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Chinese envoy to UN calls for lasting solution to Palestinian question

Date: 2023-04-26 11:34:10 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:10128388

BEIJING, April 26 (MENA) - A Chinese envoy called on the international community to work with the greatest sense of urgency for a lasting settlement of the Palestinian question, China Daily reported. The situation in the occupied Palestinian ....

Israel continues to seal off entrances to Jericho for 5th day in row

Date: 2023-04-26 10:56:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:10128168

RAMALLAH, April 26 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces continue for the fifth consecutive day to seal off all main and secondary entrances leading to Jericho city. The Israeli troops continue to pursue Palestinian vehicles and prevent residents ....

Israeli police storm Jerusalem’s Bab al-Rahma prayer area

Date: 2023-04-26 10:11:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10128164

RAMALLAH, April 26 (MENA) - Israeli police Wednesday raided Bab al-Rahma prayer area for the fourth day in a row and carried out inspection operations inside its yards. Last night, the forces raided Bab al-Rahma prayer area and confiscated the ....

Syrian records 17 weak tremors in past 24 hours

Date: 2023-04-26 09:40:13 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10128104

DAMASCUS, April 26 (MENA) - The National Earthquake Center announced that the stations of the National Seismological Network recorded 17 weak tremors over the past 24 hours. Eight tremors have been reported in Liwa Iskenderun ranging between 1.6 ....

Russia reaffirms dismissive position against Israeli violations in Palestine

Date: 2023-04-25 22:45:19 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:10127744

MOSCOW/NEW YORK, April 25 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov affirmed his country’s clear position against Israeli violations and on the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination. During a meeting with Palestinian ....

West uses Ukraine to divert developing countries’ attention from Middle East issues

Date: 2023-04-25 21:49:42 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:10127711

MOSCOW, April 25 (MENA) – The United States and the European Union manipulate the Ukrainian issue resorting to blackmail and threats in order to divert the attention of developing countries from problems in the Middle East, TASS quoted Russian ....

Lavrov calls on UN head to do his job as moderator in Middle East Quartet

Date: 2023-04-25 21:06:53 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:10127688

MOSCOW, April 25 (MENA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres should be focused on the Middle East settlement, seeing as how he is the moderator of the Middle East Quartet, among other things, TASS quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as ....

Tensions in WB, Gaza, East Jerusalem at breaking point: Lavrov

Date: 2023-04-25 18:35:24 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10127522

NEW YORK, April 25 (MENA) - The events in the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and along the line of withdrawal between Israel, Lebanon and Syria have brought tensions in the region to a breaking point, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on ....

Addressing UN; Palestine's FM calls for end of Israeli occupation

Date: 2023-04-25 18:10:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:10127474

RAMALLAH, April 25 (MENA) – Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad Al-Maliki, said Tuesday the process of displacing and replacing Palestinians by the Israeli occupation is still underway, with one goal that is pursued in broad daylight, ....

Palestine urges Germany, EU to condemn Israeli gov't violations

Date: 2023-04-25 15:15:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:10127227

RAMALLAH, April 25 (MENA) – Palestine urged on Tuesday Germany and the European Union (EU) to condemn the violations of the Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu which undermine the two-state solution. This came during the ....