Child Killed, Five Injured In Rocket Attack On Baghdad’s Green Zone

BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (NNN-NINA) – A female child was killed and five other civilians were wounded, in a Katyusha rocket barrage, targeting the heavily fortified Green Zone, in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad yesterday. Several projectiles “landed on Grand festivities Square and surrounding areas, and near the Medical City and Zawra…

Israel Reports 600 New COVID-19 Cases, 325,355 In Total

JERUSALEM, Nov 18 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 600 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total to 325,355. The number of death cases rose to 2,736, with one new death, while the number of patients in serious condition decreased from 326 to 319, out of 543 patients hospitalised.…

Iraq Reports 2,961 New COVID-19 Cases, 524,503 In Total

BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Health Ministry reported yesterday, 2,961 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nationwide infections to 524,503. The new cases included 814 in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, 260 in Nineveh, 255 in Kirkuk, 247 in Duhok, 243 in Diyala, and 242 in Sulaimaniyah, while the other…

Saudi Voices Confidence In Chairing Full G20 Agenda Amid COVID-19 Challenges

by Xinhua writer Tu Yifan RIYADH, Nov 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Fahad Almubarak, Saudi Arabia’s minister of state and sherpa of Saudi G20, said, the kingdom is able to execute the full agenda, as the G20 presidency, amid COVID-19. “We are honoured to hold the G20 presidency for this year. We…

Jordan, Palestine Call For “Stopping All Israeli Violations”

AMMAN, Nov 17 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, and his Palestinian counterpart, Riyad Al-Malki, yesterday held talks, discussing developments concerning the Palestinian cause. During the meeting, in the Jordanian capital Amman, the ministers stressed the importance of stopping Israeli violations, which hindered the process of establishing peace, condemning…

Palestinian PM Warns Against Israeli Plan To Build New Settlement Houses

RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, said yesterday that, Israel continues its plan to build more settlement houses in Palestine. Ishtaye said, during an online meeting of the Palestinian Authority’s cabinet that, Israel “races against time, to impose new facts on the ground, in the Palestinian…

Hamas, Fatah Resume Reconciliation Dialogue In Cairo: Officials

GAZA, Nov 17 (NNN-WAFA) – Leaders of Hamas movement and Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement, resumed dialogue in Cairo, on ending internal division and achieving unity. Abdulatif al-Qanoua, Hamas spokesman in Gaza, told reporters, the two movements’ delegations convened yesterday in Cairo, to continue their reconciliation dialogue that has…

Iran, Iraq Finalise Bilateral Defence Cooperation

TEHRAN, Nov 16 (NNN-IRNA) – Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, announced yesterday, the final steps in the drafting of an Iran-Iraq defence cooperation charter, after meeting with Iraqi Minister of Defence, Juma Inad Saadoun. “The two countries prepared a charter that is now in its…

Syrian FM Walid Al-Moallem Passes Away

DAMASCUS, Nov 16 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian Foreign Minister, Walid al-Moallem, died at dawn today, the Syrian Foreign Ministry announced. The official announcement is yet to name the cause of al-Moallem’s death. Born in 1941, al-Moallem studied economics and political science, at the Cairo University in Egypt, and graduated in 1963.…

Israel Advances New Settlement Homes In East Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Nov 16 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Israeli regime yesterday promoted a plan for hundreds of new settlement homes, in a sensitive area near East Jerusalem. In a tender, issued on its website, the Israel Land Authority invited contractors, to bid for the construction of 1,257 housing units, in Givat Hamatos,…
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