Middle East & North Africa

15 Apr 2023; MEMO: Turkiye on Saturday expressed concern over the armed clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, Anadolu reports.

"We invite all segments in Sudan to remain committed to the achievements of the transition process, to calmness and dialogue. A lasting solution to the Sudan's problems can only be found through national reconciliation," a Foreign Ministry statement said.

15 Apr 2023; MEMO: The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah has called for providing arms and financial support to West Bank fighters to confront the Israeli occupation.

15 Apr 2023; MEMO: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Qatar on Saturday called for dialogue in Sudan amid clashes between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Anadolu reports.

In a statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry expressed deep concern over the ongoing violence in Sudan.

15 Apr 2023; MEMO: Clashes erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the capital Khartoum, killing at least three people on Saturday, Anadolu reports.

Gunfire and bombs were heard near the army headquarters and presidential palace, according to an Anadolu reporter in Khartoum.

Johannesburg, Apr 14 (PTI) The South African government said on Friday that fugitive businessmen Rajesh and Atul Gupta are still its citizens using the country's passports amid reports that Indian-origin brothers have acquired Vanuatu's citizenship.

South Africa said last week said that the UAE has turned down its request to extradite the two to face trial in the country on fraud and corruption charges.

14 Apr 2023; MEMO: Jared Kushner is reportedly amassing huge fortunes through investment from Gulf countries while being given protection by the US secret service at the expense of American taxpayers. Kushner, who is the son-in-law of former US President Donald Trump, left his White House role in 2021. Ordinarily security service protection would end when an administration departs, however Kushner is said to have reaped the benefits of his time in office months after he left.

14 Apr 2023; MEMO: The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs yesterday warned Israel against restricting Christian access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in occupied Jerusalem and reducing the number of those able to take part in the Holy Saturday festivities.

14 Apr 2023; MEMO: Israel's State Prosecutor yesterday closed the case into two Israeli soldiers who shot dead a Palestinian man at one of the entrances to Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city earlier this month.

14 Apr 2023; MEMO: Tens of thousands of people poured into the streets across Iran on Friday to mark Al-Quds Day, an annual event to reaffirm solidarity with the people of Palestine, Anadolu News Agency reports.

In the capital, Tehran, people marched from different parts of the city and converged at the University of Tehran, carrying banners and posters with pro-Palestine messages and chanting slogans against Israel and the US.

14 Apr 2023; MEMO: Lebanon's Hezbollah warned on Wednesday that any Israeli escalation, including in Jerusalem, would be met with responses "from all arenas."

The head of Hezbollah's Executive Council, Sayyed Hashim Safi Al-Din, said in a press conference on the occasion of Quds Day that Palestine and Jerusalem have "united the resistance" and that "Zionists are losing their temper."

"Today, many people as well as the great Palestinian people are standing behind the resistance," he added.