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3,446 new cases, 7.6% of tests return positive

Date: 2021-02-15 09:04:29 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8800162

GAZA CITY, Feb 15 (MENA) - Some 3,446 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Sunday, with 7.6% of tests returning positive, The Jerusalem Post reported quoting an update by the Health Ministry on Monday morning. Of those ....

Syrian army says air defenses intercepted Israeli aggression over Damascus

Date: 2021-02-15 08:49:12 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8800103

DAMASCUS, Feb 15 (MENA) - Syria's army said on Monday the country's air defenses intercepted an Israeli aggression over the capital, Damascus, in the latest stepped-up bombing of Iranian targets inside the country, the VOA reported. State media ....

Israeli military breaches the Gaza border, infiltrates dozens of meters into the northern Gaza Strip

Date: 2021-02-15 08:47:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8800100

RAMALLAH, Feb 15 (MENA) - A number of Israeli military vehicles today breached the borders with the Gaza Strip and infiltrated dozens of meters into the east of the town of Jabalya, north of the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported. He said that three ....

Israeli forces arrest 4 Palestinians in occupied al Quds

Date: 2021-02-14 15:01:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:8799096

RAMALLAH, Feb 14 (MENA) – Israeli forces arrested on Sunday four Palestinian youths in northeastern al Quds, WAFA reported. Meanwhile, Israel notified Palestinians in the town of Yatma, south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, of its ....

OIC condemns Houthi drone attack against Saudi Arabia

Date: 2021-02-14 14:59:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8799229

JEDDAH, Feb 14 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned on Sunday the launch of two bomb-laden drones toward Aseer region in southwestern Saudi Arabia by the Houthi militias, SPA reported. The bomb-laden UAVs were ....

Palestine registers 804 coronavirus infections, three deaths

Date: 2021-02-14 13:10:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8798867

RAMALLAH, Feb 14 (MENA) – Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila announced on Sunday that 804 new coronavirus infections, three deaths and 522 recoveries were registered in Palestine during the past 24 hours, WAFA reported. In her daily ....

OIC offers financial assistance to member states

Date: 2021-02-14 12:46:02 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8798879

RIYADH, Feb 14 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, has approved new financial assistance for social, development, educational and cultural projects in a number of OIC Member ....

Afghani president: We have real chance to end war, realize peace

Date: 2021-02-14 12:01:54 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8798694

KABUL, Feb 14 (MENA) - President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said Afghanistan now has an opportunity to end the war and achieve peace that benefits children, women, youth and all the deprived social layers of Afghanistan, TOLO News Agency reported. In ....

Iran reports 7,390 cases, 62 deaths in 24 hours

Date: 2021-02-14 11:51:18 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8798751

TEHRAN, Feb 14 (MENA) – The Iranian Health Ministry confirmed 7,390 COVID-19 infections and 62 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours, Mehr News Agency reported Sunday. Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on ....

Occupation troops open fire at Gaza farmers

Date: 2021-02-14 11:11:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8798643

GAZA CITY, Feb 14 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces stationed on the border with the Gaza Strip opened fire Sunday at Palestinian farmers working in their lands near the border, forcing them to leave the area, reported WAFA News ....