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Council of Arab Interior Ministers slams Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia's Jizan

Date: 2021-11-05 16:12:02 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:9254798

CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers strongly condemned on Friday the latest terrorist attack on Saudi Arabia’s southern Jizan region by Yemen’s Houthi militias. The council's general ....

Syrian, Chinese presidents discuss boosting ties

Date: 2021-11-05 15:09:17 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:9254668

DAMASCUS, Nov 5 (MENA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a telephone call on Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during which the two sides discussed the close bilateral relations between both friendly countries and means of expanding ....

Ghada Wali: Saudi Arabia plays major role in fighting crime

Date: 2021-11-05 14:31:01 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:9254559

RIYADH, Nov 5 (MENA) - Ghada Wali, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, praised Saudi Arabia’s role in combating crime and drugs. Wali said that Saudi Arabia plays a ....

Additional 26,375 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in UAE

Date: 2021-11-05 14:03:06 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:9254682

ABU DHABI, Nov 5 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention has announced that 26,375 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were given in the past 24 hours, WAM reported. The total doses provided up to Friday stands at 21,300,307 with a rate of ....

Yemeni army attack Houthi positions in Maarib

Date: 2021-11-05 14:00:07 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:9254626

ADEN, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Yemeni army launched a counter-attack on Houthi positions in Juba district, south of Maarib, local media quoted a senior officer as saying. The troops managed to defeat Houthi militia in the Al-Amoud area and advanced to ....

Lebanese army commander meets US assistant secretary of defense

Date: 2021-11-05 13:53:28 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:9254583

BEIRUT, Nov 5 (MENA) - Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun met on Friday at the Pentagon Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mara Karlin to discuss the US-Lebanon bilateral defense partnership and ....

Lavrov to lead Russian delegation at Libya int'l conference

Date: 2021-11-05 13:47:10 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:9254627

MOSCOW, Nov 5 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate in an international conference on Libya, which is going to take place in Paris on November 12, TASS reported Friday. The Libyan transitional authorities and the heads ....

OIC head strongly condemns Houthi explosive-laden drone attack on Saudi Jazan city

Date: 2021-11-05 09:42:46 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:9254208

RIYADH, Nov 5 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen expressed strong condemnation of the terrorist Houthi militia’s attack on Saudi Arabia's city of Jazan with an explosive-laden ....

Iraqi interior ministry: Three terrorism suspects arrested in Baghdad

Date: 2021-11-05 09:20:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:9254155

BAGHDAD, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced that three persons charged with terror-related offences were arrested in Baghdad, Alsumaria channel reported Friday. In a statement, the ministry said that a security force managed to ....

Tunisia administers COVID-19 vaccine to 36,244 people in past 24 hrs

Date: 2021-11-05 09:10:40 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:9254182

TUNIS, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Tunisian Health Ministry said that 36,244 persons received COVID-19 vaccine in the country in the past 24 hours. Among them, 11,663 persons received the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the ministry said in a statement ....