DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Navaz Ebrahim learned that a Ukrainian plane had fallen from the sky near Iran’s capital, she didn’t realize her older sister was on the flight. They had just spoken on the phone. Niloufar had promised her, like she always does, that everything was going to be alright.
BAGHDAD, Jan 6 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi said, only hundreds of U.S. troops would remain in Iraq, after the withdrawal of half of them from the country.
Al-Kadhimi said, during a speech on the eve of the centenary of the Iraqi Army Day, the U.S. troops’ withdrawal came, due to “the ongoing strategic dialogue between Iraq and the United States, that yield in the withdrawal of batches of U.S. troops, during the past months. The withdrawal of more than half of them will be complete in the coming days.”
06 Jan 2021; MEMO: The UAE has rejected claims made by Israeli news outlets that its security services had arrested a number of Iranians suspected of plotting to carry out an attack against Israeli tourists visiting the Emirates.
"The Government of the United Arab Emirates has denied media reports circulating today regarding the foiling of an alleged attack in Dubai," it said in a statement yesterday.
06 Jan 2021; MEMO: Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi on Tuesday sacked his Interior Minister, who is close to President Kais Saied, a move underscoring tensions between the country's two most powerful leaders, reports Reuters.
Saied and Mechichi are at odds over their respective powers and political alliances. With the dismissal of Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine, the tensions could mushroom into a crisis threatening a collapse of the technocratic government.
06 Jan 2021; MEMO: Israel and Greece are set to sign the largest ever security agreement between the two countries, worth up to $1.68 billion, the Times of Israel has reported.
The deal to be signed by the respective defence ministries, approves the establishment and operation of a flight school for the Hellenic Air Force by Elbit Systems, Israel's largest private arms company.
06 Jan 2021; MEMO: Some 150 Somali army soldiers are receiving special commando training in Turkey under a military cooperation pact between the two countries, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
The training of the Somali Armed Forces soldiers is taking place at the Counter-Terrorism Training and Exercise Center in Turkey's southwestern province of Isparta, said a ministry statement.
06 Jan 2021; MEMO: Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) sent 100 container houses Tuesday to earthquake victims in Croatia, reports Anadolu Agency.
The container houses were loaded onto a ship at the Pendik Port in Istanbul and will be delivered to Zagreb in cooperation with the International Transporters Association (UND) and DFDS Ro-Ro Logistics.
06 Jan 2021; MEMO: Egypt sent its foreign minister to a summit of Gulf Arab leaders on Tuesday that produced a pledge towards ending a regional dispute with Qatar, while Qatar's finance minister made a rare trip to Cairo, reports Reuters.
06 Jan 2021; MEMO: Mauritanian MPs called to enact legislation criminalising the normalisation of relations with the Israeli occupation.
JERUSALEM (AP) — For media-obsessed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the coronavirus vaccine has arrived just in time.
With elections approaching in March, Netanyahu has placed his world-leading vaccination drive at the center of his reelection campaign — launching an aggressive media blitz portraying him as almost singlehandedly leading the country out of the pandemic. He appears to be betting that a successful vaccination effort can persuade voters to forget about his corruption trial and the economic damage caused by the coronavirus crisis.
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