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Algeria reports 207 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2021-05-13 18:28:12 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:8956196

ALGIERS, May 13 (MENA) – Algeria on Thursday reported 207 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 124,889. The death toll from the virus rose to 3,355 after five new fatalities were added, said the Algerian Ministry of ....

Morocco reports 238 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2021-05-13 17:24:01 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:8956189

RABAT, May 13 (MENA) - As many as 238 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 514,670, according to a statement by the Moroccan Health Ministry ....

Saudi Arabia reports 1,116 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths

Date: 2021-05-13 17:12:05 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:8955966

RIYADH, May 13 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health on Thursday announced that 1,116 new coronavirus cases were detected over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the Kingdom to 430,505, the Saudi Press Agency ....

Iraq reports 4,512 new Covid-19 infections, 28 deaths

Date: 2021-05-13 17:11:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:8955974

BAGHDAD, May 13 (MENA) – Iraq reported on Thursday 4,512 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the caseload to 1,132,092 since the outbreak of the pathogen in the country. The Iraqi Health Ministry said 5,043 patients had recovered. The ministry added ....

Jordan says fire at Aqaba oil pipelines contained

Date: 2021-05-13 17:10:36 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:8955969

AMMAN, May 13 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the Jordanian Public Security Department (PSD) on Thursday said that Civil Defense Department's (CDD) firefighters extinguished a fire that erupted at four oil pipelines affiliated to the Jordan Petroleum ....

14 cases of Indian Covid-19 variant detected in Algeria

Date: 2021-05-13 17:05:46 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8956104

ALGIERS, May 13 (MENA) – Fourteen cases of the Covid-19 variant contributing to the exploding outbreak in India have been detected in Algeria, Algerian Health Minister Abdel Rahman Ben Bouzid said. In a press release, he noted that the Covid ....

Arab Parliament condemns Houthi militias’ attacks against Saudi Arabia

Date: 2021-05-13 13:43:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:8955817

CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) – The Arab Parliament has denounced recent attacks launched by Houthi militias against Saudi Arabia. The Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen said earlier that it had intercepted and destroyed eight drones ....

UAE announces 1,512 new COVID-19 cases, 1,474 recoveries, 4 deaths in last 24 hours

Date: 2021-05-13 11:15:52 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:8955684

ABU DHABI, May 13 (MENA) – The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 212,212 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, WAM reported. In a statement on ....

Libya asks Malta for Gaddafi’s millions

Date: 2021-05-13 10:22:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8955634

VALLETTA/TRIPOLI, May 13 (MENA) - Libya has requested the Maltese government’s help to recover more than €80 million in frozen bank deposits linked to the family of deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi, said The Times of Malta. On Monday, Malatese ....

Jordan sends 1st urgent medical aid convoy to Palestine

Date: 2021-05-13 09:23:28 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:8955510

ZARQA, May 13 (MENA) – Jordan sent on Thursday the first urgent convoy of medical aid supplies to the Palestinians in al Quds and Ramallah. The aid comes at the directives of Jordanian King Abdullah II to support the Palestinians in the West Bank ....