15 June 2020; MEMO: The US Ambassador to Israel, David M Friedman, and Israeli leaders failed to reach agreement on the annexation plan at a meeting yesterday, local media have reported. Friedman is known to support Israel’s illegal settlements built on Palestinian land.
ANKARA, June 15 (NNN-ANADOLU) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7, hit Turkey’s eastern province of Bingol on Sunday, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said.
The quake occurred at 5:24 p.m. local time (1424 GMT), with its epicentre at Kaynarpinar village of Karliova district, and shook for around 10 seconds, followed by 22 aftershocks, according to the report.
JERUSALEM, June 15 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel started on Sunday, preparations for building a new settlement in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights named after U.S. President, Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said.
Cabinet ministers ratified a decision to establish the new settlement, named “Ramat Trump” in Hebrew, meaning “Trump Heights,” according to a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office.
“Today, we will begin practical steps in establishing the community of Ramat Trump on the Golan Heights,” Netanyahu told the cabinet.
ISTANBUL, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Turkish warplanes launched an airstrike operation against some Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq Sunday night, local media reported on Monday, citing the Turkish Defense Ministry.
The airstrike, coded the Claw-Eagle Operation, targeted a stronghold of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants near the Iranian border and some bases in other areas, the ministry said.
"The PKK and other terrorist elements" are attacking Turkish outposts and bases "every day" and threatening the security of the people of Turkey and its border, it said.
TEL AVIV, June 14. /TASS/: Israel is beginning the implementation of "practical steps" on setting up a community in honor of US President Donald Trump on the Golan Heights, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the government's weekly meeting on Sunday.
"Today, we will begin practical steps in establishing the community of Ramat Trump on the Golan Heights, Israel’s sovereignty over which was recognized by President Trump," Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office.
14 June 2020; MEMO: An Iranian news agency close to the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday Iran’s naval forces were preparing to target US commercial vessels in the Gulf last month in case US forces interfered with Venezuela-bound Iranian oil tankers, reported Reuters.
14 June 2020; MEMO: Egypt called for a ceasefire on Saturday under Egyptian presidential initiative.
The US administration is urging a more active international role in the Libyan file, in light of recent events on the ground, and the subsequent international movement, to revitalise the political track in the country.
14 June 2020; MEMO: “Five years of fighting had caused Yemen’s healthcare system to collapse in large parts,” confirmed Claire HaDuong, Medecins Sans Frontieres’s head of mission in Yemen, adding: “Now COVID-19 has made that collapse complete.”
14 June 2020; MEMO: Hundreds of Palestinian residents of the city of Yafa organised a protest on Tuesday against the Israeli demolition of a historic Islamic cemetery, Anadolu Agency reported.
Protestors performed the Friday prayer and started a march condemning the Israeli decision to demolish the Islamic Al-Isaaf Cemetery located in the north of the city of Yafa.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Russia and Turkey have postponed ministerial-level talks which were expected to focus on Libya and Syria, where the two countries support opposing sides in long-standing conflicts.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov decided to put off the talks during a phone call on Sunday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
“The two countries deputy ministers will continue contacts and talks in the period ahead. Minister-level talks will be held at a later date,” the ministry said in a statement.
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