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Saudi Arabia reports 3,183 Covid-19 cases

Date: 2020-07-09 15:14:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:8502000

RIYADH, July 9 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry on Thursday reported 3,183 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 3,046 recoveries. Forty-one new deaths were also reported, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The new figures ....

AL organizes webinar on artistic creativity

Date: 2020-07-09 15:06:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:8501888

CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) social affairs department will organize a webinar Sunday on artistic creativity between the past and the present. In statements Thursday, Ambassador Haifa Abou Ghazala, head of the social affairs ....

AL backs SC resolution on COVID-19 and ending armed conflicts

Date: 2020-07-09 14:31:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:8501707

CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) – The Arab League General Secretariat has voiced support for a Tunisian-French resolution adopted by the Security Council unanimously this month on COVID-19 and ending armed conflicts. In a statement on Thursday, the ....

Sudanese PM conducts ministerial reshuffle

Date: 2020-07-09 13:35:54 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8501833

KHARTOUM, July 9 (MENA) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok conducted a ministerial reshuffle, the Sudanese cabinet said. In a brief statement on Thursday, the cabinet said that the reshuffle comes in commitment to the speech of Hamdok on ....

Arab coalition: 2 Houthi militia targets destroyed

Date: 2020-07-09 13:11:07 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:8501438

RIYADH, July 9 (MENA) - Official Spokesman for the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Turki al Malki said in a statement on Thursday “the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition has conducted this morning a targeting and destruction operation ....

UN warns Yemen on brink of famine again

Date: 2020-07-09 06:18:37 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8501166

NEW YORK, July 9 (MENA) - Yemen is once again on the brink of famine, as donor funds that helped avert catastrophe just 18 months ago have dried up, the country’s UN humanitarian coordinator Lise Grande has said. Grandy added that as much of the ....

Houthis launch missile targeting Yemeni city of Marib

Date: 2020-07-09 06:11:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8501173

RIYADH, July 9 (MENA) - A missile launched by Houthi militias at the Yemeni city of Marib on Wednesday night landed within a civilian area, leaving behind casualties. Colonel Turki al-Maliki, the spokesman for the Arab Coalition, said Houthis ....

Lebanon reports 39 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2020-07-08 22:46:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:8501129

BEIRUT, July 8 (MENA) - Lebanon's number of COVID-19 infections increased on Wednesday by 39 cases to 1,945 while the death toll remained 36, the National News Agency reported. Lebanon continues to witness a daily increase in COVID-19 infections ....

4 Houthis killed, 2 wounded by Yemeni army

Date: 2020-07-08 22:20:14 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:8501126

ADEN, July 8 (MENA) - Four Houthi militants, including a leading member in the militant group, were killed and two others wounded by the Yemeni army, a military source said Wednesday. The army thwarted an attack by Houthis on Jabal Habashy ....

LNA spokesman: Libyan army ready to counter any imminent Turkish attack

Date: 2020-07-08 21:26:25 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8501026

CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) – Spokesman for the Libyan National Army (LNA) Ahmed El Mesmari said the army expects a Turkish attack anytime, stressing that the Libyan forces will take all necessary actions to counter such attacks. In an interview with ....