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2 explosive devices went off in Baghdad, no casualties reported
Date: 2021-08-04 20:02:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:9095058
BAGHDAD, Aug 4 (MENA) – Two explosive devices went off in central Baghdad on Wednesday, a security source said. The first was planted near a wine shop and the other was attached to a private security company’s four-wheel drive vehicle, the ....
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Lebanon reports 1,532 new Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths in one day
Date: 2021-08-04 19:43:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:110 - ID:9095038
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) – Lebanon has recorded 1,532 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, raising the tally of infections to 565,896, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced Wednesday. In addition, four more deaths were recorded ....
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Red Cross: 62 wounded in Beirut blast anniversary rallies
Date: 2021-08-04 19:14:53 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:9095022
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) – The Lebanese Red Cross announced via “Twitter” that 62 people were wounded in rallies, held to mark the first anniversary of the Beirut port blast, that took place on August 4, 2020. It noted that “21 ambulances and 100 ....
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UAE affirms its continued support, solidarity with Lebanese people
Date: 2021-08-04 18:57:43 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:9094982
ABU DHABI, Aug 4 (MENA) - Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, the UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation, affirmed the UAE's continued support for the brotherly Lebanese people in such critical circumstances, Emirates News Agency (WAM) ....
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Clashes heat up between protesters, security forces in Beirut on blast anniversary
Date: 2021-08-04 18:50:29 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:9094935
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) – The Lebanese police urged the peaceful protesters to immediately exit the mass protests, to manage to control the increased violence, as clashes between some protesters and security forces have heated up amid the rallies, ....
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Protesters set fire to barricades at entrance of Parl't building in Lebanon
Date: 2021-08-04 18:42:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:9094957
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) - Amid clashes with security forces, protesters set fire to barricades at the entrance of the Lebanese parliament's building on Wednesday. Protesters have also thrown stones and fireworks at security forces and the opposite ....
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54 wounded in protests on Beirut blast 1st anniversary
Date: 2021-08-04 18:07:14 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:9094890
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) - As many as 54 persons have been wounded so far after violence erupted between protesters marking the first anniversary of Beirut blast on Wednesday. In a statement on Twitter this evening, the Lebanese Red Cross revealed ....
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Violence erupts between Lebanese activists marking 1st anniv. of Beirut blast
Date: 2021-08-04 17:20:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:9094790
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) - Clashes erupted Wednesday between participants in a march marking the first anniversary of Beirut blast, which killed over 200 people when a stock of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate dumped in the Beirut Port exploded last ....
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European official urges Lebanon to announce results of investigations into Beirut port blast
Date: 2021-08-04 17:04:39 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:9094858
BRUSSELS, Aug 4 (MENA) - President of the European Council Charles Michel has called on the Lebanese authorities to produce results in the investigation into the causes of the explosion at the port of Beirut. "Today marks the first anniversary of ....
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Lebanese Red Cross: 21 people injured on 1st anniversary of Beirut port blast
Date: 2021-08-04 17:02:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:9094845
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) – Lebanon’s Red Cross said 21 people have been wounded in demonstrations in central Beirut, which commemorate the first anniversary of the Beirut port blast that took place on August 4, 2020. Six people were taken to ....
