News 16 Jan 2021 Regional ramifications as Trump seeks to include Israel in CENTCOM Israel will be the 21st country under CENTCOM. Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: Regional ramifications as Trump seeks to include Israel in CENTCOM Meet the Middle East
News 16 Jan 2021 Kinneret levels rising due to increased rainfall in Israel Due to the high levels of rain the past several years, in addition to this winter's rain, the Kinneret water level is 3.055 meters above the lower red line level.… Meet the Middle East
News 16 Jan 2021 What's behind long-awaited Palestinian polls? The announcement of May elections comes more than 15 years after Palestine's last polls.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: What's behind long-awaited Palestinian polls? Meet the Middle East
News 16 Jan 2021 47-year-old COVID-19 patient dies after ventilator tube detaches Sourasky Medical Center to increase coronavirus staffing, reduce patients in other areas of the hospital. Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: 47-year-old COVID-19 patient dies after ventilator tube detaches Meet the Middle East
News 16 Jan 2021 Iranian forces in east Syria redeploy after airstrikes The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its militias in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, are trying to avoid further losses from suspected Israeli airstrikes by redeploying, hiding inside residential neighborhoods in… Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jan 2021 In pictures: Thick fog covers city of Dubai Residents of the UAE’s Dubai took to Twitter and other social media platforms to share pictures and videos of Sunday morning’s thick, heavy fog that was seen across the city.For… Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jan 2021 Lives on the line if world fails with COVID-19 vaccine logistics, warns COVAX chief While governments race to distribute COVID-19 vaccines within their borders, public health experts have cautioned that global consensus is a must for ensuring that the critical medicine reaches all places… Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jan 2021 Egyptian who ruled in favor of ceding key islands to Saudi Arabia voted parliament speaker Egypt’s parliament elected Hanafy Ali el-Gebaly as its new speaker, raising controversy as Gebaly chaired the Supreme Constitutional Court that validated an agreement under which Egypt agreed to transfer the… Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jan 2021 Coronavirus: Oman to close land ports starting Monday due to COVID-19 Oman said on Sunday it will close its land ports starting on Monday to curb the spread of the coronavirus, according to the official Oman News Agency.For more coronavirus news,… Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jan 2021 Beirut blast chemicals possibly linked to Syrian businessmen: Report, company filing The company that bought the ammonium nitrate which exploded in Beirut last August had possible links to two Syrian businessmen under US sanctions for ties to President Bashar al-Assad, according… Meet the Middle East
