Firefighters succeeded in putting out a fire that erupted in an oil refinery in Syria’s central province of Homs on Sunday morning, SANA news agency reported. The fire broke out at a distillation unit as […]
Israel’s army said it struck a post of Gaza Strip rulers Hamas early on Sunday following a rocket fire from the coastal Palestinian enclave. “An IDF (Israel Defense Forces) aircraft struck a Hamas military post […]
At least 100 Palestinians were injured in a series of clashes with Israel’s police overnight and early on Sunday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said in a statement. Overnight between Saturday and Sunday, at least 90 […]
The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection (MoEP) on Tuesday announced the allocation of 59.2 million new shekels (18.2 million U.S. dollars) for the purchase of 220 electric buses for public transportation in Israel. This purchase […]
Torrential rain killed at least five Yemeni people in the country’s southeastern province of Hadramout and left some others missing on Monday, according to a government official. Five people drowned, a few others went missing, […]
United Nations (UN) envoy to Libya Jan Kubis on Tuesday transmitted the proposal for a constitutional basis for the upcoming elections to the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF). “Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday urged the Libyan authorities to approve a humanitarian evacuation of 124 refugees from Libya to Rwanda. “UNHCR in Libya regrets that the humanitarian evacuation to […]
A Turkish delegation of ministers and intelligence head paid a visit to Libya’s capital Tripoli on Monday, Turkish foreign ministry said in a written statement. The delegation is composed of Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Defense […]
Turkish police detained 16 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul, local media reported on Monday. Simultaneous operations were carried out at 10 addresses to capture the suspects over their […]
Lebanon registered on Friday 1,001 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 526,578, the Health Ministry reported. Meanwhile, the death toll from the virus went up by 29 to 7,278 in the […]
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