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  • Iraq registers 1,252 new coronavirus cases, 33 deaths

    Date: 2020-06-06 20:01:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:8459267

    BAGHDAD, June 6 (MENA) - Iraq's Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that 1,252 new coronavirus cases were reported over the past 24 hours, raising the total number to 11,098. The ministry added that more than 2,543 persons were tested, the ....

  • LNA strikes militias' convoy in southern Misrata

    Date: 2020-06-06 19:57:40 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:8459177

    TRIPOLI, June 6 (MENA) - The Libyan National Army (LNA) said on Saturday its air force struck militias' convoy in Abugrein district, south of Misrata. The airstrikes come in conjunction with militias stationed east of Misrata, intending to seize ....

  • COVID-19 cases top 10,000, death toll nears 698 in Algeria

    Date: 2020-06-06 18:39:02 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:8459180

    ALGIERS, June 6 (MENA) - Algeria on Saturday said that 115 new coronavirus cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, bringing the total in the country to 10,050. During a daily press briefing, spokesman for the scientific committee in charge of ....

  • Sisi reveals "Cairo Declaration" to resolve Libyan crisis

    Date: 2020-06-06 17:06:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8459085

    CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi announced Saturday a new political initiative aimed at ending the conflict in Libya. Sisi revealed the initiative during a joint press conference following a tripartite meeting held today with ....

  • Heavy deployment of Lebanese army in central Beirut

    Date: 2020-06-06 11:07:35 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:8458594

    BEIRUT, June 6 (MENA) - Central Beirut has witnessed heavy deployment of security forces that fanned out ahead of Saturday's protests demanding better living conditions. In the run-up to what they called the "second wave" of rallies, protesters ....

  • Iraqi forces close entrances to Basra downtown

    Date: 2020-06-06 09:24:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:8458531

    BAGHDAD, June 6 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces on Saturday closed entrances to the downtown of Basra city due to the spread of coronavirus, according to the National Iraqi News Agency. The forces also imposed a curfew on vehicles and citizens in ....

  • Kurdistan: 2 new COVID-19 cases reported in Garmina

    Date: 2020-06-06 09:19:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8458476

    BAGHDAD, June 6 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health of Iraq's Kurdistan Region on Saturday said that two new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Garmina region. The ministry added that one fatality was reported in Erbil, according to the Iraqi News ....

  • Turkey-backed Tripoli militias seize another town

    Date: 2020-06-05 22:53:34 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:8458247

    TRIPOLI, June 5 (MENA) – The Libyan National Army (LNA) withdrew from Tarhouna after facing intense Turkish bombardment, LNA spokesman Ahmed al-Mosmari said at a press conference on Friday. He framed the retreat as a strategic decision to keep ....

  • Arab Parliamentary Union: Whole world condemns Israeli plans aiming at controlling all of Palestine

    Date: 2020-06-05 22:19:32 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:8458190

    AMMAN, June 5 (MENA) – President of the Arab Parliamentary Union Atef Al-Tarawneh said on Friday that the whole world knows and condemns the Israeli plans aiming at controlling all of the Palestinian territories. In a press release on the ....

  • On World Environment Day, ICESCO calls for joint action to preserve biological diversity

    Date: 2020-06-05 21:44:11 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:8458294

    RABAT, June 5 (MENA) - ICESCO reaffirmed its support to the states and governments, environmental organizations, entrepreneurs, and scientists in their environmental action programs and believes that the human race will face extinction if it refuses ....

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