15 August 2022; MEMO: Israel hit Iranian targets in a series of strikes yesterday near the ancestral home region of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, and close to Russia's main Syrian bases on the Mediterranean coast, regional intelligence and Syrian military sources said, Reuters reported.
14 August 2022; MEMO: Kuwait has appointed an ambassador to Iran, both countries said on Sunday, more than six years after recalling its top envoy to Tehran in solidarity with Saudi Arabia after it severed ties with the Islamic Republic in 2016, Reuters reports.
Ambassador Bader Abdullah Al-Munaikh handed his credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran on Saturday, Iran's foreign ministry said on its website. Kuwait's foreign ministry confirmed Munaikh was appointed envoy to Iran.
14 August 2022; MEMO: Around 20 years ago, Mohammad Nassar, 62, lost his son, Shadi, who was participating in resistance activities against the Israeli occupation during the second Palestinian intifada, Anadolu Agency reports.
Nassar has since been in a constant struggle to retrieve Shadi's body from Israeli authorities.
14 August 2022; MEMO: Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said Sunday it does not have the authority to dissolve the country's parliament, Anadolu Agency reports.
On Wednesday, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the council, Iraq's highest judicial authority, to dissolve the assembly amid a deep political crisis in the country.
The council said in a statement that it had discussed al-Sadr's request to dissolve the Parliament and found that it has no authority to disband it.
14 August 2022; MEMO: A Turkish military delegation will visit the US on Monday for talks on the sale of F-16 jets to Turkiye, Anadolu Agency reports.
Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar previously announced that a team will hold the third round of bilateral technical talks following up on US President Joe Biden's pledge to deliver F-16 fighter jets to Turkiye.
15 August 2022; MEMO: NGOs and Civil Society Networks from Europe, Asia, North America and Africa have signed an open letter to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation criticising their silence over the recent attacks on Palestinians and their increasing silence over the issue of Palestine.
The letter, organised by the Decolonial International Network and the Universal Justice Network, is co-signed by dozens of organisations and networks from as far afield as Nigeria, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Iran, UK, Lebanon and Pakistan.
RIYADH, Aug 14 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that, it has allowed all types of visitors, including those holding tourist visas, to perform the Umrah (minor Hajj) in the kingdom, it was reported.
The decision, which is valid for the new Umrah season, that began on Jul 30, aims to enrich Umrah performers’ cultural and religious experience, said the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah.
Visitors eligible for on-arrival visas or e-visas and holders of U.S., British or Schengen visa are also included.
KUWAIT, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Kuwait has appointed an ambassador to Iran, both countries said on Sunday, more than six years after recalling its top envoy to Tehran in solidarity with Saudi Arabia after it severed ties with the Islamic Republic in 2016.
Ambassador Bader Abdullah Al-Munaikh handed his credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran on Saturday, Iran's foreign ministry said on its website. Kuwait's foreign ministry confirmed Munaikh was appointed envoy to Iran.
Iran already has an ambassador in Kuwait.
BEIRUT, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The father of a man charged with attempting to murder novelist Salman Rushdie has locked himself in at his home in southern Lebanon and is refusing to speak to anyone, town mayor Ali Tehfe said on Sunday.
The suspect in Friday's attack in New York state has been identified by police as 24-year-old Hadi Matar from New Jersey. He has pleaded not guilty. Matar is originally Lebanese and his family comes from the south Lebanon town of Yaroun.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot announced on Sunday that he has joined the alliance of two government ministers to run for the November parliamentary elections.
Eisenkot said in a statement that he has teamed up with an alliance led by Benny Gantz, Israel's defense minister and leader of the centrist alliance Blue and White, and Gideon Sa'ar, the justice minister and leader of the right-wing New Hope party.
The new three-way alliance will be headed by Gantz, with Sa'ar as his second and Eisenkot in the third place.
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