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EU appoints new envoy for ME peace process

Date: 2021-04-29 13:50:14 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:8934934

BRUSSELS, April 29 (MENA) - The Council of Europe appointed on Thursday Sven Koopmans as the EU's Special Representative (EUSR) for the Middle East Peace Process from 1 May 2021 to 28 February 2023. Koopmans is a peace negotiation specialist, ....

Israel arrests two Palestinians in WB

Date: 2021-04-29 08:25:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8934301

RAMALLAH, April 29 (MENA) - Israel arrested on Thursday two Palestinians during a storming operation in the West Bank. Israeli forces detained a university student in Jenin as well as a recently freed prisoner in Bethlehem, according to the ....

Syrian presidential election candidates reach 51, including 7 women

Date: 2021-04-28 21:00:29 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:8934008

DAMASCUS, April 28 (MENA) - As the door closes for accepting presidential elections candidacy applications on Wednesday, the total number of submitted applications have reached 51 candidates, including seven women, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) ....

AL voices concerns over escalation in Al Quds

Date: 2021-04-28 14:21:22 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8933111

CAIRO, April 28 (MENA) – Secretary General of the Arab League (AL) Ahmed Abul Gheit expressed concerns over the recent escalation by Israel in Al Quds (East Jerusalem). Abul Gheit on Wednesday received Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for ....

AL calls on ICC to punish Israel for its crimes against Palestinians

Date: 2021-04-28 13:24:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8933339

CAIRO, April 28 (MENA) - The Arab League General Secretariat has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to take practical steps to punish Israel as an occupation power over its crimes against the Palestinian people. In a statement on ....

Israel reports 86 coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-04-28 10:57:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8932777

GAZA CITY, April 28 (MENA) - A total of 86 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Tuesday, with 0.3% of tests returning positive, The Jerusalem Post reported, quoting a Wednesday morning update by the Health Ministry. Of ....

75 Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2021-04-27 11:46:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8931080

RAMALLAH, April 27 (MENA) - Seventy-five Israeli settlers stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque Tuesday. The settlers, protected by Israeli police, infiltrated the mosque from Bab al Maghareba, Wafa news agency reported. They made provocative tours ....

Palestine records 1,414 new Covid cases

Date: 2021-04-27 10:35:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8930876

RAMALLAH, April 27 (MENA) - Palestine Tuesday recorded 1,414 new Covid-19 cases, Health Minister Mai Al-Kaileh said. She added that 17 deaths were also reported in the past 24 hours, according to WAFA news agency. Also 2,686 Covid-19 cases ....

94 new coronavirus cases in Israel

Date: 2021-04-27 07:56:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8930543

GAZA CITY, April 27 (MENA) - Some 94 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Monday, with 0.2% of tests returning positive, The Jerusalem Post quoted morning update by the Health Ministry on Tuesday. Of those infected, 140 ....

Syrian parl't speaker announces receiving four new applications to run for President

Date: 2021-04-26 10:31:40 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8929146

DAMASCUS, April 26 (MENA) - Syrian People’s Assembly Speaker Hammoudeh Sabbagh announced that the People’s Assembly received on Monday four notices from the Supreme Constitutional Court that Mohammad Bashar Fayez Yasin al-Sabbagh, Mohammad Haider ....