Middle East

Syria: YPG/PKK terror group sets farming lands ablaze

DAMASCUS, Syria, May 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The YPG/PKK terrorist organization has set fire to agricultural lands in Syria in a…

UN Palestine refugee agency faces $200mn budget deficit

GAZA CITY, Palestine, May 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)’s budget deficit…

Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Launch Fresh Drone Attack On Saudi Najran Airport In Less Than 24 Hours

SANAA, Yemen, May 23 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels said, they launched a new drone attack on Wednesday, on “Saudi…

US Envoy Jason Greenblatt Rebuffed By Europe And Arab States Over UNRWA Cuts

UNITED NATIONS, New York, May 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Jason Greenblatt, the White House envoy on Middle East peace, was broadly…

Lebanon Says Proposal For Maritime Demarcation With Israel Gets “Positive Feedback”

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 23 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s House Speaker, Nabih Berri, said that, the Lebanese suggestion for the country’s maritime…

Over 20,000 Syrian Refugees Return From Jordan Since Oct, 2018

DAMASCUS, Syria, May 23 (NNN-SANA) – More than 20,000 Syrian refugees have returned from Jordan since Oct, 2018. The return…

One Policeman Killed, Three Injured In Daesh Attack On Oilfield In Central Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 23 (NNN-NINA) – A policeman was killed and three others wounded, when Iraqi forces repelled a Daesh…

Egypt Supports Yemen To End Coup, Restore State: Ambassador

CAIRO, Egypt, May 23 (NNN-MENA) – Yemen’s Ambassador to Cairo, Mohammed Ali Maram, lauded Egypt’s role, headed by President Abdel…

Yemeni Government Suspends Meetings With UN Monitoring Mission Over Hodeidah

ADEN, Yemen, May 23 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s government representatives, at the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) on the Red Sea port…

Israel’s Attorney General Postpones Netanyahu’s Hearing To Oct

JERUSALEM, May 23 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would postpone in…