BEIRUT, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Syria's Prime Minister Hussein Arnous on Thursday said the support and assistance offered by Lebanon have greatly alleviated the consequences of the disastrous earthquake in his country.
BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations chief on Wednesday praised Iraq for repatriating citizens detained in neighboring Syria on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State group and pledged international support for the country’s efforts to regain stability and security.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres spoke to reporters during a rare visit to Baghdad, his first in six years, ahead of this month’s 20-year anniversary of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British navy seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile assemblies during a raid on a small boat heading from Iran likely to Yemen, authorities said Thursday, the latest such seizure in the Gulf of Oman.
1 Mar 2023; MEMO: Iran's Armed Forces have launched a large-scale military exercise covering two-thirds of Iranian airspace with the aim of testing capabilities in the event of an attack on sensitive facilities.
Iranian state TV said the manoeuvres are taking place with the participation of the air defence divisions of the army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
1 Mar 2023; MEMO: The former chief of Israel's Shin Bet security service, on Wednesday, termed the coalition government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as "a government of terror", Anadolu News Agency reports.
Speaking at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv in central Israel, Yuval Diskin warned of a civil war in Israel due to a proposed judicial overhaul by the Netanyahu's government.
1 Mar 2023; MEMO: Protesters against the Israeli government's controversial judicial reform plan today launched a "National Day of Disruption" by blocking roads and marching in cities across the country. At least 22 people have been arrested on charges including assaulting police officers, disrupting traffic and refusing orders to leave major junctions and roadways.
1 Mar 2023; MEMO: Iran's President, Ebrahim Raisi, on Wednesday ordered a time-bound investigation into the poisoning of schoolgirls in different Iranian cities, Anadolu News Agency reports.
Chairing a cabinet meeting in the capital, Tehran, Raisi instructed Interior Minister, Ahmad Vahidi, to find the cause of the mysterious poisoning, which has sent hundreds of schoolgirls to hospitals in recent weeks, "as quickly as possible".
1 Mar 2023; MEMO: Turkish authorities have fined TikTok 1.75 million liras ($93,000) for not taking sufficient measures to protect users from unlawful processing of their data, the Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) said on Wednesday, Reuters reports.
1 Mar 2023; MEMO: Israeli police have arrested five suspects over a Jewish settler rampage and arson attack in the Occupied West Bank earlier this week that an Israeli General described as a "pogrom" and which followed a deadly Palestinian gun attack, Reuters reports.
1 Mar 2023; MEMO: Supplies of Russian flagship, Urals crude oil, to Turkiye reached a four-month high in February after STAR refinery, owned by Azerbaijan's oil firm, SOCAR, resumed purchases of the blend, data showed and four industry sources said on Wednesday.
Sea-borne Russian oil supplies are subject to an embargo by the European Union and the price is capped by the West to $60 per barrel over Moscow's actions in Ukraine, Reuters reports.
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