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The Israeli Air Force launched a massive missile attack on targets in the Gaza Strip. This is reported on the Israeli military Twitter page. The Israeli Air Force has just attacked an Islamic Jihad terrorist group preparing to fire rockets from Gaza at Israeli civilians, according to the report. On 23 February, the news agency reported that the Israel Defense Forces had reported that 20 rockets had been fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel.

Some of the American elite are not interested in a peaceful settlement and stabilization of the situation in the Middle East, as political uncertainty in the region allows them to catch fish in muddy water. This was reported by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov in an interview with the Greek publication To Vima. Sometimes it seems that certain forces in the American elite are interested not in normalization, but, on the contrary, in destabilizing the Middle East space. In order to take advantage of political uncertainty and unshakeable conflicts, to sex, as they say, fish in muddy water, said the diplomat. Bogdanov recalled that the murder by the U.S. military of Iranian General Kasem Suleimani in Baghdad is a confirmation of such opinion, as Suleimani made an invaluable contribution to the fight against terrorist groups in the region. On the other hand, as Bogdanov noted, the world community hears the calls of US President Donald Trump for an end to the war...

The cyber team Spacestation Gaming (North America) won the Six Invitational 2020 championship on the game Rainbow Six Siege. This was reported on February 17 by the cybersport.ru website. They beat Ninjas in Pyjamas (Brazil) 3-2 in the final match. For the victory Spacestation Gaming received one million dollars. We remind that Six Invitational is the largest international championship in the game Rainbow Six Siege. Traditionally, it takes place in Canada.

Kenya's government has drawn foreign experts to fight the desert locust invasion that has so far affected 17 districts. This is reported by Daily Monitor Uganda. Kenya is not a country [that is facing an invasion] of desert locusts, and we don 't have much experience, so we need partners with the necessary experience of dealing with this species. That's why we are joining forces, said David Mwangi, head of plant protection at Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture. According to him, a Moroccan specialist joined the National Youth Service (NYS) personnel training team for ground control of l...

In January 2020, more than 226,000 foreign citizens and stateless persons visited Azerbaijan, which is 18.1% more than in the same period last year. This is reported by the State Statistics Service of Azerbaijan. Visitors from 136 countries came to Azerbaijan during this period. Most foreign citizens visited the country in January from the Russian Federation (30%), Georgia (28.2%) and Turkey (10.6%). Of the Iranian citizens, 5.8% visited Azerbaijan, 3.2% visited Saudi Arabia, 2.3% visited the United Arab Emirates, and 2.1% visited India. 1.8% of visitors arrived in Azerbaijan during this period from Ukraine, the same amount from Kuwait. 1.4% from Kazakhstan and the same amount from Pakistan. 1.1% of those arriving in Azerbaijan were from Turkmenistan, 0.9% from Iraq, 0.8% from Great Britain and Israel. 7.7% citizens of other States, and the 0.1% of visitors were stateless persons. The news agency recalls that earlier in Azerbaijan announced the construction of a new tourist complex. Re...