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8 terrorists detained in Salaheldin in Iraq

Date: 2020-11-18 09:44:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:8676862

BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (MENA) - The Iraqi Intelligence Service said that eight terrorists including a woman were detained in Salaheldin district. They were detained for belonging to the terrorist group of Daesh, the service said in a statement on ....

Syrian air defenses confront Israeli aggression on southern region, down number of missiles

Date: 2020-11-18 09:00:24 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:8676755

DAMASCUS, Nov 18 (MENA) - The air defenses of the Syrian Arab Army on Wednesday at dawn confronted an Israeli aerial aggression in the southern region and downed a number of missiles SANA reported. A military source said that “at about 03:11 am ....

Coalition in Iraq denies casualties due to missile attack in Baghdad

Date: 2020-11-18 08:37:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:8676713

BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (MENA) - The international coalition in Iraq denied on Wednesday any casualties in its personnel due to a missile attack on the Green Zone in the Iraqi capital. Coalition spokesman Colonel Myles Caggins said that the shelling ....

UAE condemns cowardly terrorist attack on ERC personnel in Taiz

Date: 2020-11-18 07:51:52 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:8676685

ABU DHABI, Nov 18 (MENA) - The UAE has strongly condemned the cowardly terrorist shooting attack targeting Emirates Red Crescent medical staff working in mobile healthcare clinics in the Yemeni city of Taiz, WAM News Agency reported. The Ministry ....

Syria reports 77 coronavirus cases, 4 fatalities

Date: 2020-11-17 21:32:22 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:8676461

DAMASCUS, Nov 17 (MENA) - The Health Ministry reported on Tuesday 77 new coronavirus cases and four deaths in Syria, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections to 6,836 and fatalities to 354. In a statement to SANA news agency, the ministry ....

AL official warns of education challenges in Palestine

Date: 2020-11-17 21:23:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:8676424

CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Education in the occupied Arab lands is now facing more obstacles and challenges because of Israeli practices and the spread of coronavirus, said Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and the Occupied Arab ....

At least 2 rockets land in Baghdad's Green Zone, Iraqi officials say

Date: 2020-11-17 20:43:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:8676442

BAGHDAD, Nov 17 (MENA) – At least two Katyusha rockets hit inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, wounding at least two people and signaling an end to an informal truce announced by Iran-backed militias in October, ABC News ....

Tunisia records 1,319 new coronavirus cases, 28 deaths over past 24 hours

Date: 2020-11-17 19:19:21 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:8676355

TUNIS, Nov 17 (MENA) – Tunisia’s Health Ministry reported on Tuesday 1,319 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 81,723. Meanwhile, the ministry recorded 28 new deaths, thus the death toll reached ....

Abu Dhabi CP receives Israeli President's message

Date: 2020-11-17 18:48:19 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8676317

ABU DHABI, Nov 17 (MENA) – Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received on Tuesday a message from Israeli President Reuven Rivlin dealing with bilateral relations and ways to ....

6,454 new coronavirus cases, 66 fatalities recorded in Jordan

Date: 2020-11-17 16:47:55 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:8676211

AMMAN, Nov 17 (MENA) – A total of 6,454 new coronavirus infections and 66 deaths were recorded across the Kingdom of Jordan on Tuesday, bringing the caseload to 155,993 and deaths to 1,386 since the outbreak of the pandemic in early March, Petra ....