Arab world

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  • 2nd Egyptian doctor dies from coronavirus in Kuwait

    Date: 2020-08-14 09:24:09 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:8546455

    KUWAIT CITY, Aug 14 (MENA) - A second Egyptian doctor working in the Kuwaiti Health Ministry's Al-Amiri Hospital has died after contracting the novel coronavirus. The 50 year-old doctor Awwad Abdel Hamid, who has been working in Kuwait for 18 ....

  • 20 Daesh elements arrested while attempting to enter Iraqi territories

    Date: 2020-08-14 07:00:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8546271

    BAGHDAD, Aug 14 (MENA) - Twenty elements of Daesh terrorist group were arrested while attempting to enter the Iraqi territories from Syria, an Iraqi security source said Friday. The Iraqi army foiled an attempt by Daesh terrorists to infiltrate ....

  • Yemeni army thwarts Houthi militias' attacks on several fronts

    Date: 2020-08-13 22:57:22 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:8546210

    ADEN, Aug 13 (MENA) - Yemeni armed forces have recaptured key positions from Iran-backed Houthi militia in Nihm front in eastern Sana’a governorate. The army scores the significant advancement following several heavy attacks against the Militia ....

  • AL official: Lebanon in need of swift financial, logistic, medial aids

    Date: 2020-08-13 22:51:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:8546209

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Assistant Arab League Secretary General For Economic Affairs Ambassador Kamal Hassan Ali asserted that Arab League is continuing its strenuous efforts, which have been initiated by AL Chief Ahmed Abul Gheit, to help Lebanon in ....

  • Lebanon reports three coronavirus deaths, 298 new cases

    Date: 2020-08-13 22:28:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:8546207

    BEIRUT, Aug 13 (MENA) - The Lebanese Ministry of Health said Thursday that three patients have died of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 298 people tested positive for the virus over the last 24 hours. The figures took the death toll to 92 and ....

  • Arab League chief: Iranian-Turkish hegemony schemes... 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2020-08-13 21:31:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8546170

    Abul Gheit went on to say that he has promptly worked after Beirut blast, in coordination with the Lebanese authorities, to include an item on the agenda of the Arab Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) pertaining to Lebanon, noting that such item ....

  • Arab League chief: Iranian-Turkish hegemony schemes aim at dividing Arab world into districts governed by militias

    Date: 2020-08-13 21:02:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:8546107

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit warned against what he termed as "the Iranian-Turkish schemes of hegemony" in the Arab region and their catastrophic consequences on the Arab national security, noting that the ....

  • Yemeni army shoots down Houthi’ drone, liberates areas east of Sanaa

    Date: 2020-08-13 19:16:27 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:8545996

    SANAA, Aug 13 (MENA) – The Yemeni army announced on Thursday that it shot down a “booby-trapped" drone of Houthi militias in the district of Naham, east of Sanaa. A commander from the army told Al Arabiya news channel that there were also violent ....

  • AL holds meeting to support Lebanon

    Date: 2020-08-13 19:11:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8545856

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL) held Thursday a virtual meeting for joint Arab action organizations and unions to discuss means of supporting Lebanon in the aftermath of a devastating explosion that hit Beirut last week. AL Minister ....

  • Arab Coalition intercepts Houthi drone, 2 missiles targeting Khamis Mushait

    Date: 2020-08-13 19:06:32 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:8546065

    RIYADH, Aug 13 (MENA) – The Arab Coalition says it has intercepted and destroyed an IED drone and two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militia on Thursday targeting Saudi Arabia’s southwestern city of Khamis Mushait, Al Arabiya channel ....

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