Palestine Says Israel Confiscates Villages’ Land In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Sept 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Authority Wall and Colonisation Resistance Commission official, Ghassan Daghlas, said, Israeli authorities issued land confiscation orders to Palestinians, for settlement expansion projects. Daghlas said, the orders include three villages – two adjacent villages near Nablus and a third village near Ramallah city, all…

Palestinians Urge U.S. To Reconsider Middle East Policy After Envoy’s Resignation

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Sept 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Senior Palestinian officials urged the U.S. to reconsider its strategy towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in the wake of the resignation of U.S. Middle East peace envoy, Jason Greenblatt. Member of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party and Civil Affairs Minister, Hussein Al-Sheikh, said, “Greenblatt’s…

Syria Condemns Joint U.S.-Turkish Patrols In Northeastern Syria

DAMASCUS, Sept 9 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned the joint U.S.-Turkish patrols in northeastern Syria, saying, such a move is a flagrant violation to international law. Such a move is condemned, as it constitutes a blatant violation to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria, said the ministry…

Eight Daesh Militants Killed In Coalition Airstrike In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept 9 (NNN-NINA) – Eight Daesh militants were killed on Sunday, in an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition aircraft, in the northern province of Nineveh, while security forces captured nine extremist militants in the central Salahudin province, the Iraqi military said. Acting on intelligence reports from Nineveh’s Operations Command,…

Iraqi Officials, Experts Optimistic About PM’s Upcoming Visit To China

BAGHDAD, Sept 9 (NNN-NINA) – An Iraqi official reported that, optimism prevails in the Iraqi political and economic circles, about the upcoming visit of Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, to Beijing, later this month. Members of parliament and experts in the fields of politics and economy, hinted that, the…

Al-Qaeda Fighters Deployed In Key District Of Yemen’s Southern Province

ADEN, Yemen, Sept 9 (NNN-SABA) – Members of the Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch were largely deployed across a key district, in the country’s turbulent southern province of Abyan, a local resident said. The Abyan-based resident said, “Several heavily armed al-Qaeda fighters seized government institutions and set up checkpoints around the entrances…

IMF Delegation To Visit Jordan On Economic Review

AMMAN, Sept 9 (NNN-PETRA) – A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Jordan, after mid-Sept, to discuss the third review of Jordan’s economy, an official source said. The delegation will conduct a review under the Extended Fund Facility programme, which will end in Mar, 2020, according to…

Hamas Chief Holds Israel Responsible For Palestinian Prisoner’s Death In Israeli Prison

GAZA, Palestine, Sept 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Ismail Haniyeh, the politburo chief of the Islamic Hamas movement, held Israel fully responsible, for the death of a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli prison earlier on Sunday. Bassam al-Sayeh, 47, from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, who suffered cancer, died in…

Iran Says Oil Tanker Adrian Darya 1 Unloads Cargo On Mediterranean Coast

TEHRAN, Sept 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, said that, the Iranian tanker, Adrian Darya 1, has unloaded its oil cargo at a Mediterranean port. “We had already said that we would sell our oil, and acts of vexation would have no effect on our plans,” Mousavi…

Kuwait-U.S. Summit Postponed As Kuwaiti Emir Continues Medical Tests

KUWAIT, Sept 9 (NNN-KUNA) – The scheduled meeting between Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and U.S. President, Donald Trump, is postponed as the Emir has been admitted to a hospital in the United States for medical tests. The hospital’s admission of the Emir forced the postponement of the…
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