Middle East - Welcome to Middle East News Agency

US state department calls for holding swift investigation into killing of US citizen of Palestinian origin

Date: 2024-01-21 08:33:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10543035

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (MENA) - The US Office of Palestinian Affairs, which is affiliated with the US State Department, called for holding an urgent investigation to determine the circumstances of the death of 17 year-old US citizen Tawfik Abdel Jabbar ....

NAM condemns ‘unjust war’ on Gaza

Date: 2024-01-20 19:34:53 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10542667

KAMPALA, Jan 20 (MENA) - The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit currently in session in Uganda has condemned the “unjust war” against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. On its last day, Chairman of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki ....

India pitches for two-state solution for Gaza crisis

Date: 2024-01-20 18:13:50 GMT - Uganda - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10542649

KAMPALA, Jan 20 (MENA) - The violence in Gaza requires a “sustainable solution”, said Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Speaking at the NAM summit in Ugandan capital Kampala, he urged to prevent the spread of violence to ....

SANA: Israeli strike hits Damascus residential building

Date: 2024-01-20 09:16:33 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:10541888

DAMASCUS, Jan 20 (MENA) - Syrian state media said an Israeli attack had targeted a residential building in the Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus on Saturday. The news was carried by Syria's state-run news agency SANA without giving further ....

Dozens of civilian casualties in Gaza as Israel's genocide marks 106 days

Date: 2024-01-20 09:03:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:10541861

GAZA CITY, Jan 20 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, were killed and others were wounded in a barrage of Israeli aerial and artillery shelling of multiple areas as the Israeli war of genocide on Gaza enters its 106 ....

UN: Israel detains thousands of Palestinians, subject to ill-treatment

Date: 2024-01-19 21:45:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:10541595

GENEVA/ RAMALLAH, Jan 19 (MENA) – Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ajith Sunghay, said that Israel is detaining Palestinians from Gaza on a broad scale, including many civilians, ....

Biden still believes in promise of two-state Mideast solution -White House

Date: 2024-01-19 21:32:06 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10541592

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden still believes in the promise and possibility of a two-state solution in the Middle East, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday. "He recognizes that's going to take ....

AL Council to hold urgent meeting Monday to discuss Israeli crimes against Palestinians

Date: 2024-01-19 18:04:49 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10541454

CAIRO, Jan 19 (MENA) – Palestine's Permanent Representative to the Arab League Ambassador Mohannad Aklouk announced on Friday that the Arab League Council at the level of permanent representatives will hold on Monday an urgent meeting to discuss ....

Israeli occupation forces bomb Khan Yunis, resulting in civilian casualties

Date: 2024-01-19 15:30:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10541236

RAMALLAH, Jan 19 (MENA) - A number of civilians were tragically killed and others injured last night in a barrage of Israeli aerial and artillery strikes targeting the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) said. ....

Guardian highlights UN warnings that millions in Gaza ‘at risk of famine’ because of war

Date: 2024-01-19 13:29:50 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10540950

LONDON, Jan 19 (MENA) - The US claims it is working “relentlessly” to get humanitarian aid into Gaza amid UN warnings that the territory’s 2.2 million people are "highly food insecure and at risk of famine," the Guardian newspaper reported ....