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26 June 2021; MEMO: The Biden administration has hinted that it does not recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, in a policy reversal viewed as a "significant blow" to the occupation state. The south-western Syrian territory was seized by Israel's war of aggression in 1967 but its sovereignty over the region has never been recognised by the international community.

25 June 2021; MEMO: The US has reiterated its recognition that the Yemeni government is the only internationally-recognised legitimate authority in the country.

The US Department of State announced in tweets published on Friday: "We have seen some false media reports about the recent statements of the US Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, regarding the Houthis and the conflict in Yemen."

25 June 2021; MEMO: Over 70 House Democrats are urging US President Joe Biden to reverse the Trump administration's "abandonment of longstanding, bipartisan US policy" relating to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, including support for a two-state solution.

Washington, Jun 26 (PTI) India is an "incredibly important" partner to the US in the region and globally, the White House has said, underlining that America is working with the country on wide-ranging issues like economic, strategic and security.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Friday said that the US took a range of steps to help India to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

24 June 2021; MEMO: Major United States Republican Senator James Risch is continuing to block $50 million in economic aid to Palestinians, despite promises of help by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

25 June 2021; MEMO: The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) yesterday condemned the US Justice Department's seizure of 33 media websites, describing it as "piracy" against Palestinian and Arab media outlets.

25 June 2021; MEMO: A translator working for the US Department of Defence in the Pentagon has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for exposing US informants in Iraq. Mariam Thompson, an American citizen born in Lebanon, passed their names to a person affiliated with Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia militia.

Washington, Jun 24 (AP-PTI) The Biden administration is stepping up preparation for relocating tens of thousands of Afghan interpreters and others who worked with US forces during the war to other countries as their applications for US entry are processed, a senior administration official said Thursday.

22 June 2021; MEMO: Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) is calling on members of Congress to interrogate Egypt's intelligence chief about reports that Cairo was involved in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

18 June 2021; MEMO: Two Yemeni men held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba since 2004 have been cleared for transfer to another country, a US review board determined last week, Reuters reports.

Abd Al-Salam Al-Hilah and Sharqawi Abdu Ali Al-Hajj were both cleared for transfer as President Joe Biden's administration has revived a goal of closing the prison that came to symbolise the excesses of the US "war on terror".