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  • Abul-Gheit condoles with Lebanon over victims of Akkar fuel tank explosion

    Date: 2021-08-15 11:27:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:9112263

    CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit voiced his deep condolences Sunday over the victims of the fuel tank explosion that took place in the northern Lebanese region of Akkar, leaving scores of civilians killed ....

  • OIC condemns Houthi militia attack on Saudi city of Najran

    Date: 2021-08-15 09:44:20 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:9111980

    RIYADH, Aug 15 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the Houthi rocket attack on the Saudi province of Najran. In a statement issued on Sunday, OIC Secretary General Youssef bin Ahmed Al Othaimeen urged the ....

  • UAE condemns Houthis’ attempted ballistic missile attack on Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2021-08-15 09:27:43 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:9111970

    ABU DHABI, Aug 15 (MENA) - The UAE has strongly condemned the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militias’ systematic attempts to attack civilians and civilian objects in Najran, Saudi Arabia with a ballistic missile, which was intercepted by the ....

  • Iraqi Health Ministry: Health utilities under pressure due to rise in Covid-19 infections

    Date: 2021-08-15 09:23:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:9111921

    BAGHDAD, Aug 15 (MENA) - Health Ministry Spokesman Seif al-Badr said the ministry's healthcare service units are facing immense pressure due to hundreds of coronavirus infection cases reported daily. In statements to Alhurra TV Channel Sunday, the ....

  • Iraqi intelligence arrests terrorist in Anbar

    Date: 2021-08-15 09:03:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:9111917

    BAGHDAD, Aug 15 (MENA) - The Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate on Sunday detained a terrorist in the western Iraqi governorate of Anbar, Al Sumariya News TV reported. The Iraqi intelligence conducted a military operation after receiving a ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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