August, 2021

• 11 August

  G7 condemns Mercer Street attack, says evidence points to Iran

  

  The G7 foreign ministers said there was no justification for the drone attack, which came days before the suspected Iranian hijacking of a ship in the Gulf of Oman. The Group of Seven (G7) largest advanced economies condemned on Friday what they concluded was an Iranian attack on an Israeli-linked …

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• 11 August

  Iranian president expresses ‘heartfelt amity’ toward UAE

  

  Despite past tensions, Iran and the UAE look to better ties to defuse friction in the Persian Gulf. Iran’s newly inaugurated President Ebrahim Raisi said Friday that he wants to have close relations with the United Arab Emirates. Raisi met with a UAE envoy in Tehran. During the meeting, he …

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• 11 August

  Pentagon reveals evidence of Iran’s role in Gulf tanker attack

  

  Last week’s drone strike on the Israeli-managed oil products tanker Mercer Street required “calculated and deliberate retargeting,” CENTCOM said. The US military on Friday revealed new details of its investigation into what it called a “deliberate attack” by Iran on an Israeli-linked tanker ship that left two people dead in …

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• 11 August

  Iran deal instigated violence, says senior Bahraini official in Jerusalem

  

  “The JCPOA [nuclear deal] has caused more instigation and extremism in many different regions across the Middle East.” The 2015 nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran led to greater violence and extremism in the Middle East, Bahrain Undersecretary for International Relations at the Foreign Ministry Dr. Shaikh Abdulla bin …

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• 11 August

  ‘Blocking Iran is the highest priority’ – ex-NSC chief Ben Shabbat

  

  Ex-NSC chief Meir Ben Shabbat was a top adviser to Netanyahu. Nevertheless, he received bipartisan support at a Knesset panel. The central threat to Israel and most important for its security must remain Iran, outgoing National Security Council adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat said Monday. “Blocking Iran is the highest priority,” he …

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• 11 August

  Iran concerned about UK in Gulf, Taliban offensive

  

  Iran: “The fact that Britain has sided with the rebellious and notorious Zionist regime shows the position of this country.” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh, president of the Center for Public Diplomacy, on Monday slammed the UK for its role in investigating the murder of a British citizen on …

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• 11 August

  Lebanon’s Maronite patriarch calls on army to confront Hezbollah

  

  “We call upon the Lebanese army to prevent the launching of missiles, not for the sake of Israel, but for the sake of Lebanon.” Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi called on Sunday for the Lebanese army to take control of the southern part of the country, Hezbollah’s stronghold, and …

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• 11 August

  IDF identifies Hezbollah militant who fired on Israel

  

  Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah condemned the Druze who stopped and filmed the operatives loading rockets towards Israel. The Hezbollah operative who fired a salvo of 20 rockets towards Israel on Friday was identified by the IDF as Ali Kajak, and he had been documented near the border in civilian clothing …

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• 11 August

  Explosion Rocks Tanker Docked at Syrian Port City, Two Lightly Injured, Reports Say

  Iranian news outlet says the ship is the same one on which a fire broke out in April, allegedly after being attacked by a drone coming from Lebanon An explosion on a ship docked in the Syrian port city of Latakia and subsequent fire lightly injuring two people on Tuesday, …

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• 11 August

  Prepáčte, Maďari! Prepáčte, Slováci!

  Slovensko-maďarské vzťahy sa poslednú dekádu javia ako nekonfliktné. Pri bližšom pohľade však zistíme, že pod povrchom to stále vrie, staré rany sa nezahojili, k čomu prispievajú aj „spanilé“ jazdy maďarských politikov na južné Slovensko. Presne takou bola aj návšteva predsedu maďarského parlamentu Lászlóa Kövéra v Šamoríne, ktorý sa tam zúčastnil …

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