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Morocco reports 1,499 Covid-19 cases, 41 deaths

Date: 2022-02-09 17:47:04 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:9409488

RABAT, Feb 9 (MENA) - Morocco recorded 1,499 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, raising the total of cases since the beginning of the outbreak to 1,151,081. The kingdom has also reported 41 Covid related deaths in the past 24 hours. As of ....

Iraq reports 4,681 new coronavirus cases, 30 fatalities

Date: 2022-02-09 16:51:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:9409448

BAGHDAD, Feb 9 (MENA) – The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 4,681 new coronavirus cases were reported in the country over the past day. In a statement broadcast by Alsumaria news channel, the ministry added that 30 ....

Arab Coalition destroys 22 Houthi military vehicles in Marib, Hajjah

Date: 2022-02-09 16:32:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:9409432

RIYADH, Feb 9 (MENA) - The Arab Coalition in Yemen has announced destroying 22 Houthi military vehicles in military operations launched in Marib and Hajjah cities. In a statement on Wednesday, the coalition said it carried out 26 operations ....

Mikati meets US' Hochstein in Beirut

Date: 2022-02-09 16:06:05 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:9409058

BEIRUT, Feb 9 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati received at his residence on Wednesday US mediator in the indirect negotiations to demarcate the Lebanese maritime borders Amos Hochstein in the presence of US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy ....

Algerian president receives credentials of 3 new ambassadors including US

Date: 2022-02-09 16:04:19 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:9409363

ALGIERS, Feb 9 (MENA) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune received Wednesday the credentials of three new ambassadors to Algeria, said the Presidency of the Republic in a communiqué. "President Tebboune received the ambassador of Djibouti, ....

Saudi Arabia foils plot to smuggle 1.56 mln amphetamine pills

Date: 2022-02-09 15:27:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:9409335

RIYADH, Feb 9 (MENA) - Authorities in Saudi Arabia have foiled a plot to smuggle 1.56 million amphetamine tablets hidden in plastic containers into the Kingdom, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Spokesperson of the General Directorate of ....

Jordan, Poland probe cooperation in joint military training

Date: 2022-02-09 15:26:25 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:9409322

AMMAN, Feb 9 (MENA) - Jordan and Poland on Wednesday discussed vistas of cooperation and coordination in joint military training as well as the exchange of expertise and military exercises. The two countries also probed ways of boosting bilateral ....

Kuwait defense min. receives Saudi amb.

Date: 2022-02-09 15:07:02 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:9409314

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 9 (MENA) -- Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah received on Wednesday a letter from Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, inviting him to the ....

Terrorist arrested in Anbar

Date: 2022-02-09 14:22:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:9409158

BAGHDAD, Feb 9 (MENA) - The Iraqi security media cell announced Wednesday the arrest of a wanted terrorist in Anbar province. The cell said in a statement received by Alsumaria news channel that a security forces foiled an attempt by the ....

Yemeni official: Over 30,000 children recruited by Houthi militia

Date: 2022-02-09 13:47:04 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:9409040

NEW YORK/ADEN, Feb 9 (MENA) - Deputy Permanent Representative of Yemen to the UN Minister Plenipotentiary Marwan Noman said that more than 30,000 children were recruited by the Houthi militias, Yemen TV reported on Wednesday. Those children are ....