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Jordan reopens airspace after temporary closure

Date: 2025-06-15 06:58:34 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:11218364

AMMAN, June 15 (MENA) - Jordan reopened its airspace on Sunday after a temporary closure prompted by heightened tensions due to hostilities between Israel and Iran, the Jordanian Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) said. CARC Chief ....

Lebanon reopens its airspace

Date: 2025-06-14 10:23:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:11217289

BEIRUT, June 14 (MENA) - Lebanon announced the reopening of its airspace at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday (Beirut local time). Lebanese Minister of Public Works and Transport Fayez Rasamny, stated in a statement reported by the National News Agency ....

Syrian GCAA announces full opening of Syrian airspace

Date: 2025-06-14 09:43:06 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:11217177

DAMASCUS, June 14 (MENA) - The Syrian General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced Saturday the full reopening of Syrian airspace to civil aviation traffic, after the circumstances that necessitated the temporary closure of some air corridors ....

EgyptAir cancels flights to Baghdad, Erbil, Amman, Beirut

Date: 2025-06-13 18:37:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:11216695

CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - National carrier EgyptAir announced that it had cancelled all flights to Baghdad, Erbil, Amman, and Beirut, due to temporary airspace closures in the region. In a statement on Friday, the Ministry of Civil Aviation ....

Kuwait FM calls Iranian counterpart, expresses solidarity

Date: 2025-06-13 17:19:59 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:11216247

KUWAIT, June 13 (MENA) - Kuwait's Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya called his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Friday to express Kuwait's solidarity with the republic and its nation amidst these current conditions prompted by the blatant ....

RJ suspends flights temporarily following civil aviation directive

Date: 2025-06-13 11:44:25 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:11216165

AMMAN, June 13 (MENA) - Royal Jordanian (RJ) Airlines announced the temporary suspension of all air traffic operations on Friday, in accordance with a directive issued by the Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission, the Jordan News Agency ....

AL decries Israel's attack on Iran, calls for de-escalation

Date: 2025-06-13 11:43:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:11216107

CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) – The General Secretariat of the Arab League (AL) has condemned the military strikes carried out by the Israeli army against Iran on Friday, describing them as a blatant violation of the international law. The pan-Arab body ....

Lebanon President condemns Israeli strikes on Iran, warns of regional escalation

Date: 2025-06-13 09:53:03 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:11216006

BEIRUT, June 13 (MENA) – Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun, on Friday strongly condemned the Israeli airstrikes on Iran saying that the attacks “targeted not only the Iranian people, but also all international efforts to maintain stability in the ....

Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces near Jenin

Date: 2025-06-12 19:50:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:11215545

RAMALLAH, June 12 (MENA) – Israeli forces shot and killed 40-year-old Khaled Munir Abdelkader near Jenin in the occupied West Bank. His body is currently withheld by Israeli authorities, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed on ....

Israel orders evacuation of eastern Gaza areas

Date: 2025-06-12 18:35:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:11215496

GAZA, June 12 (MENA) – Israeli forces ordered residents to evacuate the Old City, Al-Roudha, and Al-Tuffah neighborhoods in eastern Gaza, ahead of expected heavy bombing. Since March 18, evacuation warnings have been issued almost daily across ....