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  • Russian airstrikes kill 21 Daesh militants in Syria

    Date: 2021-02-20 16:26:38 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:8809120

    LONDON, Feb 20 (MENA) - Up to 130 Russian airstrikes killed at least 21 Daesh militants in Syria over the past 24 hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday. The airstrikes hit Daesh positions in an area on the edge of the ....

  • GCC chief expresses concern over incidents in Somalia

    Date: 2021-02-20 16:21:49 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:8808871

    RIYADH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf expressed concern over the tragic incidents in Somalia, resulting in deaths and casualties in the capital city of Mogadishu, the Saudi ....

  • Jordan voices deep concern over Mogadishu deadly violence

    Date: 2021-02-20 16:18:30 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:8808875

    AMMAN, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Jordanian Foreign Ministry expressed profound concern over the deadly violence in the Somali capital Mogadishu, which left many people dead and others wounded. In a statement carried by the official Petra news agency on ....

  • Bahrain, US discuss efforts to combat terrorism

    Date: 2021-02-20 11:30:16 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:8808402

    MANAMA, Feb 20 (MENA) - Bahraini National Security Advisor and Royal Guard Commander Major General Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa made a telephone conversation with the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to discuss joint efforts aimed ....

  • Saudi Arabia concerned over escalation of unrest in Somalia

    Date: 2021-02-20 08:17:58 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:8808197

    RIYADH, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Saudi Foreign Ministry said it is “greatly concerned” over the developments of events in Somalia, which led to multiple fatalities in its capital Mogadishu, state news agency SPA reported on Saturday. The ministry ....

  • Nine security men, Daesh elements killed, wounded in ambush in Baghdad

    Date: 2021-02-20 08:17:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:8808131

    BAGHDAD, Feb 20 (MENA) - Baghdad Operations Command said an element of Daesh terrorist group was killed in an ambush in northern Baghdad on Saturday. The command said in a statement that forces clashed with a group of the terrorist Daesh ....

  • Tunisia reports new 725 Covid-19 cases, 35 deaths

    Date: 2021-02-19 21:07:05 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8807991

    TUNIS, Feb 19 (MENA) - Tunisia's Health Ministry on Friday reported 725 more Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 226,740. The ministry said in a statement that 35 new deaths were registered, raising the toll ....

  • Algeria releases 33 activists from prison as part of presidential pardon

    Date: 2021-02-19 20:48:33 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:8807976

    ALGIERS, Feb 19 (MENA) - Algeria on Friday released 33 detainees from the Hirak protest movement as part of a pardon announced by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the Ministry of Justice said. The released detainees are 21 sentenced to prison ....

  • Lebanon reports 2,255 coronavirus cases, 51 deaths

    Date: 2021-02-19 20:06:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8807927

    BEIRUT, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced Friday 2,255 new coronavirus infections, which brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 35,1048, the country's official news agency reported. Up to 51 deaths have ....

  • Special envoy for Libya meets Haftar in Benghazi

    Date: 2021-02-19 19:54:53 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:8807898

    BENGHAZI, Feb 19 (MENA) – Special Envoy for Libya and Head of UNSMIL Ján Kubiš arrived Friday in Benghazi on which he held a meeting with General Khalifa Haftar in the presence of the LAAF delegation to 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), the ....

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