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  • AL to offer whatever assistance it can to Lebanon: chief

    Date: 2020-08-08 08:01:03 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:8537833

    BEIRUT, Aug 8 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Saturday said the pan-Arab body will offer to Lebanon whatever assistance it can to support the country in overcoming the impact of a devastating blast that rocked the ....

  • AL chief arrives in Beirut to mobilize support to help Lebanon after deadly blast

    Date: 2020-08-08 07:22:52 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:8537788

    BEIRUT, Aug 8 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit arrived in Beirut on Saturday, leading a delegation from the AL that groups Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki. Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Yasser Elwi and Lebanese ....

  • Trump says to attend Paris Conference for Lebanon

    Date: 2020-08-07 21:40:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8537713

    BEIRUT, Aug 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump told his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun that he would attend the Paris conference called to support Lebanon, The New York Times quoted the Lebanese Presidency as saying on Friday. Trump phoned ....

  • Lebanese customs head remanded in custody over Beirut blast

    Date: 2020-08-07 20:20:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:8537668

    BEIRUT, Aug 7 (MENA) – The Lebanese Public Prosecution ordered on Friday to remand Customs Director-General Badri Daher in custody pending investigations over the Beirut port warehouse blast. Earlier, an explosion occurred in Beirut killing ....

  • 6 Arab countries review developments of int'l oil market

    Date: 2020-08-07 19:56:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:8537667

    RIYADH, Aug 7 (MENA) – Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and Iraq on Friday reviewed the recent developments in oil markets, the continued recovery in the global economy and oil demand, and the progress made in rebalancing the oil ....

  • Lebanese diplomat: Beirut grateful to Moscow for help after devastating blast

    Date: 2020-08-07 17:52:13 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:8537527

    MOSCOW, Aug 7 (MENA) – Lebanon is thankful to Russia for its help that came in the aftermath of Beirut’s devastating explosion and is hoping for more aid with construction materials, Sputnik quoted Lebanese Ambassador to Moscow Chawki Bou Nassar as ....

  • Jordan registers five new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-08-07 17:01:56 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8537535

    AMMAN, Aug 7 (MENA) - Five new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Jordan on Friday, including one local case in Irbid, bringing the total number to 1,237 since the start of the crisis, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of ....

  • Saudi Arabia sees steady increase of 1,567 COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-08-07 16:41:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:8537509

    RIYADH, Aug 7 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has confirmed a steady increase of 1,567 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 285,793 on Friday, according to the health ministry. The death toll also increased to 3,093 after 38 ....

  • Pakistan dispatches 8 tons of food, medicines for Beirut blast victims

    Date: 2020-08-07 16:17:51 GMT - Pakistan - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:8537436

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 7 (MENA) – Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday telephoned his Lebanese counterpart Charbel Wehbe, and shared his condolences with him over the deaths in the blasts that took place in Beirut, Geo News reported. ....

  • KRCS donates 10 ambulance vehicles to Lebanese Red Cross

    Date: 2020-08-07 15:53:35 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:8537435

    KUWAIT CITY, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society (KRCS) declared on Friday donating 10 fully equipped ambulance vehicles and three mobile blood donation vehicles for the Lebanese Red Cross. The head of the KRCS mission in Lebanon ....

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