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France's Macron receives Qatar's emir at Elysee

Date: 2024-02-27 18:14:11 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10600971

PARIS, Feb 27 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday received Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Elysee presidential palace. The Qatari emir is paying a two-day state visit to France, which is the first since ....

Jordanian king participates in Gaza aid airdrop

Date: 2024-02-27 17:17:11 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10601035

AMMAN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, participated Tuesday in the airdrop operations conducted by Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) aircraft to deliver food and relief aid to ....

96 Gazans killed on 144th day of Israeli aggression

Date: 2024-02-27 09:54:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10600013

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - At least 96 Palestinians were killed and 172 were injured in the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip for the 144th day in a row, the Health Ministry said Tuesday, according to Wafa. This brings the total ....

Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2024-02-27 09:22:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:10599912

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Scores of settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday under the protection of Israeli forces. The settlers broke into the Mosque's compound from Bab al-Maghariba 's Gate, carried out provocative tours in the ....

US stresses importance of ensuring no spread of Israel-Hamas conflict ahead of Ramadan

Date: 2024-02-27 07:47:27 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:10599753

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on importance of ensuring no spread of Israel-Hamas conflict ahead of Ramadan, according to a readout by the ....

US strikes Houthi unmanned vessels, missiles, drone over Red Sea

Date: 2024-02-27 07:36:52 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:10599734

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - US Central Command said its forces destroyed three seaborne drones, an airborne drone and two cruise missiles in Yemen that were being prepared for attacks in the Red Sea, Al Arabiya news channel reported on ....

Biden hopeful of Gaza ceasefire by Monday

Date: 2024-02-27 06:50:46 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:10599686

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has said he believes a new, temporary ceasefire in Gaza is possible by next Monday, as Hamas was reportedly considering a draft agreement for a 40-day pause in fighting and the exchange of dozens of ....

Palestinian foreign ministry condemns Israel's construction of tower, installation of cameras on western wall of Al Aqsa

Date: 2024-02-26 19:46:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:10599443

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly condemned the Israeli occupation’s construction of a tower and installation of surveillance cameras on the western wall of Al Aqsa Mosque in the occupied ....

Dozens of Palestinians killed, injured by Israeli strikes in Gaza

Date: 2024-02-26 19:02:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10599342

RAMALLAH, Feb 26 (MENA) – Four Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens were injured by Israeli occupation live bullets and ongoing airstrikes against several areas west of the city of Gaza, WAFA reported Monday. Medical sources reported that ....

Arab-Islamic ministerial committee warns of consequences of Israel’s potential invasion of Rafah

Date: 2024-02-26 18:45:24 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10599196

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) – Members of the Ministerial Committee formed by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit which held in Riyadh in November, have warned about the grave consequences of Israel’s potential invasion of Gaza’s southernmost city ....