Russia has been developing the Hmeimim Air Base in Latakia in western Syria in preparation for it to receive strategic nuclear bombers as part of plans to strengthen the Russian presence in the country, Russian Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported.
12 Feb 2021; MEMO: Oman is satisfied with its current relationship with Israel, the foreign minister said yesterday, Reuters reported.
"As regards Israel we are content so far with the level of our current relations and dialogue, which involves the appropriate channels of communication," Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi said. Oman, he added, was committed to peace between Israel and the Palestinians based on a two-state solution.
12 Feb 2021; MEMO: The Sudanese security forces on Thursday carried out a campaign of arrests against former leaders of ousted President Omar Al-Bashir's regime.
The Sudanese authorities arrested former Vice President Hassabo Mohamed Abdalrahman, who also served as the political secretary of the dissolved National Congress Party (NCP).
12 Feb 2021; MEMO: Turkish troops stationed in Libya will remain there as long as a bilateral military agreement between Ankara and Tripoli is active and Libya's government requests it, Reuters reported presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin saying yesterday.
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey would discuss withdrawing its troops, who Ankara says are providing military training to Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) if other foreign powers are withdrawn first.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s Revolutionary Guards conducted an overnight ground forces drill near the Iraqi border in the southwest of the country, state television reported on Friday.
It said tank divisions, drone units and paratroopers participated in the annual drill - dubbed the “Great Prophet” - that followed week-long celebrations marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The Islamic Republic has recently conducted several military exercises as it seeks to push the United States to return to Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
DUBAI (Reuters) - At least 400,000 Yemeni children under 5 could die of starvation this year without urgent intervention amid soaring rates of severe malnutrition driven by war and the coronavirus pandemic, four U.N. agencies said on Friday.
The warnings come nearly six years after the outbreak of war that rendered 80% of the population reliant on humanitarian aid.
In a report published on Friday, the agencies projected a 22% increase in severe acute malnutrition among children under 5 in Yemen, compared to 2020.
CAIRO, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League called on all the Somali parties to immediately resume the talks to reach a deal that ensures a national election will be held soon, the pan-Arab body said in a statement on Thursday.
"The Arab League closely follows efforts of the political leaders in the government and leaders of federal member states for concluding an agreement on solving the problems that hinder preparations for the public elections," it said.
CAIRO, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi made a phone call to his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday evening, to discuss the latest developments of the Palestinian cause, said the Egyptian presidency in a statement.
Sisi reiterated Egypt's support for the Palestinian cause as well as its continuous coordination with Palestinian and international partners "to crystallize a clear vision" to advance the peace process between the Palestinians and the Israelis, said the statement.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish opposition politician Enis Berberoglu, stripped of his parliamentary status last year after a conviction for disclosing government secrets, was restored as a member of parliament on Thursday after a constitutional court ruling.
The court ruled last week that the rights of Berberoglu, from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), had been violated and that the lower court should hold a retrial.
Berberoglu regained his status as a lawmaker when the court decision regarding his case was read out in parliament on Thursday.
Tehran, Feb 11, IRNA – Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki said on Thursday that Iran will turn into a major hub of manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines in the region and one of the main exporters of vaccines in the next two or three months.
Upon the order by President Hassan Rouhani, Iran began vaccination against COVID-19 with a Russian-developed vaccine – Sputnik V – on Tuesday.
The son of Health Minister Saeed Namaki was the first Iranian person to receive the vaccine.
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