6. Azerbaijan to evacuate Iran embassy staff
• Azerbaijan will evacuate embassy staff and family members from Iran on January 29, 2023, the foreign ministry said, two days after a gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people in an attack Baku branded an `act of terrorism`.
• Police in Tehran have said they had arrested a suspect and Iranian authorities condemned Friday`s incident, but said the gunman appeared to have had a personal, not a political, motive.
• The incident came amid increased tensions between the neighbouring countries over Iran`s treatment of its large ethnic Azeri minority and over Azerbaijan`s decision this month to appoint its first ever ambassador to Israel
7. Qatar joins Lebanon gas exploration consortium
• Lebanon announced on January 29, 2023 that Qatar had entered a consortium to explore for offshore gas in waters near Israel, following a historic border deal last year between the two foes.
• The agreement green-lights Lebanon`s exploration of its southern Qana, or Sidon, reservoir following the signing of the landmark accord last October demarcating its maritime borders with long-time enemy Israel.
• Sunday`s deal will see the gasrich Gulf country`s state-run Qatar Energy receive a minority 30 per cent stake in two blocks of Lebanon`s exclusive economic zone, according to Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati
8. Guns for Israelis amid move against Palestinians` rights
• In line with proposals from Netanyahu`s extreme-right political partners which enabled him to return to power at the end of last month, Israel`s cabinet announced a slew of steps including measures to make it easier for Israeli civilians to obtain permits to carry firearms and rescind the rights to social security of `families of terrorists that support terrorism`.
• Also, the family home of a Palestinian in east Jerusalem, suspected of killing seven people near a synagogue, was sealed on Sunday as part of the measures to revoke certain rights of the families of suspects.
• While Khayri Alqam, 21, was shot dead by police following the shooting, his family home was sealed `ahead of its demolition`
9. Drone attack targets Iran`s defence ministry site in Isfahan
• Iran said January 29, 2023 a night-time drone attack had targeted a defence ministry site and the country`s anti-aircraft system destroyed one drone and two others exploded.
• The defence ministry said there were no casualties and only minor damage to the site in the central province of Isfahan.
• A fireball lit up the night sky in video footage widely shared on social media and published by Iranian state media, with people outside seen running and emergency service vehicles speeding toward the site
10. Former IB chief Masood Sharif passes away
• Former director general of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Masood Sharif Khan Khattak passed away in Karak district on January 29, 2023 due to cardiac arrest. He was 72.
• Mr Khattak left a widow, a son and two daughters to mourn his death. He was born in Karak on June 5, 1950. He also remained director general of the Federal Investigation Agency from 1992-1993 and DG IB from 1993-1996 during the tenure of the Pakistan Peoples Party government. He also served as vice-president of PPP from 1999 to 2008
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