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  • UAE condemns Yemeni Houthis' drone attack on Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2021-08-01 14:07:56 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:9088759

    ABU DHABI, Aug 1 (MENA) - The UAE strongly condemned the recent attempt by Yemeni Houthi militia to attack civilians and civilian objects in Khamis Mushait region in Saudi Arabia, with a booby-trapped drone, which was intercepted by the Arab ....

  • S. Arabia reports 1,084 new Covid cases

    Date: 2021-08-01 13:40:47 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:9088861

    RIYADH, Aug 1 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health recorded 1,084 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the Saudi Gazette reported Sunday. According to the ministry, 12 more people died due to complications caused by the virus. This ....

  • Libya records 4,322 new coronavirus cases, 39 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-01 12:20:22 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:9088557

    TRIPOLI, Aug 1 (MENA) - Libya registered 4,322 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 253,436, the National Center for Disease Control announced Sunday. In a statement carried by Libya's Africa news ....

  • Iraq receives 571,000 Pfizer doses

    Date: 2021-08-01 11:45:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:9088646

    BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (MENA) - The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment said Sunday that it received 571,000 Pfizer doses to vaccinate citizens against COVID-19. In a statement carried by NINA, the ministry said the vaccines will be distributed to ....

  • UAE reports 1,519 new Covid 19 infections

    Date: 2021-08-01 10:47:52 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:9088459

    ABU DHABI, Aug 1 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Sunday reported 1,519 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 1,466 recoveries and 2 deaths. The new cases were detected through 284,403 additional tests, the UAE news ....

  • Daesh ringleader arrested in northern Iraq

    Date: 2021-08-01 10:15:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:9088394

    BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces arrested on Sunday a ringleader of terrorist group Daesh accused of acts of assassinations in Salah Eddin province, in northern Iraq. In a statement, Iraq's Security Media Cell, which releases ....

  • Partners of AL initiative for educating refugees to hold coordination meeting

    Date: 2021-08-01 08:56:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:9088202

    CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - Partners of the Arab League initiative for educating refugees will hold on Monday their first coordination meeting via video conference, Arab League Assistant Secretary General Haifa Abu Ghazala said. In a statement on ....

  • Assad assigns Hussein Arnous to form new govt

    Date: 2021-08-01 08:22:53 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:9088140

    DAMASCUS, Aug 1 (MENA) - President Bashar al Assad on Sunday issued decree No. 206/2021 assigning Engineer Hussein Arnous to form the new cabinet, Syrian news agency SANA reported. The assignment came following an election in May in which Assad ....

  • Holding parliamentary polls October 10 inevitable - Iraqi Electoral Commission

    Date: 2021-08-01 07:42:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:9088080

    BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (MENA) - The Independent High Electoral Commission stressed on Sunday that holding early parliamentary elections on October 10 is inevitable. Iraq is scheduled to hold early elections on October 10 in response to the ....

  • Iraqi army launches security operation to hunt down Daesh remnants in Kirkuk

    Date: 2021-08-01 07:20:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:9088075

    BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (MENA) - The Iraqi army on Sunday launched a large-scale security operation to hunt down remnants of Daesh terrorist group in the northern Kirkuk province, Al Sumariya TV reported. The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said the ....

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