Middle East Experience

Three people were shot dead and dozens wounded in Iraq’s south on Friday, medics said, in clashes between anti-government protesters and supporters of firebrand Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Three people killed in pro-Sadr demonstration in Iraqi south

Meir Halimi's last will was to make Aliyah and to spend his last years in Israel.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 100-year-old French man passes away one day after making aliyah

Putin confirms Russia could manufacture Sputnik V vaccine in Israel.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel completes Phase I trial of its coronavirus vaccine candidate, Brilife

Iran's Zarif blames Israel for assassination of top nuclear scientist.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Iran's nuclear program chief Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated

Half a year away from Iran’s presidential election, the country’s hard-liners are already hard at work to ensure the next president is on their side.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran hard-liners set up roadblocks around Reformist candidates for president

Hogeg clarified that if their is a sale, control of the group will remain under him according to the outline that is being discussed.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Beitar Jerusalem owner and UAE Sheik meet, discuss purchase offer of team

The Administration will work to prevent crowding through police enforcement.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: How will Christmas be celebrated in Judea and Samaria?

Egyptian actor and singer Mohamed Ramadan has come under attack after photos of him with Israeli celebrities surfaced to a storm of condemnation from critics opposed to ties with Egypt's former foe.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egyptian star under fire for fraternizing with Israelis

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Saturday accused Israel of killing the country's top nuclear scientist, believed by the West to be the architect of Tehran's secret military nuclear program.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Iran's clerical and military rulers have threatened revenge for Friday's killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, which could further increase tensions in the Middle East region and beyond.“Our people are wiser than to fall in the trap of the Zionist regime (Israel) ... Iran will surely respond to the martyrdom of our scientist at the proper time,” Rouhani said in a televised cabinet meeting.“Once again, the evil hands of Global Arrogance and the Zionist (Israeli) mercenaries were stained with the blood of an Iranian son,” Rouhani said in a statement earlier on Saturday, adding that Fakhrizadeh's death will not slow down Iran's nuclear work.Israel has declined to comment on the killing.The death of Fakhrizadeh could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump's US presidency. It could also complicate any effort by President-elect Joe Biden to revive the detente of Barack Obama's presidency once he takes office in January.The White House, Pentagon, US State Department and CIA have declined to comment, as has Biden's transition team.At least four scientists were killed between 2010 and 2012 in what Tehran said was a program of assassinations aimed at sabotaging its nuclear energy program. Iran has always denied pursuing nuclear weapons.The semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that after an explosive-laden car exploded near Fakhrizadeh's vehicle around 2:30 pm local time, one of the assassins began to spray bullets at his car.It said one of Fakhrizadeh's bodyguards was shot four times and Fakhrizadeh was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Absard town at Damavand county some 70 km (44 miles) east of Tehran. He died in the hospital.One witness told state TV that there were repeated gunshots and Fakhrizadeh's bodyguards clashed with the assassins.Read more:Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated: Ministry of DefenseWho was Mohsin Fakhrizadeh, the assassinated ‘father of Iran’s nuclear bomb’?Iran tells UN ‘serious indications’ of Israeli responsibility in Fakhrizadeh’s death
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Full Article: Iranian President Rouhani vows revenge, accuses Israel of killing top scientist

Hospitals in England risk being overwhelmed if lawmakers do not support the government’s new plan for restrictions, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said on Saturday.More than 20 million people across large swathes of England will be forced to live under the toughest category of COVID-19 restrictions when a national lockdown ends on Dec. 2. Lawmakers are due to vote on the restrictions the day before.But a growing number of lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative party have voiced opposition to the tiered restrictions plan.For all the latest news on coronavirus, visit our dedicated section. Some argue that the areas they represent have low infection rates but the toughest rules, while others say the new measures will cause unnecessary economic harm to local businesses.Defending the government’s plans in an article in The Times newspaper, Gove said “difficult decisions” were necessary to confront the crisis.The virus “is no respecter of constituency boundaries and the hardships we are facing now are unfortunately necessary to protect every single one of us, no matter where we live,” hewrote.Read more:Coronavirus: UK’s strict COVID-19 restrictions system to remain in place until SpringCoronavirus: Russia's army begins vaccinating 400,000 servicemen against COVID-19Coronavirus: Belgium lets shops reopen, but keeps Christmas restrictionsThe level of infection across the country remained “uncomfortably and threateningly high,” Gove said, noting that the number of hospital beds filled with infected patients wasnot far from its peak earlier in the year.He said that from the current high base, the National Health Service would be under severe threat if infections started to rise again, and tougher measures were needed to manage the virus when the current lockdown ends.“These new tiers, alongside the wider deployment of mass testing, have the capacity to prevent our NHS being overwhelmed until vaccines arrive,” Gove said.
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: England's hospitals could be overwhelmed if lawmakers don't support restrictions plan