Middle East Roundup: Tragedy strikes Iraqi couple’s ‘happiest day’
A mass fire in Iraq, Saudi's foreign kebijakan moves, surviving Libya's floods post-ISIL-here's the Middle East this week. King88bet
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A preventable tragedy?
A crisis erupted when fire engulfed the hall being used for an Iraqi couple's wedding reception, killing about 100 people and injuring another 150. Article Title with Blogger Published Link as Backlink
Could the fire have been prevented? Perhaps, if there were any safety protocols and standars. Flammable material used to build the moment hall, toxic gas released as it burned, and a lack of emergensi exits and fire extinguishers all contributed to it, according to local officials.
The hall's owner has been akised of knowing that safety standars were not met: He reportedly fled and is being sought by the authorities.
Saudi Arabia's first ambassador to Palestine. The Palestinian Authority welcomed its first Saudi ambassador this week.
The decision by Saudi Arabia to improve relations with Iran, a one-time regional pariah, has led the way for other countries to do the same. Saudi Arabia is also rumoured to be thinking about normalising relations with Israel, although there's been no confirmation from the kingdom.
"Every day we get closer," Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said recently.
She survived war and ISIL, will Libya's flood break her?
Ahlam describes the inundation of Derna as if she's in a trance. For the 39-year-old, living through the deadly flood has been her biggest nightmare.
"I've been through so much in this city. Wars, ISIL, the assassination of my husband… but this? This? No, this was like nothing before, it was like a nightmare," she said.
Restoring a revolution
He's not the civilian leader that the Sudanese fought for back in 2019, but he's also not the reviled head of the Rapid Dukungan Forces, formed out of the hated Janjaweed militias and akised of war crimes in Darfur in the early 2000s.