Australia To Invest Two Billion USD In Special Forces For Security Threats

CANBERRA, Australia, Aug 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, announced a multi-billion-dollar investment, in new equipment for the nation’s special forces. Morrison today announced that, three billion Australian dollars (2.03 billion U.S. dollars), will be invested in the special forces over 20 years, in order to better respond…

Palestine Holds Israel Responsible For “Settlers’ Incursions” Into Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Aug 12 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas’ spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, held the Israeli government responsible for “settlers’ incursions” into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In a statement, Rudeineh said, Abbas is holding contacts with “all relevant parties, to stop the Israeli escalation” against the Palestinian people and…

Nine Killed In Saudi-Led Air Strike In NW Yemen: Medics

SANAA, Yemen, Aug 12 (NNN-SABA) – At least nine people of two internally displaced families were killed, when a Saudi-led coalition air strike struck a house in Yemen’s north-western province of Hajjah on Sunday. The air strike hit the house in Mustaba district, killing the nine people, including five children,…

High Cost Of Living In Lebanon Caused By Lack Of Public Services: Economists

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug 12 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese economists attribute the high cost of living in Lebanon to poor infrastructure and the lack of proper public services. “There are no proper basic public services in Lebanon. The state of infrastructure is a major burden on the economy and it constitutes a…

Iran Says Non-Regional Intervention “Cause Of Insecurity” In Gulf

TEHRAN, Iran, Aug 12 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, said that, intervention by some extra-regional countries in the Gulf region, only makes the problems more complicated. Some extra-regional countries, including the United States, seek to make the world believe that the Gulf region is insecure, Rouhani said, in a…

Iraq Reinstates Over 13,000 Policemen Previously Fired After Daesh Seizes Mosul

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug 12 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Interior Ministry, reinstated more than 13,000 police personnel, after being fired, following the extremist Daesh militants took control of Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, in 2014. Yassin al-Yasiri, Iraqi interior minister, said during his visit to Mosul that, “the ministry decided to…

Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Claim Fresh Drone Attacks On Saudi King Khalid Air Base

SANAA, Yemen, Aug 12 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels said, they had launched multiple drone attacks on King Khaled Air Base, in the south-west of Saudi Arabia on Sunday night, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The bomb-laden drones targeted radars at the air base, in Khamis Mushait city. Saudi Arabia…

Hezbollah MP Says Israel Is Preparing War Against Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug 12 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah MP, Mohammad Raad, said that, Israel is preparing to start a war against Lebanon. “The Israeli enemy is preparing to wage a war against us, but the resistance is ready to face it with our men, society and capacity,” Raad was quoted as…

UN Official Speaks Highly Of Chinese Peacekeeping Force In De-mining Operation

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – An official of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), spoke highly of the Chinese peacekeeping force, while inspecting its de-mining operation. De Reviers De Mauny, UNIFIL J3 chief, affirmed China’s contribution to UNIFIL, and praised the Chinese peacekeeping de-mining contingent, as “an…

Libyan Government Accuses Rival Army Of Breaking Truce

TRIPOLI, Libya, Aug 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Libya’s UN-backed government, accused the rival east-based army of breaking a UN-proposed humanitarian truce, in the capital Tripoli, by firing rockets on civilian areas. “The militias of the war criminal Haftar (army commander), broke the truce of Eid al-Adha. They indiscriminately fired rockets at…