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Iraqi military plane carrying assistance to Lebanon arrives in Beirut
Date: 2020-08-15 09:14:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:8547457
BEIRUT, Aug 15 (MENA) - An Iraqi military plane, carrying dozens of tons of assistance to the Lebanese people, has landed in Beirut International Airport. This is one of three planes that will be dispatched to Beirut International Airport to help ....
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Libya registers 227 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-08-15 08:18:42 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:8547400
TRIPOLI, Aug 15 (MENA) - Libya's National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Saturday that 277 new coronavirus infections have been confirmed in the country, taking the total toll of cases to 7,327. The center added that four new ....
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5.3 quake hits southeastern Iraqi border governorate
Date: 2020-08-15 08:15:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:8547404
BAGHDAD, Aug 15 (MENA) - The Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said on Saturday a 5.3 magnitude quake hit Maysan governorate. The organization recorded the quake at 5:23 am (Iraq local time) in Maysan, according to Alsumaria news ....
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Iraq to step up anti-COVID 19 precautionary measures
Date: 2020-08-15 07:21:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:8547327
BAGHDAD, Aug 15 (MENA) -The Ministry of Health on Saturday announced it will take firm measures to confront the new increase in the number of daily coronavirus infections which are likely to increase in the coming days. Director of Iraq's Health ....
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UN urges Houthis to grant access to abandoned Safer oil tanker
Date: 2020-08-14 21:29:10 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:8547233
NEW YORK, Aug 14 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Houthi militia to allow an assessment team to travel to a decaying oil tanker that is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil off Yemen’s coast, Al Arabiya ....
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US envoy: Washington to support Lebanese gov't that reflects will of people
Date: 2020-08-14 20:27:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:8547203
BEIRUT, Aug 14 (MENA) – US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale asserted on Friday that America is ready to support a Lebanese government that reflects and responds to the will of the people and genuinely commits to and acts for ....
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Iraq urges France, Germany, Britain to stop Turkish attacks
Date: 2020-08-14 20:26:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8547197
BAGHDAD, Aug 14 (MENA) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein called on France, Britain and German to play an active role to stop Turkey's repeated attacks and withdraw Turkish troops from Iraq. Hussein's appeal came during his phone calls with ....
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Lebanon’s state prosecutor refers Beirut blast case to judicial investigator
Date: 2020-08-14 16:02:48 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:8546868
BEIRUT, Aug 14 (MENA) – Lebanon’s State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat referred Friday the file of the Beirut blast to judicial investigator Fadi Sawan. Sawan was picked by caretaker Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najm to conduct the Beirut blast ....
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Ukrainian president orders to provide humanitarian aid to Lebanon
Date: 2020-08-14 15:09:00 GMT - Ukraine - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:8546934
KYEV, Aug 14 (MENA) - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed Decree No. 319/2020 on the Provision of Humanitarian Aid to the Republic of Lebanon, the Ukrainian Presidency said in a statement on Friday. According to the document, ....
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12 Egyptian flights laden with urgent aid to arrive in Beirut in 2 weeks - embassy
Date: 2020-08-14 15:08:47 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8546887
BEIRUT, Aug 14 (MENA) - As many as 12 flights laden with 220 tons of urgent relief aid shipments will arrive at Beirut within the coming two weeks via the Egyptian airlift, the Egyptian Embassy to Lebanon announced. The first Egyptian flight is ....
