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We are very prepared for Iran, regardless of what goes: Trump

Date: 2019-06-18 21:39:41 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:7986678

WASHINGTON, June 18 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Washington is well prepared for any actions against Iran. “We are looking at Iran... We are very prepared for Iran…regardless of what goes,” the president told ....

Kremlin urges to show restraint amid US plans to boost military presence in ME

Date: 2019-06-18 13:01:21 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:7985755

MOSCOW, June 18 (MENA) - The Kremlin called on all the parties to show restraint amid Washington's plans to boost its military presence in the Middle East, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by Sputnik as saying on Tuesday. "We have ....

Moscow sees Washington's plans to increase its military presence in Middle East as intention to provoke war

Date: 2019-06-18 12:47:34 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7985509

MOSCOW, June 18 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday that Washington's plans to build up its military presence in the Middle East as means of putting pressure on Iran can only be seen as an intention to provoke war ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry warns against Gild Erdan's incitement against Abbas

Date: 2019-06-18 11:46:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7985565

RAMALLAH, June 18 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned against the serious impact of Israeli Interior Security Minister Gilad Erdan's remarks against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. In a statement released on Tuesday, ....

Prisoners commission: 8 Palestinian prisoners suffer from difficult health conditions

Date: 2019-06-18 11:07:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7985448

RAMALLAH, June 18 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Commission said that eight Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon detention center are suffering from difficult health conditions. In a statement on Tuesday, the Palestinian prisoners ....

Palestinian Mufti: What is happening in Palestine 'abhorrent ethnic cleansing'

Date: 2019-06-18 10:54:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7985452

RAMALLAH, June 18 (MENA) - Palestinian Mufti and Speaker of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Muhammad Hussein lashed out at Israeli occupation forces' destruction of houses, confiscation of Palestinian lands and chopping of trees, describing these acts as ....

Russia's foreign intelligence chief hopes attack on oil tankers won’t trigger war

Date: 2019-06-18 09:52:08 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7985297

MOSCOW, June 18 (MENA) - Russia expects that the attack on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz won’t spark war and the perpetrators will be found, TASS news agency quoted Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin told an ....

Jewish settlers storm antique building in Hebron under protection of Israeli forces

Date: 2019-06-18 09:13:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7985210

RAMALLAH, June 18 (MENA) - A group of Jewish settlers on Tuesday stormed an ancient building in Samou town in southern Hebron in the West Bank. Palestinian local sources said the settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the town. Meanwhile, Israeli ....

China calls for political solution to Yemen crisis

Date: 2019-06-18 07:26:20 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7985157

BEIJING, June 18 (MENA) - A Chinese UN envoy called for a political solution to the Yemeni issue through intra-Yemeni dialogue, Xinhua news agency reported. China supports the Yemeni parties to return to the track of dialogue, said Ma Zhaoxu, ....

Army destroys Jabhat al Nusra fortifications in Idlib countryside

Date: 2019-06-17 13:23:14 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:7984110

DAMASCUS, June 17 (MENA) - Syrian regime forces conducted intensive bombardments against fortified positions of Jabhat al Nusra terrorists in the Idleb southern countryside and Hama northern countryside. The shelling inflicted heavy losses on ....