Bahraini official: the Israeli “Mossad” is present in Bahrein and this will go on.

https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/وزير-الخارجية-البحريني:-الموساد-الإسرائيلي-موجود-في-البحرين  Source: Israeli media               21 February 16:25 Bahraini Deputy Foreign Minister ‘Abd Allah ibn Aḥmad Āl Halīfa says that “the Mossad is present in Bahrain as “Bahraini official: the Israeli “Mossad” is present in Bahrein and this will go on.”

First visit of its kind for two decades… ‘Imrān Hān will meet Putin in Moscow.

https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/أول-زيارة-من-نوعها-منذ-عقدين-عمران-خان-سيلتقي-بوتين-في-موسكو Source: Agencies + al-Mayadeen                     21 February 19:18 Pakistani Prime Minister ‘Imrān Hān is heading to Moscow this week to meet with President Vladimir Putin “First visit of its kind for two decades… ‘Imrān Hān will meet Putin in Moscow.”

Amīr ‘Abdollahiyān from Doha: We extend our hands towards our neighbors and we want to make our relations substantial.

https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/أمير-عبد-اللهيان-من-الدوحة:-نمد-أيدينا-نحو-جيراننا-ونريد-تمت Source: Agencies                     22 February 12:01 The Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs expresses the wish of his country to form its relations with its neighbors “Amīr ‘Abdollahiyān from Doha: We extend our hands towards our neighbors and we want to make our relations substantial.”

Reuters: Contracts reveal the involvement of Riyāḍ Salāma’s brother in stealing money from the Lebanese Bank.

https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/رويترز:-عقود-تكشف-تورط-شقيق-رياض-سلامة-بسرقة-الأموال-من-مصرف Source: Agencies                     21 February 12:38 Documents reveal that the Lebanese Central Bank [Bank du Liban] imposed interests on Lebanese commercial banks after it bought “Reuters: Contracts reveal the involvement of Riyāḍ Salāma’s brother in stealing money from the Lebanese Bank.”

Algerian Parliament: Algeria seeks to build a strategic partnership with Tehran.

https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/البرلمان-الجزائري:-الجزائر-تسعى-لبناء-شراكة-استراتيجية-مع-طه Source: al-Mayadeen               20 February 20:52 Director of the Committee for foreign, cooperation and diaspora affairs Muḥammad Hānī confirms that the country is committed to “Algerian Parliament: Algeria seeks to build a strategic partnership with Tehran.”

Barham Ṣāliḥ: The hesitation of the political forces to decide on the oil and gas legislation contributed to the creation of crises.

https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/برهم-صالح:-تردد-القوى-السياسية-في-إقرار-قانون-النفط-والغاز-س Source: Agencies                     17 February 16:39 After the Iraqi federal court’s decision regarding the oil and gas legislation of Iraqi Kurdistan region being unconstitutional Iraqi “Barham Ṣāliḥ: The hesitation of the political forces to decide on the oil and gas legislation contributed to the creation of crises.”

Israeli media: the army failed to repel the drone that entered the airspace and returned to Lebanon.

https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/إعلام-إسرائيلي:-الجيش-فشل-في-اعتراض-طائرة-مسيرة-دخلت-الأجواء Source: al-Mayadeen               18 February 13:15 The Israeli media talks about the failure of the army to repel a drone and it supposed that the “Israeli media: the army failed to repel the drone that entered the airspace and returned to Lebanon.”

The Emir of Kuwait accepts the resignations of the defense and interior ministers.

https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/أمير-الكويت-يقبل-استقالة-وزيري-الدفاع-والداخلية Source: Agencies                     17 February 16:37 The Kuwaiti government issues a royal decree by the Emir ruling to accept the resignations of the interior and “The Emir of Kuwait accepts the resignations of the defense and interior ministers.”

Al-Asad and Shoygu discuss the matters of military cooperation between the Syrian and Russian armies.

https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/الأسد-يبحث-مع-شويغو-التعاون-بين-الجيشين-الروسي-والسوري  Source: Agencies + al-Mayadeen net               16 February 08:46 Syrian President Baššār al-Asad greets Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu and the negotiations addresses the cooperation between “Al-Asad and Shoygu discuss the matters of military cooperation between the Syrian and Russian armies.”