05 Jan 2019; MEMO: On Friday, thousands of Jordanians participated in a massive rally to drop the gas agreement signed with Israel in 2016.
This comes as a part of the popular demands, which started in the early days of the signing of the agreement, and only two days after Amman and Tel Aviv announced the start of experimental operations of gas pumping.
05 Jan 2019; MEMO: Kuwaiti National Assembly speaker, Marzouq Al-Ghanim, announced on Friday that recent developments require a unified stance regarding the political leadership, while the United Arab Emirates (UAE) called for prioritising practicality and wisdom, following the assassination of Qassem So
BEIRUT, Jan 5 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese government received its first shipment of gasoline on Saturday, as the government hopes to become a key player in oil supply in Lebanon.
Lebanese Water and Energy Minister, Nada Boustani said, the government received 24,000 tonnes of fuel, with other vessels expected to arrive soon.
Stocks of fuel have started to be distributed to the local market to be sold in Lebanese pounds.
TRIPOLI, Jan 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – An airstrike hit a military academy in the Libyan capital Tripoli, late on Saturday, killing 28 students and injuring 18 others.
“Initial casualties indicate that 28 students of the military academy were killed and 18 others were injured, as a result of an airstrike by foreign air force, supporting the war criminal, Haftar (commander of the eastern-based army),” the UN-backed government’s forces said, in a statement.
TEHRAN, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Saturday that the United States is responsible for the consequences of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, former commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
Zarif made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
LAMU, Kenya, Jan 5 (NNN-KBC) – Heavy gunfire reported, as suspected Al-Shabaab militants attack Camp Simba army bases, that host US & Kenya soldiers, in Lamu’s Manda Bay, Kenya.
Citizen TV, quoting police sources, report that, the the Somalia-based militant group ambushed the military camp in a daring attack, at a security installation within the country.
Reports indicate that the daring attack saw the armed militants employ the services of a suicide bomber.
TRIPOLI, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Libya's east-based House of Representatives on Saturday voted to cut ties with Turkey after Turkish approval of sending troops to Libya to support the UN-backed government.
"The House of Representatives (the parliament) voted unanimously ... to cancel security and military cooperation and deny maritime deals signed between" the UN-backed government and Turkey, said Abdullah Bhelig, parliament spokesman, in a statement.
BAGHDAD, Jan 5 (NNN-NINA) – Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militia, Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH), warned the Iraqi security forces, to move away from U.S. bases, with no less than 1,000 metres starting from Sunday.
Abu Ali al-Askari, security leader of KH tweeted that “brothers in the Iraqi security services must stay away from the bases of the American enemy for a distance of no less than a thousand meters, starting from Sunday evening.”
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A new Iranian general has stepped out of the shadows to lead the country’s expeditionary Quds Force, becoming responsible for Tehran’s proxies across the Mideast as the Islamic Republic threatens the U.S. with “harsh revenge” for killing its previous head, Qassem Soleimani.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Abdullah Abu Rahma has been arrested by Israeli soldiers eight times in the last 15 years, spending weeks or months in prison and paying tens of thousands of dollars in fines for organizing protests.
He’s among a growing number of Palestinians who have embraced non-violent means of protesting Israel’s military rule and expanding settlements, and who are increasingly finding those avenues of dissent blocked.
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