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Saudi Arabia reports 954 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-08-06 15:04:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:9098109
RIYADH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia reported 954 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 531,935, the Health Ministry said in a statement Friday. According to the statement, 14 new virus-related fatalities were ....
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All travelers to Tunisia to go into week-long quarantine
Date: 2021-08-06 14:25:30 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:9098124
TUNIS, Aug 6 (MENA) - Head of the Tunisian quarantine committee Mohamed Rabhi said all travelers to the country will go into a week-long quarantine. The decision is also binding to those who were vaccinated or contracted the virus before, he added. ....
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UAE: 49,079 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered during past 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-06 13:48:31 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:9098023
ABU DHABI, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has announced that 49,079 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were given in the past 24 hours, the UAE news agency WAM reported. The total number of doses provided up to today ....
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Lebanese army arrests 4 over firing missiles at Israel
Date: 2021-08-06 13:42:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:9097907
BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) – The Lebanese army said Friday that it had arrested four people in Chouya town, southern Lebanon, over firing missiles at Israel early morning. The rocket launching pad was also seized, it added in a statement. The army ....
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Hezbollah claims responsibility for rocket attack on Israeli positions near Lebanese border, Israel retaliates
Date: 2021-08-06 12:43:20 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:9097751
Beirut, Aug 6 (MENA) - Lebanese group Hezbollah on Friday said it had fired a barrage of rockets at Israeli positions in a disputed area close to the Lebanese border, calling it retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon a day earlier, ....
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Israel artillery shells parts of southern Lebanon
Date: 2021-08-06 12:41:08 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:9097756
BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Israeli artillery shelled several parts in southern Lebanon in retaliation to the rockets fired by the Lebanese group of Hezbollah. Israel shelled Lebanon’s Kfarshouba and Al-Habarieh hills in Al-Arqoub, according the ....
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UNIFIL urges Lebanese, Israeli parties to cease fire
Date: 2021-08-06 11:42:07 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:9097754
BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) urged all Lebanese and Israeli parties to cease fire. Earlier Friday, UNIFIL detected rockets launched from outside UNIFIL’s area of operations in south Lebanon towards ....
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Bahrain’s civil aviation authorities issue travel advisory update
Date: 2021-08-05 22:51:26 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:9097203
MANAMA, Aug 5 (MENA) - Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs has updated the Kingdom's Red List countries, in line with directives issued by the Government Executive Committee in response to recommendations made by the National Medical Taskforce for ....
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Tunisian president says rights, freedoms guaranteed
Date: 2021-08-05 22:51:05 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:9097178
TUNIS, Aug 5 (MENA) - Tunisia's President Kais Saied said that rights and freedoms are guaranteed, stressing that no one was detained because of their views. "There is no room to go back," Saied said at a meeting with general director of the ....
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Iraq registers 11,871 new coronavirus cases, 62 deaths
Date: 2021-08-05 14:39:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:9096508
BAGHDAD, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment announced registering 11,871 new infections with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the total in the country to 1,684,955, the National Iraqi News Agency reported on ....