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Pentagon refutes reports of withdrawal of US forces from 3 Syria bases

05 Sep 2021; MEMO: The US Department of Defence has denied the validity of Iranian media reports about the withdrawal of US troops from its military bases in Syria.

A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed in a statement to the Russian RIA Novosti: "This is not true. The standards of our mission in Syria remain the same. We made calls this morning to confirm this."

India: Restrictions continue in Kashmir, Internet snapped again

Srinagar, Sep 4 (PTI) Restrictions on assembly of people remained in force in most parts of Kashmir Valley after the death of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani while mobile Internet services were suspended on Saturday morning after being restored the previous night, officials said.

Geelani, 91, died at his home in Srinagar on Wednesday night after a prolonged illness. The pro-Pakistan separatist leader, who spearheaded separatist politics for over three decades in Jammu and Kashmir, was buried at a mosque near his residence.

'Afghanistan evacuation revealed Europe's immigration incompetence'

03 Sep 2021; MEMO: The evacuation of people from Afghanistan revealed the European Union's incompetence in managing the migration issue, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said yesterday. Draghi told journalists in Rome that the problem lies "within the union itself."

Denouncing countries which have refused to accommodate Afghan refugees, Draghi warned that Afghanistan is witnessing a "terrible tragedy".

Under pressure, Israel agrees to release pregnant Palestinian mother

02 Sep 2021; MEMO: Israel's Ofer Military Court today agreed to release nine-month pregnant Anjhar Al-Deek, issuing 40,000 shekel ($12,500) bail and releasing her on house arrest, the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs Authority said today.

Twenty-five-year-old Al-Deek is from the Kafr Ni'ma town west of Ramallah and has been imprisoned for five months on charges of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack near an illegal settlement outpost, however no verdict has yet been issued against her yet.

Jordan, Egypt, Palestine reject Israel's attempts to change status quo in Jerusalem

03 Sep 2021; MEMO: The leaders of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority yesterday rejected Israel's illegal measures that undermine the two-state solution, the continued expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, land seizures, house demolitions and attempts to change the status quo in East Jerusalem.

UK Labour Party apologises for 'conference ban' on pro-Palestine group

02 Sep 2021; MEMO: Britain's Labour Party has become embroiled in another feud with its pro-Palestine members following reports that former leader Jeremy Corbyn and pressure group the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) have been banned from speaking later this month at the annual party conference.

India: Kashmiri leader Geelani laid to rest by Indian authorities, family denied burial at Idgah

Srinagar, Sep 2 (PTI) Pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani was buried near his residence quietly during the night before some of his close relatives and a posse of security forces as restrictions were imposed in the Kashmir valley for precautionary measure, which also included snapping of mobile and Internet connectivity.

All of Algeria standing against 'Morocco-Israel' alliance: Minister

02 Sep 2021; MEMO: The Algerian Minister of Communication Ammar Belhimer said all of the country's components stand against the Moroccan-Israeli alliance.

"Algeria represented by its people, constitutional institutions and developmental prospects are the subject of a real and systematic war from several parties, foremost of which is the Moroccan-Zionist alliance," Belhimer said in an interview with the Algerian Djalia newspaper.

33,000 children killed, maimed during US invasion of Afghanistan

31 Aug 2021; MEMO: Almost 33,000 children have been killed and maimed in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, an average of one child every five hours, Save the Children said as the last of the international military forces pulled out of Kabul today.

The aid organisation said the numbers were a devastating insight into the deadly cost of war on children.

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