Middle East Monitor

Tunisian Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi met with Algerian Ambassador to Tunisia, Abdelkader Hajjar to discuss security issues especially along their shared border.
The pair have established close military exchanges to counter the threat of terrorist groups in the region.

Iraq has approved a proposal which would mean 50 per cent all staff in foreign companies would need to be made up of local workers, Al-Khaleej Online reported yesterday.
“The companies and ministries which do not abide by this decision would bear the legal responsibility for their violations which include fines,” head of the Foreigners’ Department at the Ministry of Labour, Osama Al-Khafaji, said.

IranAir aims to take delivery of five more ATR turboprop aircraft, it said on Saturday, easing a state of limbo surrounding Western plane deals since Washington exited a nuclear sanctions pact between Iran and major world powers.
Iran’s flag carrier posted a picture on Twitter of five new ATR 72-600 planes outside the factory where they are built in Toulouse, France, and said they would soon arrive in Tehran.

The Trump administration on Friday launched a review of Turkey’s duty-free access to US markets after Ankara imposed retaliatory tariffs on US goods in response to American steel and aluminum tariffs.

Swedish activists Charlie Andreasson and Divana Levrini, who were detained by the Israeli authorities on Monday while trying to break the blockade on Gaza, returned to their country on Friday.
Dror Feiller, a Swedish-Jewish activist, greeted them both with roses upon their arrival.

Lebanese citizens launched a hashtag on Twitter calling for Egypt to release a female Lebanese national who was sentenced to eight years.
The Arabic hashtag, “Return Muna to us”, called on Egypt to release the detainee and for a boycott on travel to the North African state.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is expected to meet with the American President Donald Trump to discuss the latter’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal and the threat of placing new sanctions on Tehran, an Israeli news website has revealed.

Iraq’s national football team arrived in occupied Ramallah yesterday ahead of its planned game against the Palestinian team today.
The friendly international match will take place at the Faisal Husseini Stadium in Ram on the outskirts of Ramallah and abutting East Jerusalem.

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