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  • Haaretz: Temporary homes for ex-Amona residents being built

    Date: 2017-02-16 14:40:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:6534973

    RAMALLAH, Feb 16 (MENA) - A number of sites with pre-fab homes are being prepared for the former residents of the illegal outpost Amona, even though the residents have declared they will refuse to move to a temporary site, Haaretz reported. The ....

  • Kremlin says no comment on alleged US plan for ground operation in Syria

    Date: 2017-02-16 14:39:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:6534765

    MOSCOW, Feb 16 (MENA) - Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on media reports that the Pentagon and the US administration are considering plans of carrying out a ground operation in Syria, according to TASS. "There are many such ....

  • EU: SCZone development to figure high on Egyptian-European partnership

    Date: 2017-02-16 14:33:31 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:47 - ID:6533977

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) – The development of Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) will be at the top of priorities of the Egyptian-European partnership, Chargé d'Affaires of the EU Delegation in Egypt Reinhold Brender asserted on Thursday. He made the ....

  • US chief of staff to visit Turkey for talks on Raqqa

    Date: 2017-02-16 14:25:31 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:46 - ID:6534721

    ANKARA, Feb 16 (MENA) – Turkey's defense minister said the US chief of staff, Gen. Joe Dunford, will arrive in Turkey on Friday for talks on a possible joint operation to recapture Daesh group's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, ABC News reported on ....

  • Egypt stance toward two-state solution 'clear' - foreign ministry spokesman

    Date: 2017-02-16 14:23:31 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:45 - ID:6534737

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) - Egypt is a steadfast and unwavering supporter of the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid. Egypt's stance is clear in this respect, added Abu Zeid in ....

  • Abul Gheit warns Israel not to scuttle efforts to resolve Arab-Israeli conflict

    Date: 2017-02-16 14:21:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:6534285

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) - Arab League ( AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit warned the Israel against its plans to foil the efforts of settling the Arab-Israeli conflict and withdrawing from the occupied Arab territories to the borders of June 4, ....

  • 'International terrorist armies' receive support from certain states - Putin

    Date: 2017-02-16 14:06:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:6534745

    MOSCOW, Feb 16 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that international terrorist groups which are "de facto terrorist armies" receive "covert and direct support from certain states," Sputnik news agency reported on Thursday. "Bloodshed ....

  • Dollar exchange rate continues to inch down

    Date: 2017-02-16 13:40:19 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:42 - ID:6534273

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) - The exchange rate of the US dollar against the Egyptian pound has continued its decline since the beginning of this week. The exchange rate of the US dollar at the National Bank of Egypt reached EGP 16.20 for buying and EGP ....

  • Israeli atomic arsenal biggest threat to global, regional peace: Iran's foreign ministry

    Date: 2017-02-16 13:33:45 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:6533981

    TEHRAN, Feb 16 (MENA) - Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi announced that the Israeli regime’s atomic arsenal is the biggest threat to both global and regional peace and security, Iran's IRNA news agency reported on Thursday. Qasemi ....

  • Sisi approves cooperation agreement between Egypt, Germany

    Date: 2017-02-16 13:32:05 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:40 - ID:6534261

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a presidential decree approving a cooperation agreement between Egypt and Germany. Under the deal, signed in May of 2016, Egypt will get a 47-million-euro loan from the German ....

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