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Saudi Arabia extends COVID-19 restrictions for 20 days
Date: 2021-02-14 07:40:41 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8798344
RIYADH, Feb 14 (MENA) - COVID-19 restrictions have been extended for another 20 days in Saudi Arabia in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus following a doubling in numbers, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The measures include a ban on ....
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Arab interior ministers condemn Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia
Date: 2021-02-13 21:40:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:8798098
CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) – The General Secretariat of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers has strongly denounced repeated terror attacks launched against Saudi Arabia by Houthi militias. In a statement released on Saturday, the secretariat decried ....
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12.4 mln people food insecure in war-torn Syria, says WFP
Date: 2021-02-13 19:46:57 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:8798050
GENEVA, Feb 13 (MENA) – A record 12.4 million people in war-torn Syria are struggling to find enough food to eat, the UN food agency has said, in an increase it described Saturday as “alarming.” The figure means “60 percent of the Syrian ....
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Jordan records 1,240 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths
Date: 2021-02-13 17:34:16 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:8797781
AMMAN, Feb 13 (MENA) - Jordan has recorded 1,240 new Covid-19 cases Saturday, bringing the total number of infections since the beginning of the crisis to 344,803, Petra news agency reported. Meanwhile, the Kingdom's total coronavirus-related ....
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Tunisia strongly condemns attacks against Saudi Arabia
Date: 2021-02-13 15:10:32 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:8797511
TUNIS, Feb 13 (MENA) – Tunisia strongly condemns the "serious attacks against the sovereignty of Saudi Arabia" "in violation of international law," following the "increase in terrorist attacks against public facilities in this sisterly country," TAP ....
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Over 5 million Covid-19 vaccines doses administerd in UAE
Date: 2021-02-13 15:09:50 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:8797475
ABU DHABI, Feb 13 (MENA) - As many as 103,469 Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered in the UAE over the past 24 hours, the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention said on Saturday. So far, the UAE has administered 5,005,264 doses since the start ....
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AP speaker criticizes Amnesty report on human rights in Bahrain
Date: 2021-02-13 12:26:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:8797226
CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) - Arab Parliament (AP) Speaker Adel Abdul-Rahman Al-Asoumi has criticized a report issued by the Amnesty International about the human rights situation in Bahrain. In a press statement on Saturday, Asoumi said the report ....
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UAE announces 2,631 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Date: 2021-02-13 11:48:44 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:8797223
ABU DHABI, Feb 13 (WAM) -- The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention announced that it conducted 184,981 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, WAM reported. In a statement, the ....
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Russia invites Iraq to attend Astana conference on Syria
Date: 2021-02-13 11:24:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:8797197
BAGHDAD, Feb 13 (MENA) - Iraq has received an official invitation from Russia to attend the 15th Astana conference on Syria. A statement issued by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Saturday said the conference, due to be held in Sochi on February ....
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15 people die after contracting coronavirus in Palestine
Date: 2021-02-13 11:23:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:8797199
RAMALLAH, Feb 13 (MENA) - Fifteen people have died of coronavirus in Palestine in the last 24 hours, while 938 new cases were recorded, and 779 patients have recovered, Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said on Saturday. Alkaila said 62 coronavirus ....