Arab world

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  • Kuwait strongly condemns Houthi targeting of Saudi civil areas

    Date: 2020-07-14 11:09:37 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:8507509

    KUWAIT CITY, July 14 (MENA) - Kuwait strongly denounced the Houthi militias' targeting of civil areas and civilians in Saudi Arabia by booby-trapped drones and ballistic rockets. In a press statement on Tuesday received by MENA, an official ....

  • Libyan parl't welcomes Egypt military intervention to protect national security

    Date: 2020-07-14 10:33:29 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:8507461

    BENGHAZI, July 14 (MENA) - The east-based Libyan parliament granted on Tuesday the Egyptian armed forces the right to intervene to protect Egyptian and Libyan national security “if the need arose”, Asharq Al-Awsat reported. In a statement, the ....

  • IHCHR: 3,136 COVID-19 cases among medical staff in Iraq

    Date: 2020-07-14 08:08:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:8507246

    BAGHDAD, July 14 (MENA) - The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) said Tuesday that it recorded 3,136 COVID-19 cases, including 25 deaths, among the medical staff in the country till June 27. Al Sumaria news channel quoted the ....

  • Turkey seeks to control Libya's oil riches to save its failing economy: LNA spox

    Date: 2020-07-13 22:11:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8507110

    BENGHAZI, July 13 (MENA) - The number one goal of the Turkish interference in Libya is to help the Muslim Brotherhood and other terror groups gain a foothold in the Arab country, Libyan National Army Spokesman Maj. Gen. Ahmed al-Mismari ....

  • Russia criticizes UN cross-border mechanism for delivering humanitarian aid to Syria

    Date: 2020-07-13 21:21:01 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:8507070

    NEW YORK, July 13 (MENA) - Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya has criticized the UN cross-border mechanism for delivering humanitarian aid to Syria. "The cross-border mechanism was used by some external players as a tool ....

  • YNA spox: Houthis' false victory claims aim to cover up their defeats

    Date: 2020-07-13 21:20:31 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:8507071

    MA'RIB, July 13 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brig.-Gen. Abdu Majli denied allegations made by the Houthi rebels about achieving military victories against the Yemeni army. In a statement released Monday by the Yemeni National Army ....

  • Yemeni artillery pounds Houthi arms depots in Saada

    Date: 2020-07-13 20:24:09 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:8507052

    SAADA, July 13 (MENA) - Yemeni National Army (YNA) artillery units on Monday targeted Houthi-controlled areas and arms depots in Baqem district in Saada. Today morning, YNA artillery units have manged to destroy several hideouts and weapons ....

  • Lebanon's Siniora denounces Turkey's transformation Hagia Sophia into mosque

    Date: 2020-07-13 17:57:15 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:8506655

    BEIRUT, July 13 (MENA) - Former Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora said Turkey's transformation of Hagia Sophia Church into a mosque harms Muslims and the image of moderate Islam, which has already faced defamation campaigns worldwide. In a ....

  • Arab committee awards Sisi shield of development work

    Date: 2020-07-13 17:52:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:8506849

    CAIRO, July 13 (MENA) - The higher coordination committee of joint Arab action approved on Monday a suggestion to grant President Abdel Fattah El Sisi the 2020 Arab Development Work Shield in recognition of his efforts in advancing development in ....

  • 3 terrorist hideouts destroyed northern Algeria: Defense Ministry

    Date: 2020-07-13 15:57:59 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:8506647

    ALGIERS, July 13 (MENA) - The Algerian Defense Ministry on Monday said three terrorist hideouts and a bomb have been found and destroyed in the northern provinces of Médéa and Boumerdès. According to a statement issued by the Defense Ministry, ....

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