Middle Eastern Headlines at 2:19 p.m. GMT

Saudi Arabia bars citizens, residents from travel to China

Report: Emirates pilots unaware engines idle in 2016 crash

Not a break, but fissures in US-Iraqi military alliance

Israeli-Palestinian violence spikes a week after Trump plan

Israel hits Iran-backed posts in Syria, casualties reported

More Turkish reinforcements in Syria; Russian troops killed

Amnesty finds Saudi anti-terror court a weapon of repression

Death toll in Turkey avalanche disaster rises to 41

Passengers say crumpled plane landed very fast in Istanbul

Iraqi officials say Baghdad wants to minimize reliance on US