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Iraq president in Iran

Iran’s President has rejected the presence of foreign forces in West Asia. Ebrahim Raeisi regards the deployment of US troops as harmful to the region’s security. He made the remarks in a joint presser with the visiting Iraqi President following their talks in the capital Tehran. Raeisi said, the US only cares about its own interests in its ties with Iraq and pays no attention to the interests of the Arab country. He added, Iraq’s security is important to the Islamic Republic. The Iranian president said Tehran and Baghdad are set to expand relations in various domains and boost the volume of bilateral trade. Abdul Latif Rashid, for his part, thanked Iran for its assistance over the past decades, including the country’s fight against the Daesh terror group. Rashid called for boosting bilateral ties that he described as historic. The Iraqi president also hailed a deal on rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, saying it will play a major role in ensuring regional security. 

Sudan fighting

Plumes of smoke rise above Khartoum as fighting between Sudan’s army and paramilitary groups enter a third week, despite a renewed truce. Warplanes on bombing raids drew heavy anti-aircraft fire over the capital, with residents across the city largely sheltering at home, amid food and water shortage. The latest three-day ceasefire was agreed between the army and the paramilitaries, but violence again rocked the country shortly after it came into effect. UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has called on the warring sides to respect the truce, saying it is not right to go on fighting for power when the country is falling apart. More than 500 people have been killed and some 75-thousand others displaced since fighting began in Sudan on April 15. Earlier on Saturday, a ferry with around two-thousand people, fleeing the violence, docked in the Saudi Port of Jeddah. Iran's foreign ministry said 65 of the evacuees are Iranian citizens. 

Russia-Ukraine war

Moscow says Ukrainian forces have carried out artillery attacks on the Russian-controlled city of Novaya Kakhovka, causing widespread power outage. Local authorities said the city and the settlements around it are under heavy artillery fire. They have urged people in the city to keep calm, vowing to restore power after the shelling ends. Novaya Kakhovka is located in the southern Kherson region that fell to Russian forces on the first day of their offensive in Ukraine in February last year. Meanwhile, a drone strike has targeted a fuel tank in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, causing what officials called a large fire. They however say the situation is under control. Ukraine has been blamed for the attack. The incidents come a day after over a dozen civilians were killed across Ukraine as a result of Russian missile strikes.

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