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China expresses 'deep concern' over Iran attack on Israel

Date: 2024-04-14 07:50:14 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:10660794

BEIJING, April 14 (MENA) - Beijing expressed "deep concern" on Sunday over Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said, according to Xinhua News Agency. "China expresses deep concern over the current ....

Japan strongly condemns Iranian attack on Israel as "escalation"

Date: 2024-04-14 07:48:29 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:10660811

TOKYO, April 14 (MENA) - Japan "strongly condemns" Iran's retaliatory attack on Israel, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said Sunday, as an escalation that will further destabilize the Middle East. Japan is "deeply concerned," the statement said as ....

Biden condemns Iran attack on Israel

Date: 2024-04-14 06:35:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:10660714

WASHINGTON, April 14 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Saturday condemned Iranian attacks on military facilities in Israel, pledged a coordinated G7 diplomatic response and said the United States had helped Israel take down "nearly all" of the ....

Israel requests emergency UN Security Council meeting on Iran

Date: 2024-04-14 06:30:35 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:10660712

NEW YORK, April 14 (MENA) - Israel requested that the UNSC hold an emergency meeting to condemn Iran's attack and designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation. "The Iranian attack is a serious threat to global peace ....

UNSC scheduled to hold emergency meeting to discuss Iranian attack on Israel

Date: 2024-04-14 04:14:18 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10660651

NEW YORK, April 14 (MENA) - The UN Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting for 4pm Sunday (New York local time) to discuss the latest flare-up in the Middle East region. The meeting has been prompted by a large-scale attack launched ....

UN chief ‘strongly condemns’ Iran’s attack on Israel, calls for ‘immediate cessation of these hostilities’

Date: 2024-04-14 00:55:52 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:10660641

NEW YORK, April 14 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned "the serious escalation represented by the large-scale attack launched on Israel by Iran this evening." "I call for an immediate cessation of these hostilities,” ....

Iran fired 200 missiles and drones; most intercepted - Israeli army

Date: 2024-04-14 00:49:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10660640

RAMALLAH, April 14 (MENA) - Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari in a new video statement said Iran has fired 200 drones and missiles at Israel, while “numerous” fighter jets are in the sky readying to counter Tehran’s attacks. A "small number" ....

French FM condemns Iran drone strikes on Israel

Date: 2024-04-14 00:25:50 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10660634

PARIS, April 13 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne condemned Iran’s drone strikes on Israel as a “new level” in the threat to security. “France condemns with the greatest firmness the attack launched by Iran against Israel,” he ....

RAF jets shoot down Iranian drones bound for Israel - Telegraph

Date: 2024-04-14 00:20:02 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:10660632

LONDON, April 13 (MENA) - British RAF jets were reported to have shot down Iranian drones bound for Israel Saturday night, The Telegraph reported. It was reported that British jets took off from Cyprus in order to intercept drones and missiles ....

Biden meets National Security team to follow up Iran attack on Israel

Date: 2024-04-14 00:13:34 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:10660629

CAIRO, April 13 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden cut short a weekend stay at his Delaware beach house to meet with his national security team at the White House on Saturday and monitor the situation in the Middle East as Iran launched an attack ....