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Saudi KSrelief launches aid project in Pakistan

Date: 2020-12-11 16:05:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8708396

RIYADH, Dec 11 (MENA) - King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) has launched a project to distribute 22,550 winter kits among poor and deserving people living in Pakistan, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported Friday. The KSRelief ....

452 Syrian refugees return home from Lebanon over past 24 hrs

Date: 2020-12-11 13:32:18 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:8708265

MOSCOW, Dec 11 (MENA) - A further 452 Syrian refugees, including 135 women and 230 children, have returned from Lebanon over the past day through the Jaydet-Yabus and Tell-Kalah checkpoints, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a separate ....

Iraq reports 1,347 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-12-11 13:10:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:8708239

BAGHDAD, Dec 11 (MENA) - The Iraqi Ministry of Health on Friday reported 1,347 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections to 572,600. The ministry said in a daily briefing that 23 persons died from the virus, and some 1,930 ....

AASTMT president confers with Iraqi transport minister on joint cooperation

Date: 2020-12-10 18:42:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:8707156

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Dec 10 (MENA) - President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag conferred on Thursday with visiting Iraqi Transport Minister Nasser Hussein Bandar and his ....

Trump announces Israel-Morocco to normalize relations

Date: 2020-12-10 18:20:44 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:8707515

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (MENA) - Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalize relations, US President Donald Trump said Thursday, marking the fourth Arab-Israeli agreement in four months, ABC News reported. As part of the deal announced near the end of ....

Assoumi asserts importance of activating Arab Parliament's role in representing Arab peoples

Date: 2020-12-10 15:42:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:8707046

CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Abdul-Rahman Al-Asoumi asserted the importance of going ahead with efforts to promote the joint Arab parliamentary action through activating the role of the parliament as an Arab system ....

AL receives anti-coronavirus personal protective equipment from China

Date: 2020-12-10 14:38:35 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:8707194

CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Assistant Secretary General Hossam Zaki has received the second batch of personal protective equipment against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from Chinese Ambassador in Cairo Liao Liqiang. The equipment ....

Egyptian, Palestinian officials discuss progress on national reconciliation

Date: 2020-12-10 14:27:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:8706969

RAMALLAH, Dec 10 (MENA) - Palestinian minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al Sheikh has discussed at a meeting with Egyptian Ambassador to Palestine Tareq Tayel the latest regional political developments, as well as progress on the file of the ....

Kuwaiti to resume departure flights to Egypt very soon- says official

Date: 2020-12-10 13:21:02 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:8706840

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 10 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is set to resume departure flights from Kuwait to Egypt very soon, said a Kuwaiti official source. In a press statement on Thursday, the source added that the ....

AP: Human rights issues in Arab states internal national issues

Date: 2020-12-10 13:13:24 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:8706982

CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament (AP) asserted that the human rights issues in the Arab states are internal national issues, asserting total rejection to any interference in Arab internal affairs. This came in a statement of the Arab ....