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Palestine urges int'l community to protect Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-07-15 22:42:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:82 - ID:6899651

RAMALLAH, July 15 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday urged the international community, as well as the Arab and Islamic world to quickly assume their responsibilities to save the holy Al Aqsa Mosque "before it is too ....

Arab Parliament urges UNSC to condemn Israeli crimes against Palestinians

Date: 2017-07-15 22:05:37 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:6899610

CAIRO, July 15 (MENA) – Arab Parliament Speaker Mashaal al Salami on Saturday urged the United Nations Security Council and Inter-Parliamentary Union to shoulder their responsibility and take measures required to condemn Israeli authorities' crimes ....

Israel to reopen Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday

Date: 2017-07-15 20:54:15 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:6899598

GAZA CITY, July 15 (MENA) - Israel said it will reopen the Al Aqsa Mosque compound starting from noon on Sunday, according to a statement attributed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Al Arabiya news channel reported on ....

Israeli policewoman injured by fireworks in Al Quds

Date: 2017-07-15 20:51:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:6899596

RAMALLAH, July 15 (MENA) – An Israeli policewoman was slightly injured in Al Quds city on Saturday evening after fireworks were lit in the area where she was deployed, the Jerusalem Post reported. She received medical treatment at the scene. ....

Awaqf Council: Israeli authorities controlling Al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-07-15 20:07:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:6899571

RAMALLAH, July 15 (MENA) – Head of Al Quds Awaqf Council Sheikh Abdel Azeem Salhab said on Saturday that Israeli authorities, not Awaqf Council, are controlling Al Aqsa Mosque since Friday morning. This came during a press conference that was ....

Russia’s new ambassador to Turkey arrives in Ankara

Date: 2017-07-15 11:26:46 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:6898732

ANKARA, July 15 (MENA) - Russia’s new Ambassador to Turkey Alexey Yerkhov arrived in Ankara on Saturday, the Embassy’s Acting Press Officer Alexander Leshukov told the Russian news agency TASS. "The new Russian Ambassador Alexey Yerkhov arrived ....

Netanyahu to start Sunday 1st visit to France after Macron's election

Date: 2017-07-15 10:33:41 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6898611

PARIS, July 15 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will embark on Sunday on his first visit to France since the election of French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders will hold talks on the Middle East peace process along ....

Shamkhani, Lavrentiev to meet in Tehran

Date: 2017-07-15 09:32:23 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:6898442

MOSCOW, July 15 (MENA) - Iran’s Supreme National Security Council head Ali Shamkhani and Alexander Lavrentiev, Russia’s Special Envoy to Syria, will meet in Tehran on Saturday afternoon, Mehr news agency reported. The meeting is expected to ....

OIC denounces Israel's decision to close Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2017-07-15 09:19:02 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:6898432

CAIRO/JEDDAH, July 15 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the Israeli decision to close Al Aqsa Mosque and ban prayers inside. The decision, the first of its kind since 1969, is a crime and flagrant ....

Israel closes Aqsa Mosque for 2nd day in row

Date: 2017-07-15 08:51:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:6898343

RAMALLAH, July 15 (MENA) - For the second day in a row, Israel is closing Al Aqsa Mosque following Friday's clashes that left three Palestinian youth and two Israeli soldiers dead. Israeli troops have been deployed in large numbers at gates of ....