09 July 2021; MEMO: Jordan's King Abdullah II yesterday received Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at his residence in the country's capital Amman to discuss regional developments.
09 July 2021; MEMO: Israel's Supreme Court yesterday refused a host of petitions against the country's Nation-State Law, local media has reported.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force commander brought one main directive for Iraqi militia faction leaders long beholden to Tehran, when he gathered with them in Baghdad last month: Maintain calm, until after nuclear talks between Iran and the United States.
But he was met with defiance. One of the six faction leaders spoke up in their meeting: They could not stay quiet while the death of his predecessor Qassim Soleimani and senior Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a U.S. drone strike went unavenged.
ANKARA, Jul 8 (NNN-ANADOLU) – A Turkish soldier was killed and three others injured, in the south-eastern province of Mardin, in cross-border gunfire from northern Syria, it was reported yesterday.
The gunfire hit a Turkish military vehicle patrolling near the border town of Senyurt, the report said.
The driver, identified as Cihan Ciftcibasi from the infantry, was shot and died later in hospital.
Three others were injured when Ciftcibasi lost control of the vehicle, which overturned later.
08 July 2021; MEMO: Palestinian citizens in Israel are planning to organise a Palestine Flag March on Friday in response to Israel's Flag March which is held annually in May.
TURMUS AYYA, West Bank, July 8 (Reuters) - Israel drew U.S. criticism on Thursday when it destroyed the family home of a Palestinian-American accused of involvement in a shooting that killed an Israeli and wounded two others in the occupied West Bank.
Muntasir Shalabi was indicted in an Israeli military court over the attack in May near the city of Nablus in which student Yehuda Guetta was shot dead.
07 July 2021; MEMO: Qatar Charity (QC) has hired more than 50,000 Palestinian graduates and creatives remote jobs through its 'Taqat' initiative.
Described as one of the world's "unique humanitarian initiatives," the initiative aims to alleviate the burden of unemployment, improve the economic situation of Palestinian families and strengthen the role of creative youth in need of work, Qatar News Agency reported.
07 July 2021; MEMO: Kuwaiti authorities arrested a political activist and prominent poet over tweets criticising the government, his family said on Wednesday, as a political crisis between the government and opposition weighs on the wealthy Gulf state, Reuters reports.
Jamal Al-Sayer, also a businessman, has been charged with "insulting the emir, spreading fake news that could harm the state's image and misusing his mobile phone", Muhannad Al- Sayer, his nephew and his lawyer, told Reuters.
08 July 2021; MEMO: US diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks over the past 24 hours, officials said yesterday, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi air base hosting US forces, wounding two American service members, Reuters reports.
While there were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks, analysts believe they were part of a campaign by Iranian-backed militias.
08 July 2021; MEMO: Hamas has sent threatening text messages to a large number of Israeli soldiers, Israeli TV Channel 20 revealed last night.
"We are able to reach you and launch rockets at the area of your residence," a text message, which was sent to Israeli soldiers, reads.
Channel 20 said the message was sent to Israeli soldiers from different battalions, noting that they immediately reported this to their commanders.
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