18 August 2022; MEMO: Traders in Qatar can face a fine of up to $274,650 (one million Qatari riyals) if they are found selling or displaying goods that are deemed to be non-compliant with Islamic values, according to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI).
Other forms of punishment may include administrative closure for a period of three months or the revocation of commercial licences.
18 August 2022; MEMO: After meeting with political leaders, the leaders of three political institutions in Iraq yesterday called on followers of Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr to engage in national dialogue to resolve the political deadlock, news agencies reported.
17 August 2022; MEMO: Israel and Turkiye announced the full normalisation of their relations on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reports.
According to the report, the normalisation agreement was released by Israel's Prime Minister, Yair Lapid's office.
The agreement highlights the new appointments of the ambassadors and consuls to Tel Aviv and Ankara, the report says.
18 August 2022; MEMO: A senior security officer from the Palestinian Authority has met with Russia's deputy defence minister to discuss security and intelligence cooperation, agencies reported yesterday.
Major General Nidal Abu Dukhan met Alexander Fomin on the fringe of Russia's Army-2022 forum on Tuesday. The meeting came as Russia is looking for new allies after six months of war in Ukraine.
18 August 2022; MEMO: Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz yesterday defended his recent meetings with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, saying they saved the souls of Israeli soldiers.
"Whoever does not send soldiers off to battle, and whoever does not show responsibility for the lives of Israeli citizens and IDF soldiers – better not criticize meetings that prevented and continue to prevent the next war and bring stability and freedom of national action upon us," Gantz said in a statement.
18 August 2022; MEMO: Hundreds of members of the Israeli Teachers Union yesterday protested outside the Israeli Finance Ministry demanding higher wages Arab48 reported.
Union Head Yaffa Ben David threatened that teachers would go on strike and prevent schools from opening next month, Ynet News site reported.
She called on all the government bodies and the prime minister to immediately interfere to resolve the issue with the Finance Ministry "before it is too late."
AMMAN, Aug 17 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, and his visiting Bahraini counterpart, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, yesterday, vowed to expand bilateral cooperation in various fields, according to a Jordanian Foreign Ministry statement.
The two ministers also agreed to enhance coordinating efforts, in resolving regional crises, active pan-Arab action and counter-terrorism.
Safadi highlighted the two-state solution as the only way to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, saying, any other proposals are “pointless and in vain.”
BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi, resigned yesterday, amid a rampant political row in the country, the government said.
Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, accepted the resignation and immediately assigned Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, as acting finance minister, Hassan Nadhim, the government spokesman, told a televised press conference, after the cabinet meeting.
BEIRUT, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A Lebanese judge has ordered the release from detention without charge of man who last week took hostages at a Beirut bank in an attempt to access his savings frozen after the country's 2019 financial implosion, the man's brother and a legal group said.
Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein, 42, entered the Federal Bank of Lebanon branch in Beirut's Hamra district on Thursday and threatened employees with a firearm, agreeing to leave only after the bank pledged to give him $35,000 out of a total of his more than $200,000 deposit.
JERUSALEM/ANKARA, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Turkey and Israel said on Wednesday they will re-appoint respective ambassadors more than four years after they were called back, marking another milestone after months of steady improvement in relations.
The two regional powers had expelled ambassadors in 2018 over the killing of 60 Palestinians by Israeli forces during protests on the Gaza border against the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.
But they have been working to mend long-strained ties with energy emerging as a key area for potential cooperation.
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