Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday appeared to criticize ally Hezbollah for blocking the country’s cabinet meetings for the past two months, which have further added to ongoing economic woes plaguing the country. The country’s government was formed in September 2020 amid financial troubles following the devastating explosion at the Beirut port in August 2020. The government of 24 ministries…
Bird Flu Kills Thousands of Cranes in Israel, Poultry Also Culled
JERUSALEM—An outbreak of avian flu has killed more than 5,000 migratory cranes in Israel, prompting authorities to declare a popular nature reserve off-limits to visitors and warn of a possible egg shortage as poultry birds are culled as a precaution. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met his national security adviser and other experts to discuss efforts…
Yemen’s Houthis Say Allowed Temporary Resumption of UN Humanitarian Flights to Sanaa Airport
CAIRO—The aviation authority run by the Houthi administration in Yemen has allowed temporary resumption of flights by the United Nations and other organizations to Sanaa international airport on Monday, the Houthi-run Saba news agency said. The Iran-aligned Houthi movement said earlier this month that the capital’s airport had been put out of operation after air…
Turkish Lira Declines Against Dollar Again Amid Concerns Over Erdogan’s Monetary Policy
December 27, 2021
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The Turkish Lira slid against the dollar yet again on Monday amid ongoing investor concerns over President Tayyip Erdogan’s monetary policy. The decline follows a rollercoaster ride of volatility that saw the currency surge more than 50 percent last week after the country’s government announced a number of measures to safeguard deposits held in lira against currency fluctuations….
Bodies of Migrants Drowned in English Channel Returned to Iraq
At least 16 bodies of Iraqi Kurdish migrants who died trying to cross the English Channel last month have arrived in northern Iraq on Sunday. The Nov. 24 disaster, during which 27 people died, has been described as the worst on record involving illegal immigrants trying to cross the perilous passage to Britain from France. The…
Israel Orders Thousands of Pfizer’s Oral COVID Treatment After Granting Emergency Use Approval
Israel’s Health Ministry on Sunday granted emergency approval to an anti-viral oral COVID-19 medication developed by pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Officials ordered roughly 100,000 doses of the pills in an effort to help combat a new coronavirus wave brought about by the fast-spreading Omicron variant. The doses are expected to arrive in the country by Wednesday at the earliest, Hebrew-language Channel…
Israel Halts Rollout of 4th COVID Shot, Opts for Hospital Trial to Check Efficacy and Safety
December 26, 2021
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JERUSALEM—Israel’s Health Ministry has halted the national rollout of a fourth vaccine dose for those over 60 or at risk of severe disease that was set to begin on Sunday, opting instead for a hospital trial to address the debate over whether there is sufficient scientific information available to justify another booster drive. A major Israeli hospital will…
Israel Plans to Double Settlement in Golan Heights
MEVO HAMA, Golan Heights—Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday the country intends to double the amount of settlers living in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights with a multimillion-dollar plan meant to further consolidate Israel’s hold on the territory it captured from Syria more than five decades ago. Bennett said the new investment in the region…
Iran-Aligned Houthis Have Fired 430 Missiles, 851 Drones Into Saudi Arabia Since 2015: Saudi General
RIYADH—The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthi group in Yemen said on Sunday that the Houthis have fired 430 ballistic missiles and 851 armed drones into Saudi Arabia since the war started in 2015, killing 59 Saudi civilians. The spokesman of the Saudi alliance, General Turki al-Malki, said the Iran-aligned movement had been using Sanaa airport…
Iran Says It Fired 16 Ballistic Missiles During Annual Drill
TEHRAN, Iran—Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard fired more than a dozen surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday. The report said the Guard fired 16 missiles during an ongoing major military exercise across the country’s south. It said the name of missiles were Emad, Ghadr, Sejjil, Zalzal, Dezful, and Zolfaghar and that…
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