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  • Deash leader in Libya killed- official

    Date: 2020-09-16 21:55:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:8591123

    BENGHAZI, Sept 16 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Libyan National Army Ahmed el Mesmary said on Wednesday that Daesh leader in Libya was killed during skirmishes between LNA and a terrorist cell. A tip-off was received by LNA command about a ....

  • Libya's Al Sarraj resigns -- 2 Tripoli

    Date: 2020-09-16 21:38:28 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:8591107

    Welcoming the outcome of the UN-sponsored talks on Libya, Sarraj stressed his support to all the parties involved to achieve more positive results. Ever since the UN-brokered Skhirat Agreement was signed in December 2015, we have been trying to ....

  • Libya's Al Sarraj resigns

    Date: 2020-09-16 20:53:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:8591094

    TRIPOLI, Sept 16 (MENA) - Head of Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al Sarraj has announced his resignation on Wednesday. In a televised a speech delivered on Wednesday evening, Sarraj declared his desire to hand ....

  • Libya’s parliament speaker calls on Libyans to cast ballots in municipality elections in October

    Date: 2020-09-16 20:44:18 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:8591081

    BENGHAZI, Sept 16 (MENA) – Libya’s Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh on Wednesday called on the Libyans to cast their ballots in the coming municipal elections, planned to be held in October. This came during a visit paid by Saleh to the president ....

  • Lebanon confirms 634 new virus cases, seven deaths

    Date: 2020-09-16 19:12:29 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:8591012

    BEIRUT, Sept 16 (MENA) - Lebanon confirmed 634 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths Wednesday, bringing the total number of registered cases in the country to 26,083. Of the new cases, 624 were detected among the local population and 10 among ....

  • Morocco registers 1,692 new Covid-19 cases, 1,921 recoveries over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-09-16 19:09:27 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:8590994

    RABAT, Sept 16 (MENA) - Morocco registered 1,692 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 90,324. A statement by the Morocan Health Ministry said 38 new deaths related to the virus were ....

  • Algeria reports 232 new coronavirus cases, 13 deaths

    Date: 2020-09-16 17:02:13 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:8590881

    ALGIERS, Sept 16 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Algeria hit 48,966 after the country reported 232 new infections, Spokesman of the Scientific Committee in charge of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic Djamel Fourar said. In a ....

  • Jordan reports 175 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2020-09-16 16:50:09 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:8590834

    AMMAN, Sept 16 (MENA) - The Jordanian Ministry of Health announced that 175 new Covid-19 cases, including 171 local infections, were recorded in the country on Wednesday, bringing the total caseload to 3,852, Petra News Agency reported. A total ....

  • Prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque suspended over coronavirus

    Date: 2020-09-16 13:29:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:8590107

    RAMALLAH, Sept 16 (MENA) - All Muslim visits and prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound will be suspended for three weeks in an effort to battle the spread of coronavirus, Wafa News Agency reported Wednesday quoting officials. The Islamic Religious ....

  • Syria, UN Commissioner probe promotion of joint coop.

    Date: 2020-09-16 13:27:44 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:8590299

    DAMASCUS, Sept 16 (MENA) – Syria's Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem on Wednesday received UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and the accompanying delegation, SANA reported. The two sides ....

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