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  • Iran condemns US sanctions on oil minister as 'hostile'

    Date: 2025-03-14 08:34:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:11102089

    TEHRAN, March 14 (MENA) – Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqayi has strongly condemned new US sanctions against Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad and some other entities and vessels involved in the country's crude exports as a testament to ....

  • Death toll in Gaza surges to 48,524 amid Israeli genocide

    Date: 2025-03-13 17:46:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:11101764

    GAZA CITY, March 13 (MENA) - The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 48,524 , the majority of whom are women and children, since the start of the Israeli genocide in October 2023, WAFA quoted medical sources as saying Thursday. According to ....

  • Tulkarm: Israeli aggression enters its 46th day as escalation continues

    Date: 2025-03-13 09:57:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11100999

    RAMALLAH, March 13 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 46th consecutive day, and on the Nur Shams camp for the 33rd day, amid a military escalation that includes heavy ....

  • Israel continues to close crossings, blocking aid from entering Gaza

    Date: 2025-03-13 09:35:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11101003

    GAZA CITY, March 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces continue to close the Karam Abu Salem and Beit Hanoun crossings for the thirteenth consecutive day, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Following the decision to close the border ....

  • Hamas official welcomes Trump’s apparent retreat on Gazans displacement call

    Date: 2025-03-13 06:44:44 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11100798

    GAZA CITY, March 13 (MENA) - Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem welcomed on Wednesday US President Donald Trump’s apparent retreat from his proposal for a permanent displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, urging him to refrain from aligning with the ....

  • UN: Gaza suffering from lack of water, food, medical services

    Date: 2025-03-13 06:15:05 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:11100785

    NEW YORK, March 13 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) underlined that it was becoming more difficult for the Gaza Strip to access “decent and sufficient food, water, medical services and other ....

  • Israeli settler injured in shooting attack near settlement in northern West Bank

    Date: 2025-03-12 22:11:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:11100674

    RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - An Israeli settler was injured Wednesday evening in a shooting attack near the settlement of Ariel, located in the northern West Bank, Israeli Ynet newspaper reported. The settler suffered moderate to serious injuries, ....

  • 65,000 worshippers perform Tarawih prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque despite Israeli restrictions

    Date: 2025-03-12 20:47:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:11100626

    RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - Tens of thousands of Palestinian worshippers performed Tarawih prayers on Wednesday at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Jerusalem, despite Israeli restrictions. In a brief statement, the Islamic Endowments Department in ....

  • EU welcomes agreement to integrate SDF into Syria's state institutions

    Date: 2025-03-12 20:44:55 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:11100606

    BRUSSELS, March 12 (MENA) - The European Union welcomed the agreement reached on March 10 to integrate the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the institutions of the Syrian Arab Republic, describing it as paving the way for increasing stability and ....

  • Israeli authorities issue decision to legalize colonial outpost as colony near Hebron

    Date: 2025-03-12 19:35:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:11100597

    RAMALLAH, March 12 (MENA) - The so-called Commander of the Central Command of the Israeli occupation army issued a decision to legalize the Edorim colonial outpost, built on lands in Dura, south of Hebron, as a colony. This colonial outpost was ....

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