29 Aug 2021; AA: The Turkish Red Crescent on Saturday distributed food packages to 100 families in the Afghan capital Kabul.
The distribution ceremony, held at the local Afghan Red Crescent Society, was attended by the group’s head Mevlevi Sifatullah Qureshi and staffers of the Turkish Red Crescent Afghanistan delegation.
Speaking at the ceremony, Qureshi thanked the Turkish Red Crescent for its timely aid delivery.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The capital of the United Arab Emirates on Sunday ordered all residents who received the Chinese state-backed Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine over six months ago to get a booster shot by September 20, adding that recipients of other vaccines do not need the third dose.
The UAE became the first country worldwide to formally offer the booster regimen earlier this year, following reports of Sinopharm recipients seeking the third shot amid concerns about an insufficient antibody response.
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday visited Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, which suffered widespread destruction during the war to defeat the Islamic State group in 2017. He vowed to fight alongside regional governments against terrorism.
Macron said IS carried out deadly attacks throughout the world from its self-declared caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq. He said IS did not differentiate between people’s religion and nationality when it came to killing, noting that the extremists killed many Muslims.
29 Aug 2021; MEMO: Turkey on Sunday warned Greece against "expansionist attitudes," saying it is just chasing a "vain hope", reports Anadolu Agency.
"Greece should see that it cannot get anywhere with expansionist attitudes, approaches, and provocative behaviors and these policies are far from mathematics, reason, and understanding, and mean nothing but chasing a vain hope," Hulusi Akar said in Edirne, a northwestern province bordering Greece.
29 Aug 2021; MEMO: Israeli airstrikes on Gaza were reported early Sunday.
Strikes hit a location used by Hamas' armed wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and a farm, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter, citing witnesses.
Palestinian authorities did not comment about if the strikes caused any casualties.
Israeli said it targeted a training field and arms production facility belong to Hamas in response to fire balloons sent to its territory from Gaza.
29 Aug 2021; MEMO: Saudi-Iranian talks are ongoing in Baghdad to reach an understanding for ending the rift between the two neighbors, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said, reports Anadolu Agency.
On Saturday, Iraq hosted a conference to promote regional cooperation, with the participation of several countries, including Saudi Arabia and Iran.
"What we understand from both sides is that they have a great desire to reach positive results to solve stuck problems between the two countries," Hussein said.
28 Aug 2021; MEMO: A Tunisian judge has deplored President Kais Saied's appointment of one of "the executioners of the Gafsa mining basin uprising" as head of the Intelligence Directorate at the Interior Ministry on account of his record of human rights violations.
27 Aug 2021; MEMO: An Israeli court has upheld a travel ban imposed upon Palestinian activist Hanadi Al-Halawani, who has been barred from leaving the occupied West Bank to travel abroad until 19 January next year. The renewed ban was handed to her yesterday after she was summoned for interrogation by the Israel Defence Forces in occupied Jerusalem.
28 Aug 2021; MEMO: Chief of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh announced on Friday that his movement rejects settlement projects for Palestinians in Jordan, news agencies reported.
Haniyeh and former Hamas chief, Khaled Mashaal, visited Amman to attend the funeral of former Hamas official Ibrahim Ghosheh, who passed away at 85 years old.
28 Aug 2021; MEMO: Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah revealed on Friday an agreement with Iran to start loading a third ship of oil derivatives to sail to Lebanon.
This came in a televised speech delivered by Nasrallah on the fourth anniversary of the Second Liberation, which was broadcast by some Lebanese channels, including pro-Hezbollah Al-Manar TV channel.
Nasrallah stated:
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