MEMO (Middle East Monitor) August 29, 2017 Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Eddine al-Othmani said that “employment and the creation of new jobs helps fighting back social unrest in the country.” Othmani was speaking on Monday during the first meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Employment in the capital Rabat. Al-Othmani ... Read More »
The Independent Jeremy B White 29 August, 2017 North Korea’s missile test over Japan is an “unprecedented, serious and grave threat” to the east Asian archipelago, the country’s government has said. Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, made the comments after a missile soared over the Japanese island of Hokkaido, ... Read More »
NBC News by Phil McCausland, Daniella Silva and Saphora Smith 27 August, 2017 HOUSTON — Rescuers answered thousands of calls from people trapped in Houston on Sunday as torrential rain from deadly Hurricane Harvey caused “catastrophic flooding” in the city and across southeast Texas, officials said. “This event is unprecedented ... Read More »
US researchers find heart attack survivors given anti-inflammatory injections have fewer future episodes and lower cancer risk The Guardian James Rudd August 28, 2017 Anti-inflammatory injections could lower the risk of heart attacks and may slow the progression of cancer, a study has found, in what researchers say is the ... Read More »
The move will mean the party would retain free movement for several years after leaving the EU The Independent Joe Watts 27 August, 2017 The architects of Labour’s Brexit policy have said they are ready to take a “political hit” after their plan to keep Britain in the single market ... Read More »
“Where is the wisdom in letting Daesh go after discovering the fate of our soldiers?” questioned Information Minister, Melhem Riachi, via Twitter on Sunday. “Wisdom lies in their captivity, trial..and destruction!” he exclaimed. Read More »
General Security Chief, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, disclosed Sunday that efforts are underway to retrieve the remains of the soldiers who were taken hostage by terrorists, indicating that the remains of six bodies believed to belong to the abducted soldiers have been recovered. “It has not been confirmed yet that ... Read More »
Within the framework of following-up on the fate of the kidnapped soldiers by Daesh terrorists, Army units found the remains of eight bodies in the locality of Wadi al-Dib in the outskirts of Arsal, which were transferred to the Central Military Hospital to conduct DNA tests and verify their identity, ... Read More »
Plight of ordinary people being overlooked amid focus on missile launches and rising tensions between Pyongyang and Washington The Guardian Justin McCurry 23 August, 2017 Sanctions and the worst drought for almost two decades threaten to cause severe hardship for millions of people in North Korea, while the country’s leadership ... Read More »
The president admitted: ‘My original instinct was to pull out’ but said he’d bowed to advice from officials, and claimed he’d take a much tougher line with Pakistan The Guardian Julian Borger 22 August, 2017 Donald Trump has announced he will prolong the US military intervention in Afghanistan, which he ... Read More »
Lebanese Ministry of Information
