August 10, 2014/ Middle East Briefing - Passenger plane crashes in Iran, almost 50 dead: Reports A civilian airliner crashed on take-off in a residential area near Tehrans Mehrabad airport on Sunday, Iranian news agencies said, with reports that almost 50 people were killed. - UN Security Council mulls resolution to tackle Iraq militants The UN Security Council is negotiating a draft resolution to tackle Islamic State militants by financially weakening the jihadi Islamist group, stopping a flow of foreign fighters, and threatening sanctions on those who recruit and help the group. - Lebanese villagers repel Islamists who crossed from Syria: Lebanese sources Islamist militants crossed into Lebanon from Syria on Saturday, triggering a gun battle with Lebanese villagers who forced them back across the border, Lebanese security sources said. - Thousands from Iraq minority flee to Syria Syrian Kurdish officials say thousands of members of a religious minority group have fled across the border from Iraq after coming under attack by Islamic extremists. - EgyptAir cancels flight to Iraq amid deteriorating security EgyptAir cancelled a flight Saturday heading to Iraq’s Irbil, citing deteriorating security conditions in the country, a source in EgyptAir told Ahram Online. - Somali Shebab say 18 dead in attack on government troops Somalias hardline Islamists reported heavy fighting Saturday in battles against government and African Union troops in the central Hiran region. - Guinea shuts borders with Sierra Leone, Liberia in bid to halt Ebola Guinea announced the closure of its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia on Saturday in a bid to halt the spread of Ebola, a virus that has killed nearly 1,000 people in the three countries this year. - Deceased Saudi negative for Ebola in first test results A Saudi man who died while showing symptoms similar to Ebola was not infected with the virus, according to initial test results cited by health authorities on Saturday. - Erdogan poised to win Turkeys first popular presidential vote Tayyip Erdogan is set to secure his place in history as Turkeys first popularly-elected president on Sunday, but his tightening grip on power has polarised the nation, worried Western allies and raised fears of creeping authoritarianism. - Two Israeli strikes kill 5 Palestinians in Gaza: Medics Five Palestinians were killed in two Israeli strikes on Gaza on Saturday, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. - Hamas vows no concessions to Israel Hamas, the Islamist movement in de facto control of Gaza, vowed Saturday there would be no concessions to Israel, defying international attempts to broker a new ceasefire after fighting resumed.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 07:36:25 +0000
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