14 April 2022; MEMO: The displacement camps in the north-western Syrian province of Idlib are suffering from the worsening economic and food crises this Ramadan, with residents barely able to purchase basic essentials due to a mixture of high prices and food shortages.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli troops operating in the West Bank shot and killed two Palestinians, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Thursday, in the latest escalation of violence between the sides amid intensifying Israeli raids in the occupied territory.
The two deaths come a day after three Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli troops, who have been patrolling the West Bank and making arrests following an outburst of attacks in Israel that has killed 14 people in recent weeks.
13 April 2022; MEMO: Official data showed that Tunisia's trade deficit has ballooned, reaching 4.3 billion dinars ($1.42 billion) during the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 40.2 per cent on an annual basis.
In a statement issued yesterday, the Tunisian Institute of Statistics said that the trade deficit was in the range of 3.06 billion dinars ($1.01 billion) in the first quarter of 2021.
13 April 2022; MEMO: Turkey's Central Bank shared a plan to increase the rate at which exporters must convert their hard currency revenue into lira to 40 per cent, from 25 per cent, to tackle high inflation in the country, Bloomberg reports.
The Governor of the Central Bank, Sahap Kavcioglu, discussed the plan with members of the Turkish Exporters Assembly yesterday. The proposal still requires Treasury and Finance Ministry approval.
13 April 2022; MEMO: Egypt is expected to become the largest issuer of sovereign debt among emerging markets with issues amounting to $73 billion during the current fiscal year, says S&P Global Ratings, the international credit rating agency. This will exceed what it borrowed last year through the sale of bonds by about $10bn.
14 April 2022; MEMO: Secretary of State Antony Blinken apologised to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last month for the US response to attacks on the emirates from Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to a report published Wednesday.
Anadolu Agency reported that Blinken issued the mea culpa to Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan during a meeting last month in Morocco, the Axios news website reported.
14 April 2022; MEMO: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait yesterday reiterated a call for Iran to join negotiations on defining the eastern boundary of the Dorra gas field.
"Saudi Arabia and … Kuwait affirmed their right to exploit the natural resources in this area and that they will continue working to enforce what was agreed upon on March 21, 2022," the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement reported by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
14 April 2022; MEMO: Noureddine Taboubi, secretary-general of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), yesterday warned against "tampering" with the country's affairs, explaining that the union rejects a national dialogue that lacks broad participation by parties and organisations.
Taboubi made the remarks on state television after a meeting with the European Parliament delegation which has been holding consultations since Monday on the political crisis in Tunisia.
13 April 2022; MEMO: Human rights activist Nadia Murad launched global guidelines at the United Nations on Wednesday on how to safely and effectively collect evidence from survivors and witnesses of sexual violence in conflict, Reuters reported.
Murad, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for her efforts to end rape as a weapon of war, first addressed the UN Security Council in 2015 at the age of 22.
14 April 2022; MEMO: Weapons from Iraq are being smuggled to Russia with the help of Iran and its militant groups throughout the Middle East, a report by the Guardian newspaper has revealed.
Citing intelligence sources and members of Iran-backed militias in Iraq, the paper reported that a number of heavy weapons – including missile defence systems and anti-tank missiles – have been sent to Russia through a land and sea route in an effort to help Moscow with its military offensive in Ukraine.
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