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  • OIC FMs urge int’l community, funding institutions to provide support for Gaza reconstruction plan

    Date: 2025-03-08 04:58:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:11094626

    JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, March 8 (MENA) - The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-CFM) has called on the international community and funding institutions to provide the necessary support for ....

  • Nearly 750,000 displaced Syrians back to their places of origin: IOM

    Date: 2025-03-07 17:12:28 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11094331

    DAMASCUS/GENEVA, March 7 (MENA) - About 750,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned to their places of origin in Syria since November 2024, said a recent report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). However, some ....

  • Gaza aid operations at risk as USAID funding cuts - Report

    Date: 2025-03-07 12:16:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11093965

    WASHINGTON, March 7 (MENA) - An Associated Press report has warned that the funding cuts imposed by the US administration on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) threaten to halt the small gains aid workers have made ....

  • Occupation forces limit Muslim worshipers at Al-Aqsa Ramadan

    Date: 2025-03-07 10:59:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:11093892

    RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) – Israel will permit some Muslims over 50 and their children from the occupied West Bank to enter Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Fridays during Islam's holy month of Ramadan, according to Prime Minister Benjamin ....

  • Israel continues its wide-scale aggression on Tulkarm for 40th day

    Date: 2025-03-07 08:56:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11093862

    RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) - The Israeli aggression on the northern West Bank province of Tulkarm has entered its 40th consecutive day. The ongoing offensive has resulted in house demolitions, widespread destruction, and mass displacement of ....

  • UNRWA: Israel carries out largest operation in 58 years to demolish refugee camps in West Bank

    Date: 2025-03-07 08:29:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11093837

    RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) - Israel has launched the most devastating demolition operation in Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank since 1967. This was announced on Friday, by Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief Agency for ....

  • Chinese FM: Gaza is 'inseparable part' of Palestinian territory

    Date: 2025-03-07 08:13:27 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11093826

    BEIJING, March 7 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Gaza belongs to the Palestinian people. It is an inseparable part of the Palestinian territory. Speaking at a press conference held on the sidelines of a meeting of the ....

  • UN experts condemn Israeli move to reopen 'gates of hell', unilaterally alter ceasefire terms

    Date: 2025-03-07 07:06:23 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11093766

    GENEVA/RAMALLAH, March 7 (MENA) – More than 20 UN independent human rights experts have denounced the decision by the Israeli government to block all humanitarian aid to Gaza and resume a total siege of the territory. In a joint statement, they ....

  • 85,000 Palestinians pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque despite Israeli restrictions

    Date: 2025-03-06 19:56:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:11093621

    RAMALLAH, March 6 (MENA) – More than 85,000 Palestinians performed Isha and Taraweeh prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Jerusalem on Thursday, despite tight Israeli restrictions preventing many from reaching the site. The Islamic Waqf ....

  • UNFPA official: Israel blocking of aid delivery to Gaza to worsen humanitarian suffering

    Date: 2025-03-06 19:40:33 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:11093515

    CAIRO, March 6 (MENA) - Samir Aldarabi, Regional Media Adviser for the United Nations Population Fund for the Arab States Region, said Thursday Israel’s blocking of aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip will cause more humanitarian suffering and deprive ....

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