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Drone strike kills 14 al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria: US army
Date: 2020-10-23 06:47:05 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8640088
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (MENA) - The US Army said it carried out a drone strike against al-Qaeda leaders in northwest Syria near the border, killing 14 extremists, Alarabiya English channel reported, quoting the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights as ....
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Tunisia reports 1,462 coronavirus cases in schools since start of academic year
Date: 2020-10-22 22:36:17 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:8640052
TUNIS, Oct 22 (MENA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Education recorded on Thursday new infections by the coronavirus in schools, bringing the infection tally since the start of the school year and until October 22, 2020, to 1462 cases. In its ....
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Damascus Mufti assassinated in terror blast targeting his car
Date: 2020-10-22 22:00:56 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:8640047
DAMASCUS, Oct 22 (MENA) - Mufti of Damascus and Its Countryside Sheikh Mohammad Adnan Afyouni was assassinated on Thursday evening in a terrorist blast that targeted his car in Qudsaya town in Damascus countryside, the Syrian News Agency ....
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Sudan to investigate "violations" committed during Khartoum processions
Date: 2020-10-22 21:42:15 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:8640040
KHARTOUM, Oct 22 (MENA) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdouk met on Thursday with Khartoum State Governor Ayman Nimir who briefed him on the steps taken by the state’s institutions to investigate the violations committed during the processions ....
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Arab League participates in GFF panel on children
Date: 2020-10-22 19:17:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:8639835
CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – The Arab League’s women, family and childhood department is expected to participate on Sunday in a discussion panel under the rubric “A better today and a brighter tomorrow for children” on the sidelines of El Gouna Film ....
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Arab Medical Union says it implemented 1st stage of its emergency relief response to flood disaster in Sudan
Date: 2020-10-22 19:06:24 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:8639644
CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – The Arab Medical Union said Thursday that it has implemented the first stage of its emergency response to the flood disaster in Sudan. More than 370 affected families have benefited from the food assistance channeled to the ....
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Hariri: New gov't will be from technocrats
Date: 2020-10-22 12:21:46 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:8639091
BEIRUT, Oct 22 (MENA) - Newly-appointed Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s said Thursday his government will consist of experts other than partisans to achieve economic and social reform. In statements following a meeting with Lebanese President ....
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Lebanon President asks former PM Saad Hariri to form new government
Date: 2020-10-22 12:11:00 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:8639090
BEIRUT, Oct 22 (MENA) - President Michel Aoun asked Thursday former prime minister Saad Hariri to form the new government. Hariri received 65 parliamentary votes out of 118, giving him the mandate to form his fourth government after Lebanon’s ....
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3 killed in militant attack in Iraq
Date: 2020-10-21 21:21:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:8638409
BAGHDAD, Oct 21 (MENA) – Three Iraqis were killed and two others injured in a militant attack in Khanaqin city, Diyala Governorate, Iraq on Wednesday. A militant group attacked the victims, a security source said, adding that the scene of the ....
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Morocco reports 3,577 new COVID-19 cases, 52 more deaths
Date: 2020-10-21 20:23:15 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:8638385
RABAT, Oct 21 (MENA) - Morocco on Wednesday reported 3,577 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 182,580. The death toll rose by 52 to 3,079, said the Moroccan Ministry of Health in a press release. The ....