JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Wednesday approved a series of measures easing its blockade of the Gaza Strip, including opening the main commercial crossing with the Palestinian enclave to imports.
BEIRUT (AP) — Driving back to base after firing rockets toward Israeli positions from a border area last month, a group of Hezbollah fighters was accosted by angry villagers who smashed their vehicles’ windshields and held them up briefly.
It was a rare incident of defiance that suggested many in Lebanon would not tolerate provocations by the powerful group that risk triggering a new war with Israel.
AMMAN, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Syrian elite forces aided by pro-Iranian militias stepped up an offensive on Tuesday against a rebel enclave in a southwestern pocket bordering Jordan and Israel, according to residents, military and opposition sources.
Fighting escalated earlier this week after the collapse of a Russian peace plan meant to avert an all-out offensive against Deraa al-Balaad, the core of the city of Deraa that has defied state authority since surrounding Deraa province was recaptured by President Bashar al-Assad's forces in 2018.
31 Aug 2021; MEMO: The UN envoy for the Middle East peace process told the Security Council on Monday that the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip needs to be lifted fully.
31 Aug 2021; MEMO: The UN envoy to Libya has pointed out that although the necessary steps have been taken to hold elections in December, an official legal framework is still required. Jan Kubis made his comment at a meeting of Libya's neighbours in Algeria.
31 Aug 2021; MEMO: Iran plans to hold a fourth round of talks with regional rival Saudi Arabia in Iraq after the new Iranian government is set up, the Iranian ambassador in Baghdad was quoted as saying today, Reuters reported.
31 Aug 2021; MEMO: Seven Palestinian journalists were arrested by Israeli occupation forces on Friday while covering nonviolent protests in the occupied South Hebron Hills.
31 Aug 2021; MEMO: Palestinian media reported yesterday that an Israeli court rejecting the release of a Palestinian woman who is nine months pregnant and due to give birth in detention.
Twenty-five-year-old Al-Deek from the Kafr Ni'ma town west of Ramallah, who has two children, was detained when she was four months pregnant.
Istanbul, Aug 31 (AP-PTI) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken with the United Arab Emirates' de-facto leader, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, by telephone, Erdogan's office said late Monday, in a sign of easing tensions between the countries.
The two discussed their countries' relations and regional issues, according to a statement from the Turkish presidency. The statement did not say when the conversation took place.
ALGIERS, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The foreign ministers of Libya's neighboring countries are meeting on Monday in the Algerian capital Algiers as part of efforts aiming at helping Libyans to hold general elections set for December 24.
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