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A Western diplomatic source in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, expected that US President Joe Biden would start his visit to the Kingdom in the middle of next month.

The source said in a statement to the German News Agency (dpa) that the proposed dates for the visit start from the thirteenth to the seventeenth of next July and will last for two days, and it is “the subject of consultations currently between the Saudi and American administrations”, expecting “that a decision will be made tonight.” “.

The source did not rule out that an official Saudi statement would be issued tomorrow, Monday, in conjunction with an American statement in this regard, as indicated by American media.

The source said that President Biden will hold a meeting upon his arrival in Jeddah with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and senior Saudi officials focused on enhancing energy security and regional issues.

The Israeli channel N12 reported that the Israeli security apparatus noticed recently that the Iranians had redoubled their efforts to introduce “tie-breaking” weapons through Syria, intended for the precision missile project. And then they tried to transport this weapon by sea or land.

Nevertheless, the Iranians did not despair in the face of the battle that Israel is waging once morest them, and they continue to search for ways to continue arming their allies in the Middle East, particularly once morest Hezbollah.

Attempts by air multiplied to smuggle advanced weapons from Iran to Syria (including plane trunks or passenger bags). According to foreign reports, the Israeli army attacked warehouses at Damascus International Airport, where weapons are stored, and other stores in Damascus.

The talk is mainly regarding systems that allow the missiles owned by Iran’s allies to be converted into precision missiles. According to foreign reports, Israel attacked all these sites where they are trying to advance the precision missile project, regarding 15 times only during the last month.

The report said that when they distinguished in Israel that these attacks did not achieve the desired goal, a decision was taken to escalate the attacks and attack Damascus International Airport.

According to estimates, only 70% of Iranian weapons were smuggled, and it is understandable that the entry of 30% of arms shipments poses a threat.

The first objective of these attacks was to pass a decisive message to Iran: We see what you are doing and are ready to go very far to prevent it, including paralyzing Damascus International Airport. This is in addition to sending a decisive message to Assad: If you continue to host the Iranians and make them station themselves in Syria, you will pay a heavy price.

In order to prevent friction, Israel informs the Russians before each attack through the joint mechanism, and this was also before the last attack on Damascus International Airport, even though the Russians issued a strong condemnation.

But on the other hand, too, they conveyed a strong message from Israel to Assad to prevent the continuation of smuggling weapons, or else he and his country’s economy would be severely affected.

The report stated, that there are Israeli preparations for the possibility of a response from Iran and even from Assad himself, and the assessments are that the response will be limited because they do not have the ability to respond forcefully from the region of Syria.

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Today, Sunday, Saudi Arabia pledged to provide ten million dollars to contribute to the financing efforts aimed at containing the existing threat from the abandoned oil tanker “Safer” dilapidated and docked off the coast of Yemen.

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center announced that the funding is a voluntary response and an emergency contribution to the urgent action aimed at preventing a possible oil leak from the tanker, amid warnings of a possible environmental disaster in the Red Sea in the event of a leak from the worn-out tanker.

According to reports, the “Safer” is a 45-year-old oil tanker that was left abandoned a few miles off the coast of the Yemeni city of Hodeidah, which is controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and is anchored with more than a million barrels of oil on board.

The hull of the ship is now believed to be in poor condition, in danger and on the verge of disintegration.

The fear of the tanker is due to the fact that any explosion or leakage from it may cause one of the most dangerous oil spill disasters in history, according to a study conducted by Greenpeace Research Laboratories.

Last month, the United Nations held a conference to raise funds to help tackle the looming environmental crisis and prevent a potentially catastrophic oil spill, and estimated that the goal of moving 1.1 million barrels of oil from the Safer to another oil tanker would cost $80 million in total.

But what it has collected from donor countries so far is only a little more than a third of this amount.

The UN said the Safer contained four times as much oil as the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, one of the world’s worst environmental disasters that polluted Alaskan waters.

It is reported that Yemen is witnessing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, due to a bloody internal conflict between Houthi rebels andto recognized authorities 8 years ago.

Saudi Arabia is leading a military coalition in Yemen in the midst of the war there in support of the government once morest the Houthis.

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The characteristic yellow letter M of the McDonalds logo has been replaced by two stylized French fries and a dot (or is it a hamburger?)

Gone are the Big Mac and the McFlurry.

But the new owners hope customers won’t notice too many differences.

They held a press conference at the flagship restaurant on Pushkin Square, where Moscow’s first McDonald’s opened last year. 32 years.

“Our goal is that our customers do not notice the difference in quality or atmosphere,” said Oleg Paroyev, CEO of Vkusno i Tochka.

“The name changes, the love remains,” says the slogan.

But one protester stormed the event saying, “Bring the Big Mac back!”

The new company says the composition of the burgers has not changed and that the McDonald’s team remains.

symbolic event

Back in 1990 I was in the huge queue: it took me three hours to get in and be served. I remember the emotion.

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The arrival of McDonald’s was a symbol of Soviet Russia that embraced western ideaswestern culture, western food.

What is happening this Sunday here is also a symbol: of how Russia and the West are separating.

We’re not just talking regarding burgers. Many global brands and multinational companies have suspended their business in Russia or have been sold and pulled out altogether, in protest of the Russian offensive in Ukraine.

Govor, a Siberian oil tycoon, aims to reopen regarding a quarter of McDonald’s 850 restaurants under his new name by the end of the month.

Last month, McDonald’s announced it was leaving Russia due to the “humanitarian crisis” and the “unpredictable operating environment” caused by the war.

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Russia and Ukraine accounted for around 9% of global sales McDonald’s last year.

Starbucks, Coca Cola, Levi’s y Apple they are among the international brands that have left Russia or suspended sales here since the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

Russia is now under sanctions wide-ranging international markets, which are disrupting their supply chains and increasing unemployment.

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