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Russian Middle East envoy, Syrian amb. mull latest developments in Syria

Date: 2021-02-05 19:27:35 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:8785593

CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Russian Special Presidential Envoy on the Middle East and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov on Friday met with Syrian Ambassador in Moscow Riyad Haddad. The two mulled various issues related to the situation in and ....

Pandemic didn't affect fight against terrorism in Syria - Russian diplomat

Date: 2021-02-05 18:05:34 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:8785531

MOSCOW, Feb 5 (MENA) - Counterterrorist operations conducted with the support of Russian troops in Syria are going ahead, the coronavirus pandemic had almost no effect on steps to counter militants, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov ....

Dbeibah is transitional PM as Libyan factions choose interim government

Date: 2021-02-05 16:53:09 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8785429

GENEVA, Feb 5 (MENA) – Libyan delegates at UN-facilitated talks on Friday made the surprise choice of Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah as transitional prime minister, along with a three-member presidency council, to govern the war-ravaged North African ....

Over four million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in UAE

Date: 2021-02-05 16:12:38 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:8785366

ABU DHABI, Feb 5 (MENA) - The UAE has administered more than 4.008 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and achieved a distribution rate of 40.53 doses per every 100 people. Crossing the four million does mark comes as result of the efforts made at ....

Jordan records 1,222 coronavirus cases, 8 deaths

Date: 2021-02-05 16:01:35 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8785417

AMMAN, Feb 5 (MENA) - Jordan has recorded eight coronavirus deaths and 1,222 new COVID-19 cases Friday, Petra news agency reported. The total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic in Jordan is 332,990. While, the death toll has ....

Aqila Saleh tops list of candidates for Libya's Presidency Council post

Date: 2021-02-05 15:34:01 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:8785040

GENEVA, Feb 5 (MENA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Friday announced that eastern-based parliament speaker Aguila Saleh topped the list of candidates for chairing the three-member Libyan Presidency Council, after securing ....

Saudi Arabia reports 327 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-02-05 15:24:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:8785250

RIYADH, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health recorded on Friday 327 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the Kingdom to 369,575, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The ministry added that the ....

UAE ranks first regionally, fourth globally in Global Entrepreneurship Index 2020

Date: 2021-02-05 14:15:37 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:8785159

ABU DHABI, Feb 5 (MENA) - The UAE has been ranked first in the region, and fourth globally in the Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI) 2020 by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM – NECI), climbing up from its fifth ranking in the 2019 ....

IOM: Libyan navy intercepts over 800 migrants in Mediterranean

Date: 2021-02-05 13:09:05 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8785008

GENEVA, Feb 5 (MENA) - Hundreds of Europe-bound migrants were intercepted in the Mediterranean sea off Libya's coasts and taken into detention over the last 24 hours, the UN migration agency said Friday. The International Organization for ....

UAE records 3,251 new COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths

Date: 2021-02-05 13:08:32 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:8784898

ABU DHABI, Feb 5 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates recorded 3,251 new cases of COVID-19, 3,860 recoveries and 14 deaths on Friday, Al Arabiya news channel reported. The country's Ministry of Health disclosed that 148,574 were carried out as part ....