27 Iraqi Mine Action Experts Under Training In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, May 28 (NNN-AKP) – Twenty-seven Iraqi mine action experts started to get a 15-day training course in Cambodia on Monday, Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mines Action Centre (CMAC) said. The Iraqi experts are from the Ministry of Health and Environment, the Ministry of Interior…

Israel Installs New Monitoring Devices On Borders With Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 28 (NNN-NNA) – Israeli forces installed, on Monday, three new monitoring devices and video cameras, on the fence of the borders between Lebanon and occupied Palestinian territories near Kfar Kila. The number of monitoring devices in this area reached a total of nine. Meanwhile, an Israeli military…

Israel Throws Smoke Bombs Towards Lebanese Southern Village

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 28 (NNN-NNA) – Israeli forces threw, on Monday, smoke bombs towards a village in southern Lebanon, after local young men cut off wires of monitoring devices, placed by Israel on the borders. The Lebanese young men, however, cut off the wires, after Israeli forces destroyed photos of…

Jordan, Sweden Discuss Efforts To Raise Support For UN Relief Agency

AMMAN, Jordan, May 28 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan and Sweden, on Monday, discussed efforts to raise political and financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). At a meeting in the capital Amman, between Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, and Anna Hammargren, deputy director general of…

China, Russia Will Not Attend Trump’s Bahrain Conference: Top Palestinian Official

RAMALLAH, Palestine, May 28 (NNN-WAFA) – PLO secretary general says, the two superpowers announced, they will not take part in the international conference on the Palestinian economy in June.        Saeb Erekat cited on Twitter, China‘s ambassador to the Palestinian Authority saying, his country and Russia have agreed not to take part…

Palestine To Attend Peace-Themed Asian Summit In June: Diplomat

RAMALLAH, Palestine, May 28 (NNN-MA’AN) – A Palestinian diplomat, said that, Palestine will participate in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, scheduled for June. Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister, Ziad Abu Amr, will head a Palestinian delegation to the conference, Mazen Shamiyah, Palestinian deputy Foreign Minister…

Kuwaiti Emir Calls For National Unity To Safeguard Security

KUWAIT, May 28 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, called for unity in the country, to safeguard its security. During a speech on the occasion of the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan, the Emir said, the delicate situation in the region requires cautiousness…

Hundreds Of Yemenis Gather In Aden To Greet Released Pro-Secession Leader

ADEN, Yemen, May 28 (NNN-SABA) – Hundreds of Yemenis, on Monday, gathered in a public square in the southern port city of Aden, to greet a pro-secession leader, released from the Houthi-controlled central prison in Sanaa, after 11 years of detention. “Many people from different neighbourhoods in Aden came to…

Two Militants Killed, Three Civilians Wounded In Clash In Eastern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 28 (NNN-NINA) – A clash between the Daesh militants and Iraqi farmers, on Monday, killed two militants and wounded three civilians, a local official said. The clash broke out in the evening, in the eastern province of Diyala, when the Daesh militants attacked farmers, who were harvesting…

Soldier Killed In Israeli Missile Attack On Military Site In Southern Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria, May 28 (NNN-SANA) – An Israeli missile targeted a military position in Syria’s southern province of Quneitra, on Monday, killing a soldier and wounding another. The Israeli missile hit a military site in the east of the town of Khan Arnabeh, in the countryside of Quneitra, according to…