08 June 2023; MEMO: The Speaker of Israel's Knesset (parliament), Amir Ohana, said Thursday he is confident Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon recognise Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara region, Anadolu Agency reports.
08 June 2023; MEMO: Iran, on Thursday, described its missile program as "conventional" and "legitimate", rejecting what it called "interventionist" remarks by Western leaders over the unveiling of the country's first hypersonic missile, Anadolu Agency reports.
Iran's missile program is "conventional, defensive and is completely legitimate based on international law," Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, said in a statement.
08 June 2023; MEMO: A lawyer from the Racism Crisis Centre submitted a compensation request to Israel's Arkia airline on behalf of two Palestinian women who say they suffered humiliation and racism upon their return to Tel Aviv from Istanbul.
08 June 2023; MEMO: The embassies of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in Sudan have been attacked by armed groups, amid the ongoing conflict raging within the country.
In a statement by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it condemned "the sabotage and violence carried out by some armed groups" on the embassy in Sudan yesterday, which risked the safety of its Ambassador and embassy staff.
08 June 2023; MEMO: Saudi Arabia and the United States have called on Western governments to repatriate their citizens who are among the captured Daesh fighters detained in north-east Syria.
09 June 2023; MEMO: Lebanon has recalled its ambassador to France, Rami Adwan, after an investigation into rape and intentional violence allegations was opened by French authorities, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry announced yesterday.
"Following the circumstances surrounding the case of the Lebanese ambassador to France… it has been decided to recall ambassador Rami Adwan," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
BEIRUT, Jun 8 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Agriculture Minister, Abbas Hajj Hassan, yesterday called for a unified Arab strategy, to ensure regional food security.
“We are looking for the future of our generations, and sustainable stability of our countries socially, economically, and politically, by exerting all efforts to complete the foundations previously laid for a unified Arab strategy on food security,” Hassan said, at the 43rd session of the Executive Board of the Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD), held in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh.
RAMALLAH, Jun 8 (NNN-WAFA) – At least six Palestinians were injured last night, during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
The ministry said that, among the six, two were injured, after being shot by live ammunition and the others were injured by rubber bullets.
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses said that, dozens of Israeli military jeeps and armoured vehicles stormed several neighbourhoods in the city of Ramallah, and located snipers on the roofs of several buildings.
AMMAN, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced on Thursday that Jordan is a regional center and destination for medical tourism in the Middle East.
The announcement was made by its Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili during the opening of the UNWTO Medical and Hospital Tourism Conference at the Dead Sea, according to a statement by the Jordan Tourism Board.
Jordan's Tourism Minister Makram Qaisi said that the announcement is a source of pride through recognizing the status of the kingdom on the map of the region and the world.
HARISH, Israel (AP) — The sound of children and music echoed down a narrow basement hallway in Israel as they scrambled in a pool of balls, climbed on a jungle gym, munched popcorn and laughed.
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