07 June 2021; MEMO: Turkey's environment minister pledged on Sunday to defeat a plague of "sea snot" threatening the Sea of Marmara with a disaster management plan he said would secure its future, reports Reuters.
A thick slimy layer of organic matter, known as marine mucilage, has spread through the sea south of Istanbul, posing a threat to marine life and the fishing industry.
07 June 2021; MEMO: The Iraqi Presidency yesterday called on Turkey to withdraw its troops from Iraq and condemned Ankara's bombing of Makhmour refugee camp in the north of the country which led to killing three people on Saturday.
07 June 2021; MEMO: Candidates in Iran's presidential election this month traded strong barbs in a debate on Saturday, accusing each other of treason or of lacking the education to run an economy devastated by three years of US sanctions, reports Reuters.
07 June 2021; MEMO: Even as the Egyptian-brokered indirect talks between Hamas and Israel are ongoing, Israeli security reports have emerged claiming that Egypt has changed and is now biased towards the Palestinian resistance movement, Sama reported on Sunday.
07 June 2021; MEMO: Israeli occupation forces and police carried out a detention campaign against journalists and activists in Sheikh Jarrah over the weekend, Arab48 and agencies reported.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Sunday detained two members of a prominent family in the contested Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem who led protests against attempts by Jewish settlers to evict dozens of Palestinian families from their homes in the area. The twin brother and sister were released later in the day.
ANKARA, Jun 5 (NNN-ANADOLU) – A Turkish soldier was killed and another was injured, in a rocket attack by “terrorists” in northern Syria, Turkey’s defence ministry said yesterday.
The attack happened in the Operation Olive Branch region, on Thursday, the ministry said in a statement.
The region is neighbouring the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). The Turkish army and the YPG members often clash in the region, as Turkey sees the group as the Syrian branch of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
CAIRO, Jun 6 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian and French naval forces carried out joint military drills in the Mediterranean Sea, with the participation of two frigates, one from each country, said the Egyptian army in a statement yesterday.
The training included the implementation of an air defence exercise, tactical exercises and electronic warfare exercises, it added.
The drills also included “training on maritime security operations that aim at locating surface and air threats.”
RABAT, Jun 6 (NNN-MAP) – Morocco and the United States will hold a joint military drill, with the participation of other foreign troops, from tomorrow, June 7-18, in several regions in Morocco.
The 17th edition of the annual military exercises named “African Lion” will be joined by troops from Britain, Brazil, Canada, Tunisia, Senegal, the Netherlands, and Italy, and observers from 30 countries, according to a statement reported yesterday by the General Staff of Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR).
06 June 2021; MEMO: Israeli police detained a Palestinian activist in a raid on her home in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, according to her family, reports Anadolu Agency.
Local residents said police raided the home of Muna al-Kurd, 23, and took her to an unknown destination.
Her father, Nabil al-Kurd, confirmed his daughter's detention by Israeli forces.
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