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  • 5 Iraqi soldiers killed, injured in bomb blast in Kirkuk

    Date: 2020-04-03 10:26:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:8380990

    BAGHDAD, April 3 (MENA) - Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and two others injured in an explosive charge attack on a police vehicle in northwestern Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk. The national news agency quoted a security source as saying in ....

  • WB allocates $40 million for coronavirus response in Lebanon

    Date: 2020-04-03 09:54:19 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:8380888

    BEIRUT, April 3 (MENA) - The World Bank has allocated $40 million to the coronavirus response efforts in Lebanon, Al Arabiya channel quoted a statement issued by the organization as saying on Friday. "This outbreak comes at a time when Lebanon’s ....

  • Coronavirus: 14 new cases registered in Lebanon

    Date: 2020-04-03 09:46:36 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:8380886

    BEIRUT, April 3 (MENA) - The Lebanese Ministry of Health on Friday registered 14 new coronavirus cases, bringing the number of cases in the country to 508. The deaths from COVID-19 soared to 17, most of them are elderly people who had suffered ....

  • Iraq's PMF launches crackdown on Daesh militants in Diyala

    Date: 2020-04-03 08:51:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:8380729

    BAGHDAD, April 3 (MENA) - The operation commands of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said on Friday they launched a crackdown on Daesh militants in the vicinity of Naft Khana oil field in the eastern province of Diyala. The operation aims ....

  • Morocco: Coronavirus cases rise to 735

    Date: 2020-04-03 08:30:43 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8380727

    RABAT, April 3 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Morocco has soared to 735 after registering 27 new cases, the Moroccan Health Ministry said on Friday. The deaths from the COVID-19 have reached 47 in the North African country, while the ....

  • Libya reports first COVID-19 death

    Date: 2020-04-02 21:58:27 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:8380496

    TRIPOLI, April 2 (MENA) – The Libyan authorities reported the first COVID-19 death case in the country. Many observers are fearing the worst after the first coronavirus case was recorded in Libya on March 24, with two rival governments fighting ....

  • 17 new COVID-19 cases in Morocco, 708 in total - Health Ministry

    Date: 2020-04-02 21:57:33 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:8380511

    RABAT, April 2 (MENA) – Seventeen new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed in Morocco until Thursday, bringing the total number of cases in the kingdom to 708, the Maghreb Arabe Presse reported. The Moroccan ministry of ....

  • UAE reports 210 new cases of COVID-19, 35 recoveries among various nationalities

    Date: 2020-04-02 21:11:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:8380502

    ABU DHABI, April 2 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Thursday announced 210 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the UAE, bringing the total number of cases to 1,024, WAM News Agency reported. The new cases were ....

  • 33 more confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Tunisia

    Date: 2020-04-02 20:06:28 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:8380426

    TUNIS, April 2 (MENA) – Thirty-three more confirmed cases of infection with the coronavirus (COVID-19) were recorded after disclosure of 674 test results, TAP reported. The Health Ministry said in a statement Thursday that the overall number of ....

  • UAE renews entry suspension for foreign nationals for two weeks

    Date: 2020-04-02 19:53:11 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:8380409

    ABU DHABI, April 2 (MENA) - The UAE has decided to renew, from today and for a renewable period of two weeks, the suspension of entry of all foreign nationals holding valid UAE residence visas, in a bid to contain the spread the COVID-19 pandemic ....

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