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  • Switzerland urges citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Israel

    Date: 2024-09-24 06:49:25 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:10883773

    BERN, Sept 24 (MENA) - The Swiss Foreign Ministry has urged its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Israel. Swiss Radio and Television Tuesday quoted the Swiss Foreign Ministry as saying that the declared state of emergency extends for ....

  • CNN: US officials work to stop Israel-Hezbollah confrontation 'spiraling to a regional war'

    Date: 2024-09-24 06:48:36 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10883720

    WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (MENA) - The US believes Israel has significantly weakened Hezbollah in strikes over the last week but is still working feverishly behind the scenes to try to convince it not to escalate further and launch a ground incursion into ....

  • Hezbollah launches rocket strikes on Israeli Megiddo airport

    Date: 2024-09-24 04:47:29 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10883651

    BEIRUT, Sept 23 (MENA) - Hezbollah announced Tuesday that its fighters launched multiple rocket strikes on Israeli military targets, LBC reported. In a statement, Hezbollah said it fired Fadi-1 and Fadi-2 rockets at Megiddo Military Airport, west ....

  • UN chief gravely alarmed by escalating situation along Blue Line amid intense Israeli bombing of Lebanon, spokesman says

    Date: 2024-09-23 22:55:53 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10883626

    NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is gravely alarmed by the escalating situation along the Blue Line and the large number of civilian casualties, including children and women, being reported by the Lebanese ....

  • Death toll from Israeli strikes across Lebanon surges to 492

    Date: 2024-09-23 21:57:52 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:10883560

    BEIRUT, Sept 23 (MENA) - The death toll from Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since the onset of the Israel-Palestine conflict has risen to 492, with injuries reported at 1,645, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Monday evening. Meanwhile, ....

  • EgyptAir suspends flights to Beirut Tuesday

    Date: 2024-09-23 21:43:34 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:10883529

    CAIRO, Sept 23 (MENA) - EgyptAir, the national carrier, has decided to suspend its flights to Beirut on Tuesday due to the incidents taking place in Lebanon. In a statement, the company said that flights scheduled at 5:00 am and 9:15 am will be ....

  • FM: Egypt's rejects any scenarios aimed at keeping Gaza under occupation authorities' rule

    Date: 2024-09-23 21:42:54 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:10883530

    NEW YORK/CAIRO, Sept 23 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty reiterated Egypt's categorical rejection of any scenarios aimed at keeping the Gaza Strip under the occupation authorities' rule, and ....

  • IOM warns of rapid military escalation in Lebanon

    Date: 2024-09-23 20:00:18 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10883346

    GENEVA, Sept 23 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned of the rapid military escalation in Lebanon. "IOM continues to work with partners on the ground to address immediate humanitarian needs of those impacted. ....

  • FM affirms Egypt's full support for Palestinian Authority

    Date: 2024-09-23 20:00:01 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:10883324

    CAIRO, Sept 23 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty affirmed Egypt's full support for the national Palestinian Authority, despite Israeli attempts to undermine it. During a meeting with ....

  • Directors of int'l organizations renew demand for end to human suffering in Gaza

    Date: 2024-09-23 18:39:14 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:10883267

    NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) - As world leaders gather in New York for the 79th United Nations General Assembly, and as the threat of a wider regional escalation looms, a number of international organizations renewed demand for an end to the appalling ....

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