Turkey-U.S. Joint Patrols In Syria’s Safe Zone To Start Sunday: Turkish Minister

ANKARA, Sept 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey and the United States planned to start joint land patrols in the safe zone in northern Syria on Sunday (tomorrow), Turkish Defence Minister, Hulusi Akar, said, on Friday. “In this context, we expect the activities to be determined in a certain order and pace,…

Italy To Accelerate Support For Lebanon’s Maritime Forces

BEIRUT, Sept 7 (NNN-NNA) – Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, Massimo Marotti, called upon Lebanese officials, to accelerate talks, aimed at providing support for boosting the capacity of maritime forces. Marotti’s remarks came, during his meeting with Lebanon’s Defence Minister, Elias Bou Saab. Meanwhile, Bou Saab said, he will discuss the…

Tonnes Of Edible Oil Flow Into The Mediterranean After Israeli Factory Fire

JERUSALEM, Sept 7 (NNN-MA’AN) – Tonnes of vegetable oil flowed into the Mediterranean Sea, as a result of a huge fire that erupted at a factory, in the city of Haifa in northern Israel, the state’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MoEP) reported on Friday. The fire broke out at the…

Turkey Successfully Tests First Indigenous Cruise Missile

ANKARA, Sept 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s indigenous, bunker-busting and long-range cruise missile, SOM-B2, completed its preliminary firing test, Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology, Mustafa Varank, said on Friday. Turkey has successfully test-fired its first indigenous cruise missile SOM-B2, the version of stand-off missile (SOM) with consecutive penetrating warhead, which…

Iraq Signs Contract With Chinese Oil Company To Complete 80 Wells In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Iraq’s Basra Oil Company (BOC), signed a contract with a Chinese company, to develop and complete 80 oil wells in the giant Majnoon oil field, in Iraqi southern province of Basra, a statement by the Iraqi Oil Ministry said. “BOC signed a contract with China’s…

Two Palestinian Boys Killed, 76 Wounded In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In Eastern Gaza

GAZA, Sept 7 (NNN-WAFA) – At least two Palestinian boys were killed and 76 wounded on Friday afternoon, during clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers, near the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel, medics said. The Health Ministry in Gaza said, Ali el-Ashqar, 17, was shot dead in…

U.S. Military Trucks Arrive In Western Iraq: Security Source

BAGHDAD, Sept 7 (NNN-NINA) – Dozens of U.S. military trucks arrived at a U.S. military base in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, from neighbouring Jordan, a security source said, on Friday. A convoy of more than 100 military trucks, carrying equipment, weapons and vehicles, arrived at Ayn al-Asad air base,…

Israeli Army Strikes Gaza Military Facilities In Response To Rocket Firing

GAZA, Sept 7 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli air force carried out, late on Friday night, a series of airstrikes targeting military posts and facilities in the Gaza Strip, in response to five projectiles fired into Israel, security sources said. The sources said, Israeli war jets struck with missiles, training facilities and…

Pakistan Observes Defence Day Amid Escalating Tensions With India

ISLAMABAD, Sept 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan observed the country’s 54th Defence Day on Friday, to commemorate the nation’s unity and will, to defend the country during the war against India in 1965, amid current tensions with India over the Kashmir issue. On the occasion, Pakistani President, Arif Alvi, issued a…

Lebanon To Defend “By All Means” Against Israeli Attacks: President

BEIRUT, Sept 7 (NNN-NNA) – President Michel Aoun, said that, Lebanon will defend itself “by all means,” if attacked by Israel, Lebanon Presidency’s website reported. “Any attack on Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity will be met with legitimate self-defence, and Israel will bear all its consequences,” Aoun said, during his…