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Palestine's Awqaf Ministry condemns Israeli police storming of Dome of the Rock

Date: 2021-01-24 11:49:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8766706

RAMALLAH, Jan 24 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs condemned the storming of the Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa Mosque complex by Israeli police forces. In a statement carried by WAFA News Agency on Sunday, the ....

Pandemic claims 11 lives in Palestine, 533 new infections registered

Date: 2021-01-24 11:39:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8766708

RAMALLAH, Jan 24 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said Sunday that 11 deaths from COVID-19, 533 new infections and 740 recoveries were registered across Palestine during the last 24 hours, WAFA reported on its website. In her ....

Turkish military convoy enters Syrian territories

Date: 2021-01-24 10:30:20 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8766599

DAMASCUS, Jan 24 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said a new Turkish military column of nearly 15 vehicles carrying military and logistical supplies crossed into the Syrian territories via Kafr Lusin border crossing on the ....

Middle East churches urge Biden uges Biden to lift sanctions on Syria

Date: 2021-01-24 09:41:41 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8766466

DAMASCUS, Jan 24 (MENA) - Church leaders in the Middle East renewed their appeal to new US President Joe Biden to lift economic sanctions imposed on Syria, RT reported Sunday. The call came amid anticipating an unprecedented humanitarian disaster ....

Israeli occupation forces block restoration of Dome of the Rock, threaten workers

Date: 2021-01-24 09:16:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8766446

RAMALLAH, Jan 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Sunday banned restoration works of the Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa Mosque complex, the Palestinian News Agency ( Wafa) reported. Head of the Restoration Committee at Al Aqsa Bassam el Halaq ....

Iran reports 75 COVID-19 deaths

Date: 2021-01-22 14:41:49 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8764231

TEHRAN, Jan 22 (MENA) - Some 75 deaths were caused by COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education Sima Sadat Lari said on Friday. Lari said that another 75 people have lost their lives due to ....

Iran reports 6,204 COVID-19 cases

Date: 2021-01-21 12:06:58 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8762665

TEHRAN, Jan 21 (MENA) - Iran's Health Ministry reported 6,204 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, raising the total nationwide number to 1,354,520. The pandemic has so far claimed 57,150 lives in Iran, up by 93 in the past 24 hours, said Sima Sadat ....

Palestine records 574 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2021-01-21 12:00:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:8762643

RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - Palestine recorded 574 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths, according to Health Minister Mai al-Kaila. She announced that 574 Palestinians tested positive for the highly contagious virus and seven others died of it in ....

Israel detains 15 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2021-01-21 09:10:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8762169

RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Thursday 15 Palestinians, including a girl, as part of an extended detention campaign in the West Bank. The detainees are from Jericho, Jenin, Hebron and Ramallah. (MENA) M H K/S R E ....

Israel congratulates Biden as 46th president of US

Date: 2021-01-20 20:27:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:8761773

GAZA CITY, Jan 20 (MENA) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Joe Biden on his inauguration as the 46th US president on Wednesday and urged him to build on the series of peace deals the Trump administration brokered between Israel and ....