30 Aug 2019; MEMO: Russia and its Syrian army ally stepped up aerial raids on northwest Syria as they sent reinforcements from elite army units and Iranian-backed militias to bolster a major offensive against the last big rebel stronghold, opposition sources, army defectors and residents said on Friday, Reuters reports.
30 Aug 2019; MEMO: A delegation of three French Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) was received by Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad yesterday, as they embarked on an official visit.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s banking sector can handle the impact of the U.S. sanctions against Jammal Trusk Bank SAL and guarantee the money of depositors, the finance minister said on Friday.
Ali Hassan Khalil said on Twitter he was confident “of the banking sector’s ability to absorb the implications...and guarantee the money of depositors...and the central bank is doing what is necessary.”
TRIPOLI, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan navy said on Thursday that more than 400 illegal immigrants were rescued in separate operations off the country's western coast.
"Coast guards patrol rescued 403 illegal immigrants in separate operations during the past few days," said the navy spokesman Ayob Qassem.
The rescue operations took place off the coast of the city of Khoms, some 120 km east of the capital Tripoli, the spokesman said.
The rescued are of different African nationalities, Qassem said, adding that they were taken to reception centers.
ABU DHABI, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates affirmed its right of self-defense against all threats targeting the Arab coalition forces in Yemen, asserted the UAE's foreign ministry in a statement on Thursday.
"The recent aggravation in offensives against the Arab coalition forces and civilians poses a menacing threat to the security of the coalition. This in turn has necessitated air strikes against terrorist militias as per the international humanitarian law," said the statement released in response to a statement by the Yemeni foreign ministry.
TRIPOLI, Aug 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Libyan navy said that more than 400 illegal immigrants were rescued in separate operations off the country’s western coast.
“Coast guards patrol rescued 403 illegal immigrants in separate operations during the past few days,” said the navy spokesman Ayob Qassem.
The rescue operations took place off the coast of the city of Khoms, some 120 km east of the capital Tripoli, the spokesman said.
The rescued are of different African nationalities, Qassem said, adding that they were taken to reception centers.
ADEN, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forces loyal to Yemen’s government have re-entered the southern city of Aden, which they lost to previously allied separatists earlier this month.
Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said troops and militiamen had taken full control of the city after securing the airport and presidential palace.
But a separatist militia commander said it was still in control of most areas.
The fighting has exposed a rift within the Saudi-led coalition supporting the government in Yemen’s civil war.
DAMASCUS, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) - The US military posted photographs it said showed SDF forces destroying fortifications.
The Kurdish-led authorities in north-eastern Syria say a US-backed Kurdish militia has begun withdrawing from territory along the border with Turkey.
The “first practical steps” came on the weekend, when the People’s Protection Units (YPG) pulled out some fighters and weaponry from two areas.
The move is part of a deal with Turkey and the US, which has forces there.
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested his country may buy Russian-made Su-35 and Su-57 fighter jets instead of US-made F-35 fighters as the dispute between the NATO allies shows no sign of abating.
Erdogan said Turkey was weighing the Russian aircraft purchase amid an ongoing spat with Washington after Ankara bought a controversial missile defence system from Moscow.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria, which has survived invasions, fires and earthquakes since it was founded by Alexander the Great more than 2,000 years ago, now faces a new menace in the form of climate change.
Rising sea levels threaten to inundate poorer neighborhoods and archaeological sites, prompting authorities to erect concrete barriers out at sea to break the tide. A severe storm in 2015 flooded large parts of the city, causing at least six deaths and the collapse of some two dozen homes, exposing weaknesses in the local infrastructure.
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