the Syrian government and based on the already reached agreements and it does not depend on any other ....

Abbas to discuss cooperation with China on Belt & Road Initiative

Date: 2017-07-16 15:40:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:6900819

BEIJING, July 16 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said Palestine will discuss with China ways to carry out cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. The president made the remarks during an interview with ....

Macron calls for new peace negotiations, two state solution

Date: 2017-07-16 15:19:29 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:6900751

PARIS, July 16 (MENA) - France's President Emmanuel Macron has called for renewed peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, indicating he will stick to long-standing French policy supporting a two state solution, after his first formal meeting ....

Iran detains president's brother on financial crime charges

Date: 2017-07-16 15:10:26 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:6900638

TEHRAN, July 16 (MENA) - The younger brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Hossein Fereydoun, has been arrested on financial crime charges, the judiciary said on Sunday. "Multiple investigations have been conducted regarding this person, ....

Palestinian Awqaf staffers rebuff new Israeli measures at Aqsa mosque

Date: 2017-07-16 11:51:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6900262

RAMALLAH, July 16 (MENA) - Staffers of the Palestinian Awqaf Ministry refused to enter Al Aqsa Mosque through the electronic gates set up by Israel. They performed Zuhr (noon) prayers outside the mosque in a clear rejection of the new Israeli ....