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AP speaker heads for Djibouti

Date: 2021-01-23 08:58:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:8764951

CAIRO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Abdul Rahman Al Asoumi will head for Djibouti leading a high-level delegation on a visit during the period from January 24 until January 28. Djibouti is the first Arab country that Asoumi visits ....

Russian envoy, Libyan lawmaker mull latest developments in Libya

Date: 2021-01-22 20:58:14 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:8764685

MOSCOW, Jan 22 (MENA) - Special Envoy of the Russian President to the Middle East and Africa Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov met Friday with Libyan lawmaker Fathallah Hussein Abdul Karim. The two mulled various issues related to the ....

Arab Parliament speaker receives NCCM delegation

Date: 2021-01-22 15:01:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8764228

CAIRO, Jan 22 (MENA) - Arab Parliament (AP) Speaker Adel Abdul-Rahman al Assoumi on Friday received here a delegation from the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) headed by Sahar al Sonbaty. During the meeting, the AP speaker ....

Saudi Arabia reports 213 new COVID-19 cases, 188 recoveries

Date: 2021-01-22 13:59:24 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:8764239

RIYADH, Jan 22 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has reported 213 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 365,988, the Ministry of Health said. Of the new cases, 88 were detected in Riyadh, 37 in Mecca and 10 in Medina, Al Arabiya ....

UAE reports 3,552 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2021-01-22 11:28:46 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:8764029

ABU DHABI, Jan 22 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Friday reported 3,552 cases of Covid-19, along with 3945 recoveries. The ministry added that 10 deaths were also reported. The new cases were detected through additional ....

UN condemns double suicide attacks in Baghdad

Date: 2021-01-22 10:46:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:8763885

BAGHDAD, Jan 22 (MENA) - The UN on Friday condemned the double suicide attacks that hit Baghdad Thursday and left 32 people dead and 110 others injured, Alsumariya news channel reported. "I am deeply shocked and outraged by the calculated ....

6 killed, injured in Israeli airstrike on Syria

Date: 2021-01-22 08:47:40 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8763715

DAMASCUS, Jan 22 (MENA) - Two persons were killed and four others injured in an Israeli airstrike on Syria's Hama city, the Syrian news agency (SANA) reported Friday. Israeli forces fired missiles from the direction of Tripoli city in northern ....

EU condemns attacks in Baghdad

Date: 2021-01-22 07:26:57 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:8763648

BRUSSELS, Jan 22 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) strongly condemned Thursday's attack that hit Baghdad and left many people dead and injured. "The European Union strongly condemns the senseless and barbaric attack that has rocked the center of ....

Syria repels Israeli air attack on Hama city

Date: 2021-01-22 06:20:28 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8763553

DAMASCUS, Jan 22 (MENA) - Syria's air defense repelled at dawn Friday an air attack launched by Israel against Hama city, Syrian news agency SANA reported. The Syrian air defense shot down most of the rockets launched by Israel on Hama, SANA ....

Algeria condemns Baghdad deadly bombings

Date: 2021-01-21 21:47:46 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:8763451

ALGIERS, Jan 21 (MENA) – Algeria strongly condemned Thursday the twin bombings, rocked a popular market in Baghdad. Two men blew themselves up in a crowded Baghdad market on Thursday, killing at least 32 people in Iraq’s first big suicide bombing ....