Chabahar, Aug 16, IRNA – A Russian official stressed the importance of Iran's port city of Chabahar in connecting the Caspian Sea littoral ports to the Gulf of Oman and voiced his country's interest in boosting trade via the strategic port.
16 Aug 2019; MEMO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said that he thought the head of the Mossad intelligence agency or Israel’s ambassador to the United States (US) as his prospective successors.
“There are two people I consider fit to lead the State of Israel — Yossi Cohen and Ron Dermer,” Walla quoted Netanyahu as saying. His remarks come as he bows out of his political life.
16 Aug 2019; MEMO: The Forces of Freedom and Change in Sudan decided to nominate economist Abdullah Hamdouk as PM, and Mohammed Al-Hafiz Mahmoud as deputy PM.
On Thursday, sources told Reuters that Sudan’s main opposition alliance is planning to nominate economist Abdullah Hamdouk for the position of prime minister.
16 Aug 2019; MEMO: The Turkiye Diyanet Foundation (TDV) distributed more than 453,000 portions of sacrificial meat to millions of needy families globally during Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday, according to an official, Anadolu reports.
According to the Diyanet News website, the foundation’s Director-General, Mehmet Savas Polat, said the meat was distributed as part of this year’s Eid operation.
16 Aug 2019; MEMO: US sources said that Israel and the United Arab Emirates had held two secret meetings during which they coordinated joint measures against Iran, reported the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
The sources added that during the secret meetings between Israel and the UAE, which were held by the US Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook, both sides exchanged intelligence on Iran, claiming that the UAE considers Iran, like Israel, as a threat to its security.
16 Aug 2019; MEMO: The Yemeni government has demanded the withdrawal of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces from the areas they controlled in Aden, south of Yemen, before engaging in any dialogue.
This came according to a tweet by the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.
Yemen’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Mohammed Abdullah Al-Hadrami, said that the Yemeni government welcomed Saudi Arabia’s call for “a meeting to stand up to the coup in Aden.”
16 Aug 2019; MEMO: Syrian air defences identified a missile that was fired towards the city of Masyaf near Hama late on Thursday and destroyed it before it hit its target, a Syrian military source said, Reuters reports.
The missile was fired from the direction of northern Lebanon, the military source added in a statement distributed on a messaging app.
15 Aug 2019; MEMO: At least 10 civilians were killed in attacks carried out by Russian and Syrian regime forces in the de-escalation zone in northern Syria, the White Helmets civil defense agency said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports.
According to Mustafa Haj Yusuf, head of the White Helmets in Idlib province, 10 people were killed in the airstrikes on late Wednesday.
TRIPOLI, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday denounced increasing attacks on civilian airports in western Libya.
"The UNSMIL deplores the ever-increasing and systemic attacks on airports in western Libya, including Zuwara and Mitiga. These attacks have endangered the lives of thousands of civilian travelers, including UN staff and humanitarian workers," the mission said in a statement.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- One Palestinian man was shot dead and another critically wounded after they stabbed an Israeli police officer in Jerusalem on Thursday evening, the police said.
The incident took place in East Jerusalem's Old City.
The police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in a statement that the officer was injured moderately before the police forces at the scene opened fire at the suspects.
Describing the incident as a "terrorist attack," Rosenfeld said the police have sealed off the exits and entrances of the Old City.
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