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US energy envoy arrives in Beirut as Israel, Lebanon eye maritime border deal

Date: 2022-07-31 13:00:26 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:9697186

BEIRUT, July 31 (MENA) - US Senior Adviser for Energy Security Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut on Sunday, as part of an ongoing effort to mediate indirect talks between Israel and Lebanon aimed at resolving a longstanding maritime border dispute, ....

EU condemns killing of Palestinian teenager

Date: 2022-07-31 11:17:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:9697007

RAMALLAH/BRUSSELS, July 31 (MENA) - The European Union condemned in a statement on Sunday a recent increase in violence by Israeli settlers across the occupied West Bank, which on Friday resulted in the killing of a Palestinian teenager near ....

Dozens of settlers storm Aqsa under Israeli police protection

Date: 2022-07-31 10:28:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:9696740

RAMALLAH , July 31 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of occupation troops, Wafa News Agency reported Sunday. Al-Quds Endowments (Awqaf) said in a statement, dozens of settlers stormed the ....

Kurdistan president calls for dialogue in Irbil to defuse tension in Iraq

Date: 2022-07-31 09:07:56 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:9696670

BAGHDAD, July 31 (MENA) - President of Iraq's Kurdistan Nechirvan Barzani called Sunday on all Iraqi political parties to seek calm, inviting politicians to hold dialogue in Irbil to defuse tension. Kurdistan province Presidency said in a ....

Israel, US discuss regional defense cooperation

Date: 2022-07-31 08:50:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:9696660

WASHINGTON, July 31 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Friday discussed the impact of President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia in July as well as ways to deepen regional defense ....

Demonstrations near Green Zone in Baghdad resumed to demand reform

Date: 2022-07-30 09:09:47 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:9695468

BAGHDAD, July 30 (MENA) - The demonstrations in front of the Green Zone gate near Al-Jumhuriya Bridge were resumed to demand reform, a correspondent of the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported Saturday. INA documented the flock of demonstrators to ....

Israeli occupation forces detain five Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2022-07-29 09:21:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:9694223

RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Friday overnight detained at least five Palestinians from the West Bank, according to local and security sources. They said that Israeli occupation forces showed up at a house in Kafr Qallil ....

Israeli forces detain 11 Palestinians in West Bank raids

Date: 2022-07-28 11:12:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:9692573

RAMALLAH, July 28 (MENA) – Israeli forces detained on Thursday 11 Palestinians in multiple West Bank raids. Palestinian security sources said five Palestinians were arrested in Ramallah, including two freed captives, in addition to four in ....

Israeli settlers storm Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2022-07-28 10:18:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:9692529

RAMALLAH, July 28 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers, guarded by Israeli police, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque on Thursday. The settlers performed Talmudic rituals and conducted provocative tours in the mosque, Islamic Awqaf department in Quds said in ....

Israeli forces arrest 7 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2022-07-27 22:33:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:9692016

RAMALLAH, July 27 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested on Wednesday seven Palestinians in the West Bank, including three children, Palestinian security sources said. Arrests took place in Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Ramallah. Meanwhile, settlers, ....