01 September 2022; MEMO: Clashes among rival Shia Muslim militants in the Iraqi city of Basra have killed at least four people, security officials said on Thursday, as violence from a worsening political crisis hit the south of the country, Reuters reports.
The unrest began with two days of intense street fighting in Baghdad earlier in the week, the worst the Iraqi capital has seen for years.
02 September 2022; MEMO: Palestinian prisoners have suspended a mass hunger strike scheduled to start yesterday after the Israeli prison administration accepted their demands to reverse punitive measures imposed against them for months, the Supreme National Emergency Committee of the National Captive Movement, which manages the prisoners' protests, said in a statement.
02 September 2022; MEMO: United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday for talks with Palestinian officials in the territory, Anadolu News Agency reports.
The envoy crossed into Gaza from Israel through the Erez terminal, a local security source said.
No information was provided about the meetings the UN Envoy will hold in Gaza.
BAGHDAD, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Clashes among rival Shi'ite Muslim militants in the Iraqi city of Basra have killed at least four people, security officials said on Thursday, as violence from a worsening political crisis hit the south of the country.
The unrest began with two days of intense street fighting in Baghdad earlier in the week, the worst the Iraqi capital has seen for years.
The crisis amounts to a power struggle between the powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and mostly Iran-aligned Shi'ite parties and paramilitary groups.
BEIRUT (AP) — Forty years since Hezbollah was founded at the height of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the group has morphed from a ragtag organization to the largest and most heavily armed militant group in the Middle East.
The Iranian-armed and funded Hezbollah, which has marked the anniversary with ceremonies in its strongholds in recent weeks, dominates Lebanon’s politics and plays an instrumental role in spreading Tehran’s influence throughout the Arab world.
31 August 2022; MEMO: Greek air missile system locked on its fighter jets flying in international airspace over the Aegean Sea is an act against NATO, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during his 30th of August Victory Speech, local media reports.
31 August 2022; MEMO: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi yesterday threatened to submit his resignation "if [protesters] want to continue to stir up chaos, conflict, discord, and strife" and confirmed that an investigation will take place to determine who opened fire on demonstrators and those who fired missiles at the Green Zone in central Baghdad.
31 August 2022; MEMO: A manager with Google in the US has resigned due to what she described as retaliation, a hostile environment and illegal measures by the company following her support for a letter from Google and Amazon employees protesting against the companies' $1.2 billion collaboration with the Israeli military on a programme called Project Nimbus. The project facilitates surveillance of Palestinians and helps to expand Israeli settlements, all of which are illegal under inter
31 August 2022; MEMO: Turkiye's annual inflation is expected to exceed 81per cent in August after the central bank delivered an unexpected rate cut despite continuing price pressures, a Reuters poll showed today, and it was seen declining to just below 71 per cent by end-2022.
Inflation has surged since last autumn when the lira slumped after the central bank gradually cut its policy rate by 500 basis points to 14 per cent in an easing cycle sought by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
01 September 2022; MEMO: The United Nations Security Council yesterday extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for an additional year, Anadolu news agency reported.
Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, welcomed the extension saying it would enhance the "stability" that southern Lebanon enjoys thanks to the close cooperation between the Lebanese army and UNIFIL.
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