15 Dec 2022; MEMO: The Israeli occupation army destroyed the main water pipelines in the village of Al-Auja, in the north-east of Jericho, reported Wafa news agency.
The destruction is seen as being part of the apartheid state's efforts to control all water sources in the occupied Palestinian territories.
15 Dec 2022; MEMO: The UK and Saudi Arabia are to deepen military ties following the signing of a new defence co-operation plan earlier this week. Riyadh's Defence Minister Prince Khalid Bin Salman, who is the younger brother of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salam met with UK Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, in London to agree details of the plan.
16 Dec 2022; MEMO: Israeli settlers today vandalised a Palestinian school for boys with rocks and stones in the village of Urif, based south of Nablus, reported Wafa news agency.
According to Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the Nablus district, more than 40 settlers made their way into the village and pelted the local secondary boys' school with rocks, smashing the solar panels used to supply electricity to the school.
16 Dec 2022; MEMO: Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday pledged that under his leadership "no one will go to prison for learning Torah", thus providing ultra-orthodox parties a army service waiver.
Netanyahu's pledge was made during talks with representatives of United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and Shas during discussions on the exemption of yeshiva students from military service.
16 Dec 2022; MEMO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has proposed the formation of a trilateral mechanism with Russia and Syria to help end the war in Syria, Reuters reported.
"First our intelligence agencies, then defence ministers, and then foreign ministers could meet. After their meetings we as the leaders may come together. I offered it to [Russian President] Mr Putin and he has a positive view on it," Erdogan was cited as saying.
BAGHDAD, Dec 15 (NNN-NINA) – Three Iraqi soldiers and a civilian were killed, while several others were wounded, in two roadside bomb attacks by Daesh militants, in central and northern Iraq yesterday, security sources said.
A roadside bomb detonated near the army patrol, in a village of the Tarmiyah area, some 30 km north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing a regiment commander and two soldiers of the Iraqi ground forces, said the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command.
ANKARA, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that he has suggested to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a trilateral meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and trilateral steps on security issues.
"As of now, we want to take a step as Syria-Türkiye-Russia trio," Erdogan told reporters during his flight back from Turkmenistan when asked about Türkiye's security concerns in northern Syria.
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Business is bouncing back in Bethlehem after two years in the doldrums during the coronavirus pandemic, lifting spirits in the traditional birthplace of Jesus ahead of the Christmas holiday.
Streets are bustling with tour groups. Hotels are fully booked, and months of deadly Israeli-Palestinian fighting appears to be having little effect on the vital tourism industry.
14 Dec 2022; MEMO: Israeli decisions and policies regarding the Gaza Strip will remain under the control of the defence minister, the Israel Defence Forces confirmed yesterday.
According to Army Radio, Gaza policies will remain under the minister's control despite the appointment by Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu of far-right extremist Bezalel Smotrich MK as the new Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).
14 Dec 2022; MEMO: Greek police have raided the offices of an intelligence company owned by a former Israeli army intelligence officer, amid a scandal caused by its spyware targeting Greek opposition politicians, journalists and possibly civilians.
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