Middle East - Welcome to Middle East News Agency

Israeli forces launch massive arrest campaign against Palestinians

Date: 2022-01-18 10:49:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:9372656

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces launched a massive arrest campaign on Tuesday in several villages in the Naqab (Negev) area. The move came in response to protests which broke out by residents of Sa’wat al Atrash village, who ....

Israeli forces raid school, detain 2 students near Ramallah

Date: 2022-01-18 10:31:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:9372653

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces Tuesday morning raided a school and detained two students in the village of Deir Nidham, north of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, local sources confirmed. The sources told WAFA News ....

Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2022-01-18 08:58:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:9372470

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - Israeli settlers on Tuesday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque under strict security measures by Israeli occupation police. According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), many Israeli settlers and students of religious institutes ....

AL chief condemns Houthi rare drone strike on UAE

Date: 2022-01-17 18:19:37 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:9371779

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit has vehemently denounced a drone attack orchestrated by Iran-backed Houthi rebels against the UAE. The attack, which took place on Monday, led to the explosion of three ....

Mikati denies meddling in judiciary probing Beirut Port blast

Date: 2022-01-17 08:10:15 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:9370507

BEIRUT, Jan 17 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Najuib Mikati has denied interference in work of the judiciary probing the Beirut Port blast. Mikati, in statements Monday, stressed that he is calling for revealing the truth that all Lebanese ....

Russian envoy calls for Mideast Quartet ministerial meeting

Date: 2022-01-15 15:21:14 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:9368259

MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Minister on the Middle East Peace Process Vladimir Safronkov discussed Saturday with his Mideast Quartet (Russia, the United States, the UN and the European Union) counterparts ....

Secret plea deal in Netanyahu corruption trial said to await his approval

Date: 2022-01-14 22:04:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:9367475

RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Prosecutors are reportedly fuming over reports that former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been holding secret talks with the attorney general over a plea deal in his corruption trial, which is now said to be ....

Israeli forces injure 7 Palestinians in Qalqilya

Date: 2022-01-14 20:37:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:9367412

RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Seven Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces Friday during the weekly protests against Israeli settlement construction in Qalqilya. WAFA reported that Israeli soldiers attacked the protesters with ....

Israel: 76,134 students, teachers test positive for COVID-19

Date: 2022-01-13 14:12:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:9365489

RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - As many as 76,134 students and teachers at Israeli schools have tested positive for COVID-19, the Israeli Health Ministry announced on Thursday. Of that total, 64,824 students have been infected with the virus in ....

Palestinian young man wounded in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank

Date: 2022-01-13 12:47:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:9365299

RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was injured in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in Tubas city in the northeastern West Bank, state news agency WAFA quoted medical sources as saying. The soldiers shot a young man with a ....