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Jordan, Turkey hold extensive talks on Syria, Gaza

Date: 2025-03-09 14:43:46 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:11096401

Amman, March 9 (MENA) - Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Yousef Huneiti and Director of General Intelligence Ahmad Hosni on Sunday held expanded talks ....

US secretary of state to arrive in Jeddah Monday for talks with Ukrainian counterparts

Date: 2025-03-09 14:07:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:11096415

WASHINGTON, March 9 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on March 10-12 for talks with Ukrainian counterparts to advance the president’s goal to end the Russia-Ukraine war. While in Jeddah, he will also ....

EU welcomes Arab Plan for Gaza Reconstruction

Date: 2025-03-09 14:03:15 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:11096377

BRUSSELS, March 9 (MENA) - The European Union has welcomed the Arab Recovery and Reconstruction Plan presented at the Cairo Summit on March 4 that was also adopted by the OIC. "This plan represents a serious basis for discussions on the future of ....

Meeting of Syria's neighboring countries kickstarts in Jordan

Date: 2025-03-09 13:51:33 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:11096312

AMMAN, March 9 (MENA) - The meeting of Syria's neighboring countries hosted by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates kickstarted here Sunday to discuss practical mechanisms for cooperation in combating terrorism, drug and arms ....

Death toll in Gaza surges to 48,458 amid Israeli genocide

Date: 2025-03-09 13:40:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:11096374

RAMALLAH, March 9 (MENA) - The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 48,458, the majority of whom are women and children, since the start of the Israeli genocide in October 2023, WAFA quoted medical sources as saying today. According to the ....

20 wounded Palestinians, 31 companions arrive at Rafah terminal

Date: 2025-03-09 12:20:47 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:11096211

RAFAH, March 9 (MENA) – Twenty wounded Palestinians accompanied by 31 companions arrived at Rafah crossing Sunday as part of the 37th batch of Palestinians coming from the Gaza Strip. Thousands of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid supplies ....

Abbas issues presidential decree promoting Major-General Mohammad Khalil Ibrahim

Date: 2025-03-09 11:41:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:11096147

RAMALLAH, March 9 (MENA) - President Mahmoud Abbas issued a presidential decree Sunday, promoting Major-General Mohammad Khalil Ibrahim al-Khatib, also known as Nidal Shaheen, to the rank of Major General, said Wafa. Shaheen has been appointed as ....

Israel continues its wide-scale offensive Tulkarm for 42nd day day

Date: 2025-03-09 09:13:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11095917

RAMALLAH, March 9 (MENA) - The Israeli aggression on the northern West Bank province of Tulkarm has entered its 42nd consecutive day, resulting so far in massive house demolitions, widespread destruction, and mass displacement of ....

Palestinian killed, others injured by Israeli forces in Gaza

Date: 2025-03-09 09:09:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11095907

GAZA CITY, March 9 (MENA) - A Palestinian citizen was killed and several others were injured in the early hours of Sunday by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire in the Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, according to Palestinian news agency ....

Displaced Palestinians lack life essentials, warns OCHA

Date: 2025-03-09 07:09:11 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11095785

NEW YORK, March 9 (MENA) - OCHA warned that the operation by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank continues to have dire humanitarian consequences. In Tulkarm, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) ....