BEIRUT (AP) — Syria and Saudi Arabia are moving toward reopening embassies and resuming flights between the two countries for the first time in more than a decade, the countries said Thursday in a joint statement.
The announcement followed a visit by Syria’s top diplomat to the kingdom, the first since Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic relations with Syria in 2012.
12 Apr 2023; MEMO: Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said the Turkish army will continue its military operations against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria and the Kurdistan workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.
He pointed out that the Turkish military operations target the strategic objectives of these groups.
According to the Turkish chief diplomat, the PKK now dominates Sulaymaniyah, specifically the Talabani's party in Iraq, as well as penetrates strategic points and airports.
13 Apr 2023; MEMO: Hamas yesterday condemned the Israeli ban on Christians from the besieged Gaza Strip travelling to Jerusalem for Easter.
13 Apr 2023; MEMO: The famous Qatari writer and specialist in political sciences in Qatar University, Mohammad Al Misfer, called for Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to resign from his post for the sake of the Palestinian people's interests.
ANKARA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched his reelection campaign on Tuesday, with pledges to slash soaring inflation to single digits and boost economic growth.
"We will reduce the inflation to single digits again, and definitely, we will save our country from this problem," Erdogan told his supporters at the election campaign ceremony in the capital of Ankara.
CAIRO (AP) — In Egypt, state-owned companies bottle water, make dry pasta and cement, and run gas stations and fish farms.
Two of the most powerful economic players in the North African country have long been the government and military. For years, they have faced criticism from economists and international lenders that this approach is stifling economic growth.
Increasing pressure, brought on by high inflation and a currency crisis, led Egypt to vow things would finally change.
Islamabad, Apr 11 (PTI) Amid a surge in attacks by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the banned militant group was still using Afghan soil to carry out attacks inside the country, a media report said on Tuesday.
Asif expressed his concern at the TTP using neighbouring Afghanistan for terrorism in an interview with the Voice of America on Monday, the Dawn newspaper reported.
11 Apr 2023; MEMO: The Algerian army's Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Said Chengriha, yesterday started an official visit to Brazil, the Ministry of National Defence said in a statement.
Serving as representative of the president, the supreme chief of the Armed Forces, and the minister of national defence, Chengriha will take part in the 13th Defence and Security Exhibition (LAAD-2023), organised in Rio De Janeiro from 11-14 April, the ministry added in its statement.
11 Apr 2023; MEMO: The head of the Iranian army, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, responded today to the claim by Israel's chief of staff that the occupation state is capable of striking Iran without the help of the US, it has been reported on Quds Force channel.
11 Apr 2023; MEMO: Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop called for pushing the international community to hold Israel responsible for the "war crimes" and "violations of international law" that it committed against Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Mosque
Sentop's remarks came during a videoconference held yesterday for the Union of Parliaments of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the Muslim holy site.
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