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Zarif cautions of repercussions of Haley's visit to Vienna

Date: 2017-08-23 10:06:02 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:6957739

TEHRAN, Aug 23 (MENA) - Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, complained to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano that the visit by United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley was intended to sow doubt about the ....

Israeli forces detain Palestinian young man

Date: 2017-08-23 09:24:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:6957741

RAMALLAH, Aug 23 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday detained a Palestinian young man near a railway station in Al Quds city under the pretext of holding a knife. Hebrew media outlets said the young man was planning to commit a ....

Israel detains 13 Palestinians in Al Quds, West Bank

Date: 2017-08-23 08:58:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:6957607

RAMALLAH, Aug 23 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested on Wednesday 13 Palestinians from different places in Al Quds city and West Bank. The raids took place at dawn of Wednesday as occupation forces broke into Palestinians' houses, ....

Lebanon's army continues anti-terror operation near Syria border

Date: 2017-08-23 08:56:22 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:6957685

BEIRUT, Aug 23 (MENA) - The Lebanese army continued for the fifth consecutive day its anti-terrorism operation against Daesh militants near the border with Syria, well-reliable Lebanese sources said Wednesday. The army forces managed to tighten ....

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 ....