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Erdogan speaks with UK premier on efforts to realize peace in Syria

Date: 2017-05-10 08:54:23 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:6804896

ANKARA, May 10 (MENA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and British Prime Minister Theresa May held a phone conversation late on May 9, Hurriyet newspaper reported quoting presidential sources. The leaders discussed the efforts for ....

Pakistan summons Iranian ambassador, condemns threatening remarks

Date: 2017-05-09 21:39:39 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:6804599

ISLAMABAD, May 9 (MENA) - The Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan was called to the Foreign Office here Tuesday for conveying Pakistan's concerns over the reported remarks of the Iranian Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces regarding cross-border actions, ....

Putin to hold talks with Abbas in Sochi

Date: 2017-05-09 14:18:26 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:6803950

MOSCOW, May 9 (MENA) - The Kremlin's press office said on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday to discuss peace in the Middle East and bilateral relations. The meeting will take place in ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry holds Israeli government responsible for violence against Palestinians

Date: 2017-05-09 13:01:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:6803655

RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned with the strongest terms the attacks on Palestinian cars by a far-right Jewish group in the Shoafat neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. In a statement on Tuesday, the ....

FAJ condemns Israeli measures against Palestinian prisoners

Date: 2017-05-09 12:22:04 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:6803653

CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - The Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) has condemned "inhumane crimes" committed by Israeli authorities against Palestinian prisoners. In a statement Tuesday FAJ said Israel's measures run counter to the human principles ....

Trump to visit Palestine soon - Abbas

Date: 2017-05-09 12:00:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:6803565

RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump will pay a visit to Palestine soon, said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Trump voiced readiness to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, added Abbas at a joint press ....

Hunger strike of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails enters day 23

Date: 2017-05-09 10:44:45 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:6803403

RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - The hunger strike observed by more than 1,600 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails has entered its 23rd day while the health condition of most of them has deteriorated. The hunger strike was joined by leading ....

Israel summons Turkish envoy after Erdogan remarks on Jerusalem

Date: 2017-05-09 10:37:45 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:6803398

GAZA CITY, May 9 (MENA) -Turkish Ambassador to Israel Kemal Okem was asked on Tuesday by the Foreign Ministry to clarify the harsh anti-Israeli statements made Monday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The Jerusalem Post reported. ....

Israeli planes spray toxic pesticides along borderline between Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah

Date: 2017-05-09 10:34:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:6803387

GAZA CITY, May 9 (MENA) - Israeli planes sprayed pesticides along the borderline between Khan Yunis and Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, WAFA news agency reported Tuesday. Israeli occupation forces used to spray pesticides on farmlands ....

German president arrives in premises of Palestinain presidential headquarters in Ramallah

Date: 2017-05-09 10:14:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:6803383

RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in the Palestinian presidential headquarters in Ramallah on Tuesday. Upon arrival, he headed to the grave of late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat to lay down a wreath. ....