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On Sunday, the Saudi Ministry of Justice officially launched the real estate stock exchange, which will include many services, that will contribute to accelerating the implementation of real estate operations, providing data with high quality and efficiency, achieving transparency and freedom of supply and demand, which enhances justice in equal opportunities and dismantling monopoly, according to the ‘Sky’ news agency.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Free Patriotic Movement Chief, MP Gebran Bassil, indicated, during a ceremony held Sunday at the Mar Lisha Plant in Qadisha Valley, that “the meeting today is beautiful in its meanings of faith, people’s faith in their land despite the bankruptcy that occurred in the Electricité du Liban…It was important to have a donor, as our colleague and friend William Tawq did, but the most important thing is the will and determination to make the project and electricity a success, which proves attachment to the land and the country…” He added: “The second meaning of this gathering lies in the fact that each region can suffice itself with its own resources. The central state in Lebanon has failed to develop the regions and serve the people by exploiting state facilities…This project shows us the way to electrical sufficiency. Today, we in Lebanon are producing more than 1000 megawatts of production capacity from solar energy. If the state fails, then let the people manage their affairs…” Bassil continued, “If we fail to endorse decentralization, every citizen and every region must think and implement to meet their needs. Thus, we can impose decentralization without waiting for its approval, as the country cannot be left to the unknown.” He believed that the most pressing entitlement at this stage is the presidential election, “but electing a president is not the sole solution,” he said, adding, “Every six years the same crisis will recur as long as our constitution is the same, which was originally laid down to protect the components, but they ventured into imposing a president on us…The solution is either to have the president elected directly by the people or to refrain from using quorum to obstruct.” “Today, we are taking advantage of this constitutional entitlement to try to achieve two national demands, the expanded decentralization that does not impact the central authority of the state and has nothing to do with foreign or defense policy, but rather allows each region to be independent with its revenues…Regardless of the presidential constitutional entitlement, decentralization must be applied. The trust fund also allows the state’s resources to be managed by the private sector that is willing to invest, which secures additional revenues and contributes to returning part of the depositors’ money. It is a necessity after the failure of the state to manage its resources,’ Bassil went on to underline. He stressed that ‘when all the state’s resources are placed in the trust fund, all the state’s resources are multiplied.’ In turn, Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Beshara Boutros Al-Rahi, who was also present during the event, gave a word in which he highlighted the importance of this project, thanking “all the endeavors that led to its completion, including the efforts of MP William Tawq and Minister Bassil.” He said: “We thank this initiative to which MP William Tawq contributed and was completed by our beloved son, Gebran Bassil…” “The light alone shows the truth, and that the people are brave and ready for sacrifice, confrontation, and steadfastness on the land,” the Patriarch continued, adding, “Everything you spoke about in your words today, and everything you achieved is a prelude for us to get out of this dark tunnel in which we live in the country.” In turn, MP Tawq spoke about the cultural, touristic, and struggle history of Qadisha, thanking Minister Bassil for his endeavors to complete the project, noting that the absence of an alliance in the elections did not undermine cooperation in this project. Tawq expressed a “stand of conscience” towards Minister Bassil, “who doubled his efforts to make the vital strategic project a success because he knows its importance towards consolidating presence on the land.” “This project reflects our common belief in the vitality of expanded financial and administrative decentralization, which the Free Patriotic Movement is waging a battle to implement,” Tawq concluded.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, on Sunday discussed with US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara A. Leaf, regional issues, especially the Palestinian cause and the Syrian crisis. Safadi and Leaf affirmed the “deep-rooted, strong and strategic” Jordanian-U.S. partnership relations and their joint keenness to strengthen cooperation ties in all fields, within the framework of the “strategic” partnership, and the 4th memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the Kingdom and the United States last year. Safadi valued U.S. support provided to Jordan to support the Kingdom’s development process and help Amman face economic challenges and repercussions of regional crises, especially refugee influx. For her part, Leaf appreciated the Kingdom’s efforts under His Majesty King Abdullah II’s leadership to solve regional crises and achieve the region’s security, stability and peace.
Source: Jordan News Agency
President of Yarmouk University (YU), Prof. Islam Massad on Sunday met with a delegation representing the Qatari Ministry of Education and Higher Education. The meeting covered possible means of cooperation between the two institutions. The delegation was briefed on Yarmouk University’s stages of development and modernization at all levels, which aims to keep abreast with recent developments in all fields of knowledge, and qualifying human cadres with high-level skills capable of engaging in the local and international labor market alike. The Qatari delegation included the Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for Higher Education Affairs, Dr. Khaled Abdullah Al-Ali, Director of Higher Education Institutions Affairs, Dr. Abdullah Hamad Fteis, cultural attache at Qatar Embassy in Jordan, Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Sharif, and Dr. Ala Eddin Tawaha from the cultural attaché. Massad said that YU is witnessing a new phase of modernization and development in its academic programs that emanates from the Economic Modernization Visions (EMV), and the associated administrative and political modernization at the national level, and runs within a strategic plan and clear visions to achieve a comprehensive and sustainable academic renaissance. For his part, Al-Ali commended YU’s academic level his Ministry’s keenness to bolster cooperation with it in various fields of knowledge, and the possibility of seconding Qatari students wishing to study in Jordan. Al-Ali said that his ministry is working to modernize and develop higher education in line with global technological developments and the unprecedented progress made by artificial intelligence in various fields of life. In turn, YU Vice President for Planning, Development, Scientific Research and Quality Affairs, Prof. Samer Samarah, gave a briefing on the university’s faculties and academic programs they offer, especially the academic programs recently introduced by the university at the undergraduate level, which are the Digital Arts Program, the Computer Engineering / Internet of Things Program, and the Supply Chain Management and Logistics Sciences Program, in addition to the two Master’s programs in Business Law, Systems Engineering and Biomedical Informatics.
Source: Jordan News Agency
A Jordanian professor has been announced the winner of Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) Alumni Icon Award for 2023. The Jordanian academic, Dr. Bilal Mahmoud Al-Wadi, Vice President of the Jordanian Association for Entrepreneurship and a faculty member at the Faculty of Arts at Al-Zaytoonah Private University, was selected by UMT’s Council of Deans. “The award involved a great competition between students in Malaysian universities from different countries of the world, in the presence of a number of Malaysian university presidents, faculty deans, representatives from the higher education sector, local community organizations, and ambassadors from various countries of the world,” Al-Wadi told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) on Sunday. The UMT selected Al-Wadi as he is one of the most prominent experts and influencers in the Middle East in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation, through his contribution to the training, guidance, coaching and development of hundreds of entrepreneurial projects, entrepreneurs and innovators in Malaysia and various countries of the world. In addition he has received more than 14 international awards and medals in this field.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Jordanian National Centre for Epidemics and Communicable Diseases Control (JCDC) on Sunday kicked off a several-day training course on “Epi Info,” a statistical software for epidemiology, aimed to manage and analyze epidemiological statistics, develop maps and charts, and write scientific reports and research. According to a JCDC statement, 21 trainees from the center and Ministry of Health are participating in the workshop, which will continue until next Thursday. JCDC Assistant Secretary-General for Technical Affairs, Manal Ali, said the course aims to raise the participants’ efficiency in analyzing available data and writing scientific reports and research, in accordance with international standards to use statistics ” efficiently” and provide decision makers with evidence-based recommendations. The official added that the center will also hold similar activities for the concerned workers in the ministries of agriculture, environment and water to deal with potential sources of pandemics. On its future plans, she noted the center is in the process of launching legal procedures for its certification as a national training body, after it signed multiple agreements at the national, regional and international levels with world scientific research and training centers.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Police on Sunday arrested a wanted person who attacked a shop in Amman a few days ago and caused some damages in it. The Bayader Police Station (Western Amman), received a report a few days ago on a wanted and masked person attacked a shop on Mecca Street in Amman, causing some damage to it. The whole incident was caught on in a video that went viral on social media, according to the Public Security Department (PSD) spokesperson. “From the moment the incident was reported, the person was identified and pursuit. Today, a Criminal Investigation team managed to arrest him, following an ambush that was set up for him”, the PSD spokesperson said. Investigations were launched with the perpetrator in preparation to refer him to the judiciary, the PSD spokesperson concluded.
Source: Jordan News Agency
The Babylon Police Command announced today, Sunday the arrest of a wanted person with three different legal articles, most notably the charge of fraud in accordance with the provisions of Article (456) of the Penal Code, during the security practices of the Nile Checkpoint detachments “the old road” north of the city of Hilla.
Media Director of Babylon Police, Brigadier General Adel Al-Husseini, said, “the necessary legal measures have been taken against him, and he has been referred to the competent authorities for investigation.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
A force from the Fourth Region Border Command attacked a suspect and seized an amount of drugs south of Basra.
A source in the Command stated to the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that through monitoring the surveillance cameras in the coastal border sector of our command, an Iranian boat headed to the Iraqi side, and it threw a bag and a person was waiting for it. The accused was arrested in his possession narcotics, estimated at (3) kilograms of crystal and (1) kilo of hashish, in Al-Faw district, south of Basra.
He added: The necessary legal measures will be taken against him.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
A security source announced a sudden alert of the security forces between Diyala and Salah al-Din.
The source told the correspondent of the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that Al-Mundhiriya border crossing, northeast of Baquba, witnessed the entry of more than 6,000 Iranian pilgrims, and they headed towards Samarra via the Sindiyah bridge in Al- Khalis district, north of Baquba, before heading to Karbala to perform the Arbaeen visit ceremonies.
He added that the entry of Iranian visitors to Samarra prompted the security forces to make an emergency security alert to secure the visitors’ passage ways. Pointing out that the people in the nearby areas went out to support the visitors through service processions in light of the increasing number of Iranian visitors.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the killing of two PKK militants in northern Iraq.
The Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement today, Sunday, that one of the Turkish army units stationed in the Operation Claw Lock area in northern Iraq monitored movements of a number of PKK militants, and after an exchange of fire, it monitored the killing of two of them.
The Turkish army carried out a large-scale military operation on April 18 of last year, and it is still ongoing, dubbed Claw Lock, against the strongholds of the PKK in the regions of Matina, Zab, Afshin and Bazian in northern Iraq.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
The Anti-Terrorism Agency announced the arrest of 147 wanted persons, in cooperation with the Kurdistan Region Anti-Terrorism Agency.
The Agency stated in a statement that the high-level coordination between the Anti-Terrorism Agency and the security forces in the Kurdistan region (Directorate of Anti-Terrorism of Erbil, Directorate of Anti-Terrorism of Sulaymaniyah, Anti-Terrorism Regiment of Sulaymaniyah) resulted in many successful operations based on accurate security and intelligence information, which contributed to tracking Remnants of ISIS gangs and the elimination of it and the arrest of 147 wanted.
He added: This coordination came within the framework of the strategy followed by the Anti-terrorism Agency, regarding the need to unify the security effort in order to clamp down on ISIS gangs and facilitate the process of monitoring and tracking them.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency