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Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln heads to Middle East to relieve USS Theodore Roosevelt: Pentagon

Date: 2024-08-03 14:11:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10813449

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) - West Coast carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is setting sail to the Middle East from the Pacific to relieve the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and its strike group, the Pentagon said in a ....

Israeli drone strike left 1 killed, 2 injured in southern Lebanon

Date: 2024-08-03 12:27:33 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:10813455

BEIRUT, Aug 3 (MENA) - An Israeli drone strike targeting a vehicle in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre left one person killed and two others wounded in an area located between the villages of Bazourieh and Wadi Jilou, according to Lebanese health ....

AL condemns Israeli atrocities against Palestinian prisoners, detainees

Date: 2024-08-03 11:59:45 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:10813162

CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL) strongly condemned the atrocities and brutal crimes perpetrated by Israeli forces against prisoners and detainees held in Israeli prisons and secret detention camps. In a statement released by its ....

Israel commits 3 new massacres in Gaza

Date: 2024-08-03 11:39:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:10813447

GAZA CITY, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said that Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Palestinian enclave over the past 24 hours, with 31 fatalities and 62 casualties rushed to ....

UNRWA warns situation in West Bank is worsening daily

Date: 2024-08-02 20:13:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:10812755

RAMALLAH, Aug 2 (MENA) - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Friday warned that the situation in the West Bank is worsening daily. "Nur Shams and Tulkarem camps are suffering from water ....

Lebanese PM reaffirms commitment to executing UN Resolution 1701

Date: 2024-08-02 17:04:00 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:10812697

BEIRUT, Aug 2 (MENA) - Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati reaffirmed the Lebanese constants regarding the situation in the region, the most important of which is the priority of implementing the United Nations resolutions, especially ....

Syria: No fees imposed on Lebanese nationals’ entry to Syrian territories

Date: 2024-08-02 17:03:36 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:10812713

DAMASCUS/BEIRUT, Aug 2 (MENA) - The Syrian Embassy in Beirut has denied the false news circulated on some websites about imposing fees by authorities on the entrance of Lebanese citizens to Syria, SANA news agency reported. Such news is ....

Pakistani parl't urges global action to end Israeli brutalities in Palestine

Date: 2024-08-02 17:03:23 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:10812703

ISLAM ABAD, Aug 2 (MENA) - Pakistan's National Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the international community to take effective action to halt Israel's oppression and brutalities in Palestine and deliver justice to the ....

Israeli forces detain preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque from his home in Jerusalem

Date: 2024-08-02 17:02:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:10812719

RAMALLAH, Aug 2 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Friday detained Jerusalem's former Grand Mufti and main preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, from his home in Jerusalem, state news agency WAFA reported. Israeli forces detained Sheikh Ekrema ....

Israeli ministers given satellite phones due to concern phone lines could be damaged if Iran attacks

Date: 2024-08-02 15:00:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:10812660

RAMALLAH, Aug 2 (MENA) - Israeli government ministers have been issued satellite phones in preparation for possible retaliation for the assassinations of top Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, whose death has ....