September 18, 2023

*) Türkiye rejects attacks on Muslim values in name of freedom: Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed recent attacks on the Quran, saying if hostility towards Islam is not prevented, perpetrators will become more reckless. Erdogan called these actions “provocations that aim to incite people” at a dinner event organised by the Turkish American National Steering Committee in New York. He said Türkiye will not accept the justification of these attacks on the sacred values of two billion Muslims worldwide under the guise of freedom of thought. *) Four Greek aid workers killed in accident in flood-stricken Libya Four members of a Greek humanitarian aid team, sent to Libya after the devastating floods that hit Derna, have been killed in a road accident. The eastern-based government's health minister said the accident took place when a vehicle carrying the team collided with a car carrying a Libyan family. Three people in the car died and two were seriously injured, he added. This comes a week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths. The true death toll remains unknown. *) Flames engulf central Khartoum as war rages across Sudan in its 6th month An 18-storey building in the centre of Sudan's capital was engulfed in flames, and paramilitary forces attacked the army headquarters for the second day in a row, witnesses reported. Battles between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensified on Saturday, resulting in key buildings in central Khartoum being set alight. Since civil war erupted on April 15 between the forces, millions of people have been displaced – fleeing the relentless air strikes, artillery fire and street battles. *) Klishchiivka village near Bakhmut recaptured — Ukraine general In the latest in the Ukraine war, the general in command of Ukraine's ground forces has said that Ukrainian forces recaptured the eastern village of Klishchiivka. Russians claimed control of the