Middle East Experience

Here are all the top stories dominating headlines in Qatar: 🇱🇧 Qatar sends 70 tonnes of food to Lebanon military 🦠 Phase three being lifted tomorrow 🇸🇾 Qatar Charity begins work on largest housing projects for displaced Syrians ⚽ FIFA 2022 World Cup trophy arrives in Qatar..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: The Round Up | 8 July 2021 – Doha News | Qatar

UAE and Iran officials met in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and discussed enhancing ties, in a possible sign of improving relations between Gulf countries and Tehran..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: In rare meeting, UAE, Iran discuss enhancing ties

It’s time for ‘revenge’ summer shopping..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Summer Fashion 2021: Bold, bright and ‘revenge’ vibe is the name of the game

Maccabi Haifa and Kairat Almaty played to a 1-1 draw in UEFA Champions League qualifying first-round, first-leg action at Sammy Ofer Stadium late Wednesday night.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Maccabi Haifa opens qualifying campaign with draw vs Kairat

The majority of people with serious cases had an underlying medical condition before contracting the virus.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: What you need to know about Israel's serious COVID-19 patients

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is set to address a European Union forum on Monday. The last Foreign Minister to do was was Tzipi Livni, over 12 years ago.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: For first time in over 12 years Israeli FM to address top EU body

The agreement reached between Lapid and Safadi builds on Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's decision to sell up to 50 cubic meters of water to Jordan during the current water year, Lapid said.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Lapid helps ink large water deal in Jordan, but ties still tense

Israel hit Hamas militant sites in Gaza with air strikes on Friday in retaliation for incendiary balloon launches from the Palestinian enclave, in the latest unrest since a ceasefire ended May’s conflict.Security sources with Hamas, the Islamist group that runs Israeli-blockaded Gaza, said the strikes hit training sites. There were no injuries reported.A statement from Israel’s army said: “In response to the arson balloons fired towards Israeli territory today, (military) fighter jets struck... a weapons manufacturing site belonging to the Hamas terror organization.”For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.On Thursday, Israel’s fire service said that incendiary balloon launches from Gaza had sparked four minor fires in the southern Eshkol region, on the Gaza border.The blazes were “small and not dangerous” and were quickly brought under control, a statement from the fire service said.“A fire investigator... determined that all the fires were caused by incendiary balloons (from Gaza)”, the statement said.Eleven days of deadly fighting between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas Islamist rulers, as well as other Palestinian armed groups based in the enclave, ended on May 21 with a ceasefire declaration.There was no immediate indication as to which Gaza-based group was responsible for the balloon launch.There have been multiple flare-ups since the ceasefire, including a series of balloon launches last month. Israel has responded with air strikes.Following an exchange of fire on June 18, Israeli army chief ordered forces to be ready “for a variety of scenarios including a resumption of hostilities.”The conflict killed 260 Palestinians including some fighters, according to Gaza authorities.In Israel, 13 people were killed, including a soldier, by rockets fired from Gaza, the police and army said.Israel has maintained a crippling blockade on Gaza since 2007, the year Hamas took power, which Tel Aviv says is necessary to contain armed groups in the enclave.
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Israel strikes Gaza in retaliation after incendiary balloon launch

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed a $60 million deal with the World Food Program (WFP) to ensure that the food needs of nearly 50 million people in Yemen are met, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Thursday.The deal was signed by WFP Executive Director David Beasley and KSrelief’s Supervisor General Dr Abdullah al-Rabeeah on the sidelines of the G20 development ministers meeting in Brindisi, southern Italy.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The Kingdom’s donation comes as local and international organizations struggle to provide aid amid the ongoing conflict, economic decline, and the impact of COVID-19 on millions of Yemenis, the WFP said in a statement.The program, which will last for six months, aims to secure 68,545 tons of food for more than 4,900,000 people suffering from acute food insecurity in 15 Yemeni governorates, according to SPA.“We are currently witnessing an alarming deterioration of the food security situation in Yemen that goes beyond any levels seen before, with 5 million people just a step away from famine,” said Beasley.“We are grateful to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for this urgently needed contribution to WFP’s life-saving operation, without which our large-scale and complex humanitarian response in the country cannot be sustained,” he added.For his part, al-Rabeeah said that the donation shows that the humanitarian needs of the Yemeni people are a priority for the Kingdom.“This program will contribute to providing food security to the largest possible number of needy people in different Yemeni governorates…Signing the program comes as an extension of humanitarian projects and programs being provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through KSrelief, for Yemen, whereas the number of projects reached 597, at a total cost of more than $3.771 billion,” SPA quoted the supervisor general as saying.Read more:Saudi Arabia to become regional hub for COVID-19 vaccines, supplies: KSrelief chiefKSrelief supervisor general, UNHCR representative discuss humanitarian projectsSaudi Arabia pledges $430 mln for humanitarian response plan in Yemen
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: KSrelief, WFP sign mln deal to provide food security for millions in Yemen

All US and NATO troops have left Bagram Air Base, a US defense official told AFP Friday, signaling the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan was imminent.“All coalition forces are off Bagram,” the official – who asked not to be identified – said without specifying when the last US and NATO troops left the base, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Kabul.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.He did not say when the base will be officially handed over to Afghan forces.The US military and NATO are in the final stages of winding up 20 years of military involvement in Afghanistan, bringing home the remaining troops by a deadline of September 11.The Taliban have launched relentless offensives across Afghanistan in the past two months, gobbling up dozens of districts as Afghan security forces have largely consolidated their power in the vicinity of the country’s major urban areas.The ability of Afghan forces to maintain control over the vital Bagram airfield will likely prove pivotal to maintaining security in the nearby capital Kabul and keeping pressure on the Taliban.For decades, the base served as the linchpin for US strategic operations in the rugged country, where the long war against the Taliban and their al-Qaeda allies was fought with airstrikes and resupply missions stemming from the airfield.Over the years, the mini-city has been visited by hundreds of thousands of US and NATO service members and contractors.Read more:Italy completes troop pullout from AfghanistanTop US general says security in Afghanistan deterioratingViolence intensifies across Afghanistan’s central and northern provinces: Officials
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: All US, NATO troops left Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base: Official