26 Jan 2021; MEMO: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has condemned increasing escalation by Israeli Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, reiterating his government's decision to prosecute firms trading with settlers, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday.
26 Jan 2021; MEMO: Rights watchdog Amnesty International has slammed human rights abuses in Egypt in a new report to mark the ten-year anniversary of Egypt's 2011 uprising.
26 Jan 2021; MEMO: Jordan on Monday condemned Israel's stopping renovation works at the Dome of the Rock mosque at Al-Aqsa compound in East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports.
On Sunday, Israeli police moved into the complex and prevented workers from the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf from carrying out renovation works at the mosque.
26 Jan 2021; MEMO: Turkey yesterday extended its naval mission in the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea and the territorial waters of Somalia for an additional year, a memorandum issued by the presidency said.
26 Jan 2021; MEMO: The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen on Sunday pledged to prevent the implementation of decisions made by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi without prior consultations, the Safa news agency reported.
This comes ten days after the president's decision to appoint the speaker of the Shura Council and two deputies, as well as a Public Prosecutor. The STC and two other parties rejected these nominations.
26 Jan 2021; MEMO: Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Saturday issued a ministerial order imposing a partial curfew in some areas in the north of the Sinai Peninsula.
"A curfew will be imposed across the border district of Tal Rafah, and in Al-Arish city, starting from the western district of Al-Awja to Jabal Al-Halal in the west, moving forward to the Rafah borderline," the order read, according to official Al-Ahram.
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday that if the parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iranian 2015 nuclear deal, do not adhere to their commitments, Iran will stop inspections pertaining to the Additional Protocol of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
25 Jan 2021; MEMO: Tehran yesterday welcomed Saudi Arabia's foreign minister's remarks about the kingdom's readiness to peacefully resolve differences between the two countries, spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh said.
25 Jan 2021; MEMO: The United Arab Emirates confirmed that it signed agreements with the United States on former President Donald Trump's last full day in office to purchase up to 50 F-35 jets, 18 armed drones and other defense equipment in a deal worth $23 billion, Reuters reports.
25 Jan 2021; MEMO: Israel will ban passenger flights in and out of the country from Monday evening for a week as it seeks to stop the spread of new coronavirus variants, Reuters reports.
"Other than rare exceptions, we are closing the sky hermetically to prevent the entry of the virus variants and also to ensure that we progress quickly with our vaccination campaign," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in public remarks at the start of a cabinet meeting.
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