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Coronavirus death toll hits 124 in Iran, 913 patients recover

Date: 2020-03-06 13:58:02 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8342121

TEHRAN, March 6 (MENA) - Iran's Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoosh Jahanpour announced Friday that 124 people have died and 913 people have recovered from the novel coronavirus. Speaking at a news conference, Jahanpour said that there are 1,234 ....

Iran cancels all sport events over coronavirus

Date: 2020-03-06 08:28:08 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8341616

TEHRAN, March 6 (MENA) - Iranian authorities have decided to cancel all sport events in the country over coronavirus outbreak. Head of Iran's Health Ministry's public relations office Kianoush Jahanpour said on Thursday that 3,513 people have ....

Turkish Defense Ministry says two soldiers died in Syria's Idlib

Date: 2020-03-05 21:03:14 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:8341415

ANKARA, March 5 (MENA) - Two Turkish soldiers died and three others were wounded after Syrian government forces opened fire in Syria's Idlib, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Thursday. In a statement, the defense ministry said Turkish forces ....

Senior Iranian official, former advisor to Zarif dies of coronavirus

Date: 2020-03-05 20:34:32 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:8341373

TEHRAN, March 5 (MENA) - Hossein Sheikholeslam, a senior Iranian politician and former advisor to current Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, has died on Thursday due to the coronvairus, Al Arabiya reported. (MENA) M G E/M H E ....

Lavrov announces items of Russia-Turkey agreement on situation in Syria

Date: 2020-03-05 19:40:51 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:8341371

MOSCOW, March 5 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergie Lavrov said on Thursday that his country and Turkey agreed to establish a "security corridor" along Idlib's M4 highway and start joint patrols along the road from March 15. At a press ....

German airlines cancel Israel flights over virus restrictions

Date: 2020-03-05 19:15:27 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:8341348

GAZA CITY, March 5 (MENA) - German Airline giant Lufthansa said Thursday it was canceling all flights to Israel until March 28, after the Jewish state barred entry to almost all non-resident arrivals from five European nations including Germany over ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli escalation

Date: 2020-03-05 13:20:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8340659

RAMALLAH, March 5 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned in the strongest terms Israel's recent escalation and colonial expansion in the Palestinian territories, the latest of which was the demolition of houses in Bir Zeit ....

Iran schools, universities closed over coronavirus

Date: 2020-03-05 11:46:40 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8340515

TEHRAN, March 5 (MENA) - Iran's health minister Saeed Namaki announced that schools and universities around the country will remain closed through Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on March 20, Sky news reported. He made the statement at a televised ....

Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2020-03-05 11:45:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:8340494

AMALLAH, March 5 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers, backed by Israeli occupation forces, broke into Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab el Magharba gate on Thursday. Nearly 76 settlers, 17 talmudic students and 70 Israeli employees toured the mosque yards ....

Syria intercepts Israeli missiles over Quneitra

Date: 2020-03-05 05:28:41 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:8339923

DAMASCUS, March 5 (MENA) - Syrian air defenses have intercepted Israeli missiles near Homs in central Syria and Quneitra in the south, state media reported Thursday. "At 00:30 on Thursday our air defense monitored Israeli warplanes coming from ....