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Saudi Arabia reports 569 new COVID-19 cases, 12 deaths

Date: 2021-08-17 13:28:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:9116347

RIYADH, Aug 17 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has recorded 569 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number registered in the country since the beginning of the outbreak to 539,698. The Saudi Ministry of Health said 12 new deaths have been ....

UAE announces 1,115 new COVID-19 cases, 1,544 recoveries, 3 deaths in last 24 hours

Date: 2021-08-17 13:25:05 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:9115933

ِABU DHABI, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 247,213 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, the UAE News Agency reported. In a ....

Lebanese police seize 70,000 liters of fuel oil

Date: 2021-08-17 12:53:11 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:9115934

BEIRUT, Aug 17 (MENA) - Lebanese police announced on Tuesday that a military force has seized more than 70,000 liters of fuel oil stored in fuel tanks on the road leading to the airport . Amounts of fuel oil were found in a sandy area and are ....

2 Kuwaiti jets carrying 6 fire engines head for Algeria

Date: 2021-08-17 12:37:45 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:9116071

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) – Two Kuwait air forces’ jets left here heading for Algeria carrying six fire engines to combat the forest fires and help in rescue operations. This comes upon senior Kuwaiti directives to help Algeria in facing fires. ....

AL chief, Somali PM discuss developments in Mogadishu

Date: 2021-08-17 12:23:51 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:9116058

CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit met Tuesday with Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, who is currently on a visit to Egypt. The meeting took up the latest developments in Somalia and efforts exerted ....

Bahraini commander-in-Chief receives US fifth fleet commander

Date: 2021-08-17 12:10:36 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:9116137

MANAMA, Aug 17 (MENA) - Bahraini Defense Forces' Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received Tuesday Vice-Admiral Charles Bradford Cooper, Commander of United States Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and ....

Iraq aborts attempt to target power pylon

Date: 2021-08-17 12:01:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:9115965

BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (MENA) - Iraqi army soldiers managed to abort an attempt to target electricity pylons in Diyali on Tuesday. The spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Forces Yahya Sarei said his army troops received a tip-off that the pylons would be ....

Libya records 2,276 new coronavirus cases, 23 deaths

Date: 2021-08-17 11:40:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:9115964

TRIPOLI, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Libyan Center for Disease Control recorded 2,276 new infections with Covid-19, bringing the total recorded infections in Libya to 286,894 cases. In a statement posted by the Libyan Al-Wasat portal Tuesday, the center ....

Saudi King expresses solidarity with Algerian president over wildfires' crisis

Date: 2021-08-17 10:39:27 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:9115841

ALGIERS, Aug 17 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz phoned on Tuesday Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to express solidarity with Algeria in the ongoing crisis in the country because of the wildfires. The Algerian press service said ....

3 Iraqi soldiers killed in Daesh attack on military checkpoint in Baquba

Date: 2021-08-17 10:07:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:9115778

BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (MENA) - Three Iraqi soldiers were killed in a Daesh-led attack on a military checkpoint in Baquba district, in the southwest of Diyala governorate. The National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) quoted a security source as saying Tuesday ....