ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey urged Armenia on Sunday to immediately cease what it called hostility towards Azerbaijan that could “throw the region into fire”, following clashes between Armenian and Azeri forces over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia declared martial law and mobilised its male population after the clashes. Turkey has condemned Armenia for what it said were provocations against Azerbaijan.
27 Sep 2020; MEMO: Iraq’s foreign minister arrived in Tehran on Saturday morning for a two-day visit of wide-ranging talks in the wake of the US warning it might close its Baghdad embassy due to threats, including from Iranian-backed militias, Anadolu Agency reports.
Iraq’s Fuad Hussein and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif discussed bilateral relations, including the implementation of agreements reached during Iraqi Prime Minister Mostafa al-Kazimi’s visit to Tehran in July.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar Airways received a 7.3 billion riyal ($1.95 billion)lifeline from the government of Qatar after losing 7 billion riyals in the year to March 31, the state-owned carrier disclosed on Sunday.
The airline had flagged in March that it would seek state support as the coronavirus crisis hammered the global travel industry, but had not until now disclosed the funding.
Qatar’s government provided Qatar Airways with the support after March, when its annual losses exceeded 50% of the share capital, according to the group’s annual financial statement.
27 Sep 2020; MEMO: Lebanon’s prime minister-designate quit on Saturday after trying for almost a month to line up a non-partisan cabinet, dealing a blow to a French plan aimed at rallying sectarian leaders to tackle the worst crisis since the nation’s 1975-1990 civil war, Reuters reports.
BEIRUT, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 13 militants were killed in clashes between the Lebanese army and an armed group in Wadi Khaled of northern Lebanon, Elnashra news website reported on Saturday.
The Lebanese army raided on Saturday the armed group in Wadi Khaled leading to severe clashes between the two sides near the Syrian border.
On Friday, the Lebanese army arrested a member of the Islamic State (IS) group in the north of the country for his involvement two weeks ago in al-Beddawi area in a battle that killed four army soldiers and a leader of a IS group.
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — With air and sea borders closed for months and eight cities barring people from entering or leaving, Morocco has been pulling out the stops to stanch the spread of coronavirus.
Still, the kingdom on the Atlantic coast, a magnet for tourists in better times, has registered more than 110,000 positive cases since March and has a death toll of 2,041 — the highest among its North African neighbors.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel will hold rare talks with Lebanon next month in an effort to resolve a longstanding maritime border dispute, an Israeli official said Saturday.
The official said Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz will lead the Israeli delegation in talks mediated by the United States. Representatives from the three countries are likely to speak by video conference because of the coronavirus pandemic, the official said.
The official requested anonymity in line with regulations. There was no immediate comment from Lebanon.
TEHRAN, Sept 26 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), plans to equip its navy with oceangoing warships, capable of carrying helicopters, IRGC navy commander was quoted as saying, by Tasnim news agency yesterday.
Rear Admiral, Ali Reza Tangsiri, said that, the indigenous warships, 65 metres in length, will join the IRGC navy fleet in the near future.
Tangsiri also unveiled plans, to equip the IRGC navy with vessels, with a velocity of 94 knots per hour and powerful missile-launching ships.
JERUSALEM, Sept 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Israel is set to tighten its second nationwide coronavirus lockdown, with the prime minister warning that the country is at “the edge of the abyss”.
The new measures, which parliament must approve, would see more workplaces close and movement restricted further.
Synagogues would only be able to open for small groups next week for Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day, and the size of protests would be limited.
The move came after the daily number of new Covid-19 cases exceeded 8,000.
(Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Saturday of “savagery” for inflicting $150 billion of damage on Iran due to sanctions, and said Iranians should direct their anger at the White House.
“With their illegal and inhuman sanctions, and terrorist actions, the Americans have inflicted 150 billion dollars of damage on the people of Iran,” Rouhani said in televised remarks, his voice shaking with anger.
“We haven’t seen such an extent of savagery ... The address for Iranian people’s curses and hatred is the White House.”
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