Middle East

Iraqi PM Orders The Formation of A Crises Cell, After Mosul Ferry Sinking

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 23 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, ordered the formation of a crises cell, comprising…

Golan Heights Will Always Remain Arab Syrian Territory: Envoy

UNITED NATIONS, March 23 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian envoy to the UN, said that, the Syrian Golan will always remain an…

Pres Trump: US should ‘fully recognize’ Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

WASHINGTON, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – President Donald Trump announced the United States should acknowledge Israeli sovereignty over the hotly contested…

At least 10 dead in Egypt chemical plant blast

CAIRO, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people were killed Thursday in an explosion at a chemical plant in…

EU missions call for upholding status quo at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque

JERUSALEM, March 22 (NNN-WAFA) – After meeting with members of the Islamic Waqf Council in Jerusalem for a briefing about…

UN chief saddened by loss of lives in Iraq’s ferry accident

UNITED NATIONS, March 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was saddened by the tragic loss of…

US Sec of State Pompeo, in Israel, calls Hezbollah risk to Middle East stability

JERUSALEM, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described Hezbollah as a risk to Middle East stability and…

U.S.-backed fighters say operation at last Islamic State enclave not over

DEIR AL-ZOR (Syria), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — U.S.-backed Syrian fighters said they were still searching territory captured from Daesh at…

Two Palestinians Killed In Clashes In Nablus

Hundreds attended the funerals of the two Palestinian men  RAMALLAH, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Two Palestinian men have been killed in clashes with…

Palestinian shot dead after stone-throwing at Israeli cars: medics, army

JERUSALEM, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A Palestinian was shot dead in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical sources said, with…