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IPTP supports Egyptian initiative to solve Libyan crisis

Date: 2020-06-12 11:48:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:8466628

CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) - The International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, IPTP, has called on all concerned parties, National Councils of Representatives and the international community to support the Egyptian initiative to solve the Libyan ....

Iraq discusses enhancing ties with Russia, Germany, Britain

Date: 2020-06-12 10:36:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8466487

BAGHDAD, June 12 (MENA) - Iraqi National Security Adviser Faleh al Fayyad discussed on Friday the situation in the region with the German, Russian and Britain ambassadors, separately, Fayyad's office said in a statement. The meetings probed ....

Lebanese public anger boils over as Lebanese pound collapses

Date: 2020-06-11 22:36:37 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:8466117

BEIRUT, June 11 (MENA) - Thousands of Lebanese poured into the streets overnight Friday to protest the collapse of the local currency, blocking roads and highways across the country, declaring "we can't take it any more". In Beirut's Martyrs' ....

Syria reports 12 new COVID-19 cases, total rises to 164

Date: 2020-06-11 20:54:01 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:8466064

DAMASCUS, June 11 (MENA) - The Syrian Health Ministry announced Thursday that 12 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been registered in Syria. In a statement carried by SANA news agency, the ministry added that the 12 new cases were among ....

Protesters, angered by plunging currency, block roads across Lebanon

Date: 2020-06-11 20:51:15 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:8466056

BEIRUT, June 11 (MENA) - Hundreds of protesters blocked roads across Beirut and other areas Thursday evening, many chanting "the thawra [revolution] will return tonight" as the Lebanese pound plunged to unprecedented lows, The Daily Star Lebanon ....

Morocco reports 29 new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 8,537

Date: 2020-06-11 19:25:24 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:8465932

RABAT, June 11 (MENA) - The Moroccan Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that 29 new coronavirus cases have been reported, bringing the country's total to 8,537. The number of coronavirus cases who have been retested and received negative ....

US reiterates support for ending foreign interference in Libya

Date: 2020-06-11 19:20:10 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:8465899

WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - US reiterated Thursday its support for making an end to the foreign interference in Libya. In its statement, the US Department of State renewed its calls for ceasing fire in the war-torn North African country. It ....

Arab health ministers call for unified scheme to stem coronavirus spread

Date: 2020-06-11 17:23:51 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8465653

CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - The Arab Health Ministers Council entrusted its general secretariat to work out a unified plan to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. In a statement issued Thursday, at the end of the Arab Health Ministers’s 53rd ....

Syria's Assad dismisses prime minister

Date: 2020-06-11 13:47:21 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:8465521

DAMASCUS, June 11 (MENA) - Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has issued a decree to dismiss Imad Khamis from his post as the country's prime minister, state media reported on Thursday. Khamis has held the post since 2016 but will now be replaced ....

Arab League urges for more support for Palestinian educational process

Date: 2020-06-11 11:40:45 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:8465209

CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) urged for maintaining Arab support for the Palestinian educational process and alleviating the suffering of Palestinian students. AL Assistant Secretary General Said Abu Ali made the remarks during a ....