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Iraqi intelligence seizes Daesh heavy weaponry

Date: 2021-02-10 20:04:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:8793737

BAGHDAD, Feb 10 (MENA) - Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) said Wednesday it seized nine home-made missiles, machine guns, bombs and weapons that were left over by Daesh terror elements in Anbar province, western Iraqi. In a statement carried out ....

AL holds 7th meeting on intellectual property

Date: 2021-02-10 19:54:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:8793712

CAIRO, Feb 10 (MENA) – The seventh meeting of the Arab League's technical committee for intellectual property kicked off Wednesday. The videoconference meeting was organized by the intellectual property and competitiveness management department ....

Saudi Arabia records 369 new infections

Date: 2021-02-10 19:18:38 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:8793747

RIYADH, Feb 10 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia on Wednesday reported 369 new coronavirus cases and five deaths, bringing the total to 371,356 cases and 6,415 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health. The number of recoveries in the Kingdom rose by 306 ....

Morocco reports 564 new infections, 12 deaths in past 24 hours

Date: 2021-02-10 19:10:25 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:8793721

RABAT, Feb 10 (MENA) - Morocco on Wednesday reported 564 new COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, taking the total infections in the country to 476,689, the Moroccan Health Ministry said in a statement. The ministry added the total number of ....

Palestine condemns attack on Abha airport in Saudi Arabia

Date: 2021-02-10 18:52:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:8793676

RAMALLAH, Feb 10 (MENA) – Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack that targeted Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia and caused a civilian airplane to catch fire, WAFA reported on Wednesday. Abbas slammed the attack as an ....

32,000 foreign workers deported from Iraq - ministry

Date: 2021-02-10 18:51:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:8793716

BAGHDAD, Feb 10 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry said on Wednesday 32,000 foreign workers were deported from the country for illegal residence. A spokesman for the ministry said campaigns to check on illegal workers in the country are going on, ....

Lebanon registers 66 new virus deaths, 3,157 infections

Date: 2021-02-10 18:32:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8793688

BEIRUT, Feb 10 (MENA) - Lebanon registered 66 new coronavirus deaths and 3,157 more cases Wednesday, as experts urged the population to register for vaccination, saying it was the only way to defeat the pandemic. The cases were detected among ....

UAE strongly condemns, denounces Houthi attack on Abha Airport

Date: 2021-02-10 17:32:28 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:8793542

ABU DHABI, Feb 10 (MENA) – The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned and denounced the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia's terrorist and cowardly attack on the Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia that caused a fire in a civilian aircraft, WAM ....

Algeria reports 223 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths

Date: 2021-02-10 17:26:01 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8793522

ALGIERS, Feb 10 (MENA) - A total of 223 new confirmed cases of coronavirus were registered in Algeria over the past 24 hours, Spokesman for the Scientific Committee monitoring the coronavirus pandemic Djamel Fourar said Wednesday. In today's ....

Ministers of Sudan's transitional govt take oath

Date: 2021-02-10 16:52:44 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:8793431

KHARTOUM, Feb 10 (MENA) - The new ministers of the Sudanese transitional government were sworn in Wednesday before President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdul-Fattah l-Burhan, and Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdouk, in the presence of the ....