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Akkar explosion: 20 dead, 80 wounded, search underway for missing persons
Date: 2021-08-15 08:29:52 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:9111840
BEIRUT, Aug 15 (MENA) - An explosion of a petrol tanker in the town of Al-Tleil in Akkar at dawn Sunday resulted in dozens of deaths, while members of the Red Cross, Civil Defense and the army are still working to help the people transport the ....
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Arab coalition spox: Saudi air defenses intercept Houthi ballistic missile
Date: 2021-08-15 08:08:02 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:9111796
RIYADH, Aug 15 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia’s air defenses have intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen aimed towards the southern city of Najran, according to SPA. “The hostile Houthi militia continues its ....
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Communications services suspended in many areas in Lebanon over fuel shortage
Date: 2021-08-15 06:35:09 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:9111748
BEIRUT, Aug 15 (MENA) - The state-run telecommunications company Ogero suspended late on Saturday its services at Aliya telephone exchange in Mount Lebanon area over lack of diesel fuel. The announcement came one day after the company suspended ....
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Akkar blast no different from Beirut port explosion - Hariri
Date: 2021-08-15 05:12:09 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:9111671
BEIRUT, Aug 15 (MENA) - Former Prime Minister Saad Harir stressed on Sunday that Akkar fuel tank blast, that took place earlier in the day, is no different from the disaster of Beirut port explosion that claimed more than 200 lives. Hariri ....
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20 killed, 79 wounded in fuel tank blast in Lebanon
Date: 2021-08-15 05:03:43 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:9111668
BEIRUT, Aug 15 (MENA) - Twenty people were killed and 79 others wounded in a fuel tank blast in Akkar area in northern Lebanon early Sunday. Fire fighters are still trying to put out the fire. The cause of the explosion was not immediately ....
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Members of new Syrian cabinet sworn in before Assad
Date: 2021-08-14 19:37:03 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:9111473
DAMASCUS, Aug 14 (MENA) - Members of the new Syrian cabinet, chaired by Hussein Arnous, on Saturday were sworn in before President Bashar al- Assad. Assad on Tuesday issued decree no. 208 for year 2021 on forming the new Syrian cabinet, chaired ....
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Algeria reports 753 new coronavirus cases, 36 deaths
Date: 2021-08-14 18:54:38 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:9111388
ALGIERS, Aug 14 (MENA) – As many as 753 new coronavirus cases and 36 deaths were recorded in Algeria over the past 24 hours, the Algerian health ministry said Saturday. This takes the total number of infections in the country to 186,655, and the ....
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13 wildfires contained in Tunisia this week
Date: 2021-08-14 18:15:40 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:9111386
TUNIS, Aug 14 (MENA) - Tunisian civil protection and firefighting teams managed on Saturday to contain 13 wildfires from 17 that erupted since the beginning of this week. The civil protection spokesman said the fires spread to forests in a ....
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Lebanon reports 1,498 new Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths in one day
Date: 2021-08-14 17:57:01 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:9111382
BEIRUT, Aug 14 (MENA) – Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health announced on Saturday the registration of 1,498 new Coronavirus infections, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 581,497, NNA reported. In addition, five more ....
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Morocco reports 10,240 new Covid-19 cases, 110 deaths
Date: 2021-08-14 17:35:40 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:9111302
RABAT, Aug 14 (MENA) - As many as 10,240 new Covid-19 cases were detected in Morocco over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed infections to 752,076, said the Moroccan Health Ministry. In a statement carried by MAP news agency ....
