Section: Middle East Monitor (Kuwait)
UN expert: Iran could have avoided Ukraine plane crash
The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnès Callamard, said Iran had violated the right to life of the passengers and crew onboard the Ukrainian passenger plane which was shot down by the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in early 2020. Callamard delivered a 45-page report to the Iranian...
Turkey exports 70m flowers ahead of Valentine’s Day
Turkey has exported 70 million roses to 22 countries ahead of Valentine’s Day, which is marked on 14 February, Anadolu news agency reported. Ismail Yilmaz, the head of the Ornamental Plants and Products Exporters’ Association, told Anadolu yesterday that the number of flowers exported increased this year to 70 million, compared to 60...
Ukraine to ban flights by Russian, Syrian airlines that serve Crimea
Ukraine will ban flights over its territory by 13 Russian regional air carriers and Syrian Cham Wings Airlines for three years, the government said on Wednesday, citing flights by them into and out of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, Reuters reports. A draft resolution approved by the cabinet prohibits “the transit of resources,...
Turkey and the Gulf states
The joy of reconciliation and resuming cooperation among the Gulf states was not limited to the peoples, but also extended to the countries of the region. The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a statement in this regard, conveying: “We welcome the demonstration of a common will to resolve the Gulf conflict, and the announcement...
Ukraine demands all details from Tehran about downed plane
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has asked Tehran to disclose all details related to its downed civilian plane last year. On the first anniversary of the downing of the plane, the ministry published a statement about sharing the same grief with the relatives of the plane crash victims. The ministry called on Tehran to issue a statement revealing...
“Never again” says Ukraine, as families mourn Iran plane crash victims
Ukraine urged Iran on Friday to deliver justice and pay full compensation to the families of those who died when a Ukrainian airliner was shot down by Iranian Revolutionary Guards exactly one year ago, Reuters reports. Iran said 10 officers would soon go on trial for the downing of the Ukraine International Airlines plane shot down in Iranian...
Clarity needed in conflict zones, says UN expert
On the first anniversary of the Ukraine International Airlines plane crash which killed all 176 persons aboard, a UN human rights expert called for urgent measures to protect civilian aircraft flying in conflict zones or areas of high military tensions, Anadolu Agency reports. “The downing of Flight PS752 sadly highlights the...
Turkey: Senior Gulenists returned from Ukraine
Turkey has brought back suspected Gulenists from the Ukraine, Anadolu reported the Interior Ministry announcing today. In a statement, the ministry said that Salih Fidan and Samet Gure, who are the group’s chiefs in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Erbil, respectively, were arrested while trying to illegally traverse the Ukraine-Poland...
Iran to pay $150,000 to families of Ukraine plane downed in error
The Iranian government will pay $150,000 as compensation to the families of each of the 176 victims of the Ukrainian plane downed near Tehran airport in January, IRNA news agency reported yesterday. At the time, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard admitted to shooting down the plane shortly after take-off; mistaking it for a missile at a time of...
Wagner to pay $304,800 to 2 Russians freed in Libya
Russia’s private security company, Wagner, yesterday said it intended to pay 18 million Russian rubles ($304,855) to two of its members who were arrested in Libya on espionage charges in 2019 and were released last week. The announcement came in a statement issued by Concord Management and Consulting, which is being run by the Russian...
