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Palestine confirms 208 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-07-05 11:53:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8495896

RAMALLAH, July 5 (MENA) – The Ministry of Health announced Sunday 208 new infection with coronavirus, reported Wafa News Agency. According to the ministry, 185 of the new cases were in Hebron, 11 in Bethlehem, two in Tulkarm, and ten in ....

Chlorine gas leak at Khuzestan plant sickens 70 in Iran

Date: 2020-07-04 22:10:50 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8495515

TEHRAN, July 4 (MENA) - Dozens of workers at a petrochemical center in southwest Iran were taken to the hospital on Saturday following a chlorine gas leak, according to state media. The chlorine gas leak occurred at the Karun petrochemical center ....

Dozens of Palestinians suffer suffocation in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank

Date: 2020-07-04 16:02:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8494873

RAMALLAH, July 4 (MENA) – Dozens of Palestinians suffered Saturday suffocation, after Israeli forces fired tear-gas bombs at them during a raid at Qaffin village, Tulkarm, the West Bank. The injured people received necessary treatment in the ....

Iraq: 132 new COVID-19 cases reported in Dhi Qar

Date: 2020-07-04 10:04:53 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8494633

BAGHDAD, July 4 (MENA) - The southern Iraqi governorate of Dhi Qar on Saturday registered 132 new coronavirus cases, according to an Iraqi medical source. Up to 22 fatalities have been reported in the governorate, bringing the death toll from the ....

Israel records 1,130 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hourss

Date: 2020-07-03 18:37:38 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8494227

GAZA CITY, July 3 (MENA) – Israel hit another record on Friday evening, as the Health Ministry reported that 1,130 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus the day before, the Jerusalem Post reported on Friday. Among the now 10,060 ....

Israeli forces detain 2 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-07-03 15:42:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8494108

RAMALLAH, July 3 (MENA) – The Israeli occupation forces detained Friday two Palestinians in the West Bank, WAFA news agency reported. The two Palestinians were arrested in Zububa village and Gush Etzion in West Bank, director of the Palestinian ....

Russia: 23 Syrian refugees returned home over past 24 hours

Date: 2020-07-03 14:17:22 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8494061

MOSCOW, July 3 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry said that another 23 Syrian refugees, including seven women and 12 children, had returned to their home country from Lebanon over the past 24 hours, Sputnik new agency reported. The ministry ....

Russia welcomes moves to re-establish Libya’s diplomatic presence in Damascus

Date: 2020-07-03 13:52:32 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8493979

MOSCOW, July 3 (MENA) - Russia welcomes moves towards re-establishing Libya’s diplomatic presence in Damascus, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at talks with Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Saleh Issa on Friday. According ....

Palestine confirms 68 new coronavirus cases, one fatality

Date: 2020-07-03 09:46:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8493557

RAMALLAH, July 3 (MENA) - Palestine on Friday confirmed 68 new coronavirus cases and one fatality, raising the total number of confirmed cases and the death toll in the occupied territories since the pandemic outbreak to 3,485 and 13 respectively, ....

Palestine confirms 102 coronavirus cases in West Bank

Date: 2020-07-02 21:51:35 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:8493339

RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) – Palestinian Minister of Health, Mai al-Kaileh, confirmed 102 new coronavirus cases in the West Bank, raising the total cases registered Thursday to 322, and the total since the outbreak of the pandemic in March to 3417, ....