25 Aug 2021; MEMO: Amnesty International has said that waiving restrictions on US military assistance to Egypt risks America becoming complicit in human rights abuses.
The statement made by the advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa was in response to reported deliberations by the Biden administration to release $300 million of restricted military assistance to Egypt.
25 Aug 2021; MEMO: Head of the Ennahda Party, Rached Ghannouchi, yesterday dismissed members of the movement's executive office with the aim of introducing reforms to the party's structures.
A statement issued by the party said that Ghannouchi had decided to restructure the executive office "in a way that meets the requirements of the current situation and achieves required efficiency."
25 Aug 2021; MEMO: Twenty-nine people have died of coronavirus in Israel over a 24-hour period, the Ministry of Health announced last night, marking the highest death rate recorded in a single day since February.
Monday's death toll brings the total deaths in Israel due to infection with coronavirus to 6,856, Israel's Kan TV channel said.
25 Aug 2021; MEMO: Israeli warplanes last night carried out airstrikes in several sites across the Gaza Strip, local security sources said.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported no casualties, but farmers said the strikes caused much damage to their farms, particularly those in the eastern area of the Strip.
According to Israeli media, the occupation army claimed the strikes came in response to incendiary balloons being released from Gaza.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of Iran’s prison system acknowledged Tuesday that videos purportedly obtained by a self-described hacker group that show abuses at the Islamic Republic’s notorious Evin prison are real, saying he took responsibility for the “unacceptable behaviors.”
23 Aug 2021; MEMO: Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday stressed that "there is no turning back", in reference to the exceptional measures he took nearly one month ago.
In a statement, the Tunisian Presidency stated that "exceptional measures have been taken to protect the Tunisian state from collapsing in light of the unprecedented crisis and to put an end to choices that have increased the people's misery and poverty and robbed their strength and resources."
"There is no turning back," it added.
23 Aug 2021; MEMO: Jewish settlers this morning set fire to an olive grove in Burin town, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.
Local official Ghassan Daghlas said settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar stormed an agricultural area in the south of Burin and set ablaze dozens of olive trees in a grove belonging to a local resident.
23 Aug 2021; MEMO: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met with a delegation of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) led by French politician Thierry Mariani on Saturday. Speculation is mounting about the possibility of European states re-establishing ties with the regime in Damascus.
According to the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the delegation discussed with Assad the ongoing situation in his country and the region as a whole. They apparently attempted to come up with ways to improve it and implement changes.
23 Aug 2021; MEMO: Qatar's first legislative polls for two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council will be held on October 2, according to a decree issued by the ruling emir on Sunday and published by his office, reports Reuters.
Qataris will elect 30 members of the 45-seat body while Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will continue to appoint the remaining 15 members.
23 Aug 2021; MEMO: Turkey cannot bear the burden of a new wave of migrants, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned yesterday.
"Turkey is currently hosting around five million refugees," Erdogan told European Council President, Charles Michel, stressing that his country could not "support an additional migratory burden."
"You cannot expect Turkey to take on the responsibility of third countries," he said.
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