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Saudi Arabia temporarily shuts down 13 new mosques after COVID-19 infections

Date: 2021-05-15 12:19:28 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:8958028

RIYADH, May 15 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia temporarily shut down 13 mosques in six regions across the Kingdom after a number of worshippers were infected with COVID-19, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. So far, 1,188 mosques have been ....

UAE confirms 1,321 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-05-15 11:04:10 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:8957882

ABU DHABI, May 15 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced registering 1,321 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the UAE to 544,931, WAM reported Saturday. Three new deaths related to the ....

Iraqi security closes Baghdad's Tahrir Square over pro-Palestinian demos

Date: 2021-05-15 10:37:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:8957842

BAGHDAD, May 15 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces closed on Saturday Tahrir Square in Baghdad ahead of expected demonstrations in support of Palestine, reported Alsumaria TV quoting a local security source. Earlier, Leader of Sadrist Movement ....

Aoun sends letter to his French counterpart over recent political updates

Date: 2021-05-15 09:44:44 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:8957783

BEIRUT, May 15 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun sent a letter to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron over bilateral relations and the latest political developments in Lebanon. Aoun received in the morning French Ambassador in Beirut ....

Morocco's king orders to send emergency humanitarian aid to Palestinians

Date: 2021-05-14 22:23:22 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:8957510

RABAT, May 14 (MENA) - Morocco's King Mohammed VI has Instructed to send emergency humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad said ....

Kataeb Party warns against dragging Lebanon into uncalculated adventures

Date: 2021-05-14 22:00:41 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:8957501

BEIRUT, May 14 (MENA) - The Lebanese Kataeb Party warned against "handing over the decision of war and peace to the owners of illegitimate weapons”, pointing to the risk of any slip that could drag the country in an unwanted direction against the ....

763 COVID-19 infections, 1,191 recoveries, 7 deaths in Kuwait

Date: 2021-05-14 21:26:59 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:8957458

KUWAIT CITY, May 14 (MENA) – The Kuwaiti Health Ministry announced on Friday 763 coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, 1,191 recoveries and seven deaths, KUNA reported. Health Ministry spokesman Abdullah Al-Sanad indicated that this brought the ....

Egypt, Tunisia FMs discuss Arab action at Security Council on Israeli aggression

Date: 2021-05-14 21:10:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8957472

CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Friday with his Tunisian counterpart Othman Jerandi efforts to end the Israeli aggression and face-off in Palestinian territories and the Arab action at the UN Security Council in ....

UAE alarmed by escalating spiral of violence in Israel and Palestine: Abdullah bin Zayed

Date: 2021-05-14 20:10:50 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:8957443

ABU DHABI, May 14 (MENA) - UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has expressed his country's grave concern over the escalating spiral of violence in Israel and Palestine and offered ....

Saudi FM condemns Israel’s ‘illegal practices’ in call with Palestinian FM

Date: 2021-05-14 19:41:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:8957398

RIYADH, May 14 (MENA) – Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan affirmed the Kingdom’s condemnation of the “Israeli occupation’s illegal practices,” in a phone call held with Palestine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al-Maliki, Al ....