RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s government has denied reports that the country’s security forces may have used spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group to eavesdrop on the cellphones of France’s president and other public figures.
The French prime minister said Wednesday that multiple investigations are under way into any eventual wrongdoing.
21 July 2021; MEMO: Egypt announced Tuesday the release of more than 2,000 prisoners on instructions from President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, according to state media, Anadolu Agency reported.
Al-Sisi issued a pardon for 2,075 prisoners to mark the Eid al-Adha holiday that commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim, or Abraham, to sacrifice his son at God's command before the last-minute divine substitute of a ram.
20 July 2021; MEMO: Iran imposed a one-week lockdown in the capital and a nearby province on Tuesday as daily COVID-19 caseloads hit a record high amid a fifth wave of the pandemic, state television reported, says Reuters.
The lockdown affects Tehran and Alborz provinces, with only essential businesses allowed to stay open. Most offices, theatres and sports facilities must shut down in an effort to prevent the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the TV said.
21 July 2021; MEMO: "Those who criticise Turkey with the Cyprus Peace Operation continue to distort the historical facts", the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Ersin Tatar, said on Tuesday.
DAMASCUS, Jul 20 (NNN-SANA) – Israel carried out a missile attack against military sites, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, on Monday night, it was reported today.
The attack targeted military sites, in the Safira area, in southern Aleppo, the report said.
The air defences intercepted most of the missiles, before they could hit their targets, it added.
Israel has repeatedly attacked military sites in Syria, claiming that, they are positions of Iranian-backed militias.
RIYADH, Jul 20 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that, the Hajj season is so far free from COVID-19 and other contagious diseases, Al Ekhbariay TV reported.
The Health Ministry Spokesman, Mohammed Al-Abdulaali, told a press conference that, the health condition of pilgrims is reassuring and there is no Hajj-related COVID-19 case in the kingdom.
Health sectors are standing by, to implement the precautionary plans and manage the crowds, he added.
NICOSIA, July 20 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday peace talks on the future of ethnically divided Cyprus can take place only between "the two states" on the Mediterranean island, in comments sure to further annoy Greek Cypriots and the EU.
Turkish Cypriot officials also announced plans for the potential resettlement of a small part of the now abandoned Greek Cypriot suburb of Varosha on the island's east coast.
19 July 2021; MEMO: Turkish security forces have detained nearly 1,500 irregular migrants in the last week, most of them Afghans, near the southeastern border with Iran, officials said, amid rising violence in Afghanistan, Reuters reported.
The officials from a local governorate and the Interior Ministry said 1,456 migrants had been detained since July 10 near Mount Erek in eastern Van province, as well as 11 human traffickers who brought them into Turkey.
20 July 2021; MEMO: Turkey has administered nearly 63.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since it launched a mass vaccination campaign in January, according to figures released on Monday, reports Anadolu Agency.
The country continues its intensive vaccination campaign to curb the spread of coronavirus, and all residents aged 18 and over are eligible for vaccine shots.
According to the Health Ministry, nearly 39.1 million people have received their first dose, while over 21 million are fully vaccinated.
20 July 2021; MEMO: With the right policies, Turkey could play a crucial role in Libya's reconstruction period, a top business leader said, reports Anadolu Agency.
Murtaza Karanfil, the head of Turkey-Libya Business Council of the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), told Anadolu Agency in an interview that Turkey is not seen as a colonial state in the region as many other countries.
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