Middle East Experience

In 2020, nine soldiers committed suicide. This comes as a slight decrease in comparison to the previous year, 2019, in which 12 soldiers committed suicide.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF ups efforts to prevent soldiers' suicides in 2021

A list of 315 incidents was attached to the indictment that include demands that the Walla website improve the coverage of Netanyahu and his family members.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Amended indictment for Case 4000 removes all mention of Netanyahu's family

Some 1,090,000 vaccinations had been administered as of Sunday morning, according to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel’s one millionth vaccine given to man jailed for manslaughter

Educator Moshe Tur-Paz raised by British parents
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Knesset to get its first Philadelphia-born MK: Moshe Tur-Paz

The attack on Yemen's Aden airport is an attack on the Riyadh Agreement, the United Arab Emirates’ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on Wednesday."The Aden airport attack targets the Riyadh Agreement and the prospects of stability and peace it holds for Yemen. The incitement, sabotage, violence and terrorism will fail in the face of the peace project led by Saudi Arabia for the good of Yemen and the region," Gargash said on Twitter.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.At least 26 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen.Hours after the attack, a second explosion was heard around Aden's Maasheq presidential palace where the cabinet members including Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik, as well as the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, had been taken to safely, residents and local media said.In the airport attack, loud blasts and gunfire were heard shortly after the plane arrived from Riyadh, witnesses said. A local security source said three mortar shells had landed on the airport's hall.Yemen's internationally recognised government and southern separatists formed a new power-sharing cabinet on December 18, and arrived in the southern city of Aden on Wednesday, days after being sworn in Saudi Arabia.Saudi Arabia had introduced the Riyadh Agreement in November 2019 to try to end the dispute in the country’s south that emerged in 2017.- With AgenciesRead more:Death toll of Yemen's Aden airport blast rises to 26: AFPOne Red Cross staff member killed in Yemen airport attack, 2 unaccounted for: ICRCAt least 13 killed in Aden airport attack after new Yemeni government lands
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: UAE's Gargash says Yemen's Aden airport blast is an attack on Riyadh agreement

Tehran's prosecutor-general accused UK security company G4S of playing a role in the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani by an American drone strike in January, the judiciary's official Mizan news agency reported.“One of the significant issues in this case is the role of the British firm G4S in the assassination of [Soleimani]… the firm was responsible for providing security at Baghdad airport. As soon as Soleimani and his comrades arrived at the airport, employees of the company provided information about them to the terrorists," said Ali Al-Qasi Mehr.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.G4S, which has been responsible for securing Baghdad International Airport since 2010, rejected the claim as "completely unfounded speculation" in a statement to Bloomberg."G4S wishes to make clear that it had absolutely no involvement in the attack on Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis," Bloomberg cited G4S as saying.The accusation comes days ahead of the first anniversary of Soleimani's assassination in US drone strike in Baghdad on January 3, which also killed leading Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.Iran had vowed to avenge Soleimani's death. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had said harsh revenge awaited the “criminals” who killed Soleimani and that his death, though bitter, would double the motivation of the resistance against the United States and Israel.Tensions between Washington and Tehran, which have been increasing since 2018 when US President Donald Trump withdrew from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal, reached historic heights in January when the US killed Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force, the overseas arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).- With AgenciesRead more:Iran’s army blames US along with Israel for Iranian nuclear scientist’s assassinationIran supreme leader vows ‘severe revenge’ for Soleimani killingIran will never forget the US killing of slain general Qassem Soleimani: Khamenei
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: UK's G4S security company had role in killing of Iran's Soleimani: Tehran Prosecutor

Syrian soldiers were reportedly killed when a bus was ambushed in the Deir ez-Zor province. There is significant conflict in the area where Kurdish, government and Islamic State forces all have a presence.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Bus attack leaves dozens dead in eastern Syria

For the first time in 46 years, Israel allowed Palestinians to enter al-Qa'oun valley in the northern Jordan Valley to cultivate their land. Despite the Palestinian Authority’s statement that this was in implementation of a judicial decision, Al-Monitor received information about Emirati-Israeli understandings that led to this action.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Was UAE behind Israeli decision to allow Palestinian farmers access to Jordan Valley?

The United Arab Emirates will impose restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 on New Year’s Eve gatherings, the country’s National Crisis and Emergency Authority (NCEMA) confirmed on Thursday.“Control teams will be activated at the state level to ensure compliance with the approved laws and procedures,” NCEMA said in a statement posted on Twitter.For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page. The announcement was made after the UAE recorded an increase of new coronavirus cases for four days in a row.New Year’s Eve gatherings of more than 30 people are banned in Dubai, as reported by state news agency WAM on December 26.Organizers that break the rule will face a fine of up to fifty thousand dirhams ($13,000), whilst participants can be fined fifteen thousand dirhams ($4,000).WAM's report added that attendees of social gatherings must wear face masks, and that there must be no more than one guest for every four square meters of floor space.Read more: Coronavirus: Dubai bans New Year’s Eve private gatherings of more than 30 peopleEgypt decides to ban New Year celebrations to curb rising coronavirus cases, says PMMerkel to Germans in New Year message: Keep up anti-coronavirus discipline in 2021
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Coronavirus: UAE confirms restrictions on New Year's Eve gatherings

The first official visit from Egypt to Libya's internationally recognized Tripoli government aims to prevent a possible military push against strategic Sirte under the control of the rival group.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt works to alter Turkey's Libya road map