Kuwait Reports 646 New COVID-19 Cases, 84,224 In Total

KUWAIT, Aug 30 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait on Saturday, reported 646 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths, raising the tally of infections to 84,224, and the death toll to 528, the Health Ministry said in a statement. Currently, 7,703 patients are receiving treatment, including 92 in ICU, according to the…

48 Syrian Soldiers Killed In One-Week Battle With Daesh: Watchdog

DAMASCUS, Aug 30 (NNN-SANA) – A total of 48 Syrian soldiers and pro-government fighters have been killed over the past week, during battle with the Daesh group in eastern Syria, a war monitor said. The Daesh militants carried out attacks, bombings and shelling against government forces in the desert region…

Latest Syrian Constitutional Talks End After “Challenging Week”

GENEVA, Aug 30 (NNN-SANA) – The latest session of the United Nations-mediated Syrian constitutional talks concluded in Geneva on Saturday afternoon, without announcing the date for the next meeting, as expected. “We just concluded the session, after what I would call a challenging week,” UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir…

Rocket Lands In Green Zone In Iraq’s Capital

BAGHDAD, Aug 30 (NNN-NINA) – A Katyusha rocket on Saturday evening, landed inside the heavily fortified Green Zone, in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, causing no human casualties, the Iraqi military said. The rocket was fired from an area near the Qanat al-Jaish waterway, or Army Canal, in eastern Baghdad, and landed…

UAE Delivers Bodies Of Two Fishermen To Iran: Border Police

TEHRAN, Aug 29 (NNN-IRNA) – The bodies of two Iranian fishermen, killed by the coast guards of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), were delivered to Iran, semi-official Fars news agency reported. “The dead bodies of the two fishermen were delivered to Iran in Bandar Abbas city on Thursday, and were…

Saudi-Led Coalition Intercepts Bomb-Laden Drone Heading Towards Border City Najran

RIYADH, Aug 29 (NNN-SPA) – The Saudi-led coalition said yesterday, it intercepted a bomb-laden drone, launched by the Houthis, towards Saudi Arabia’s southwest border city of Najran. The coalition destroyed another drone yesterday morning, shot towards the kingdom’s southern region. Meanwhile, the coalition announced on Thursday, the destroying of a…

Car Bomb Explodes Near Turkish Military Point In NW Syria

DAMASCUS, Aug 29 (NNN-SANA) – A car bomb exploded yesterday evening, near a Turkish military point in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported. The bomb went off, on the M4 road south of the Jisr al-Shughur area, in the countryside of Idlib, near the administrative border with…

Syria To Allow Donations From Arab Countries To Reach Lebanon Through Its Territories

BEIRUT, Aug 29 (NNN-NNA) – Syrian ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdel Karim Ali, said, yesterday that, his country will cooperate with Lebanon, by allowing donations from Arab countries to reach Beirut through Syria. Ali’s remarks came, during his meeting with Lebanese Foreign Affairs Minister, Charbel Wehbi. Ali said, Syria is…

South African court allows sheep exports to Middle East, rejects cruelty concerns

CAPE TOWN, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A South African court ruled that a Kuwaiti firm could ship thousands of sheep to the Middle East, dealing a blow to animal welfare activists seeking to ban such exports on concerns that extreme heat could kill the animals en route. In the high…

UAE implicated in lethal drone strike in Libya in January

TRIPOLI, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New evidence has uncovered that a drone operated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) killed 26 unarmed cadets at a military academy in Libya’s capital Tripoli in January 2020. At the time of the strike on Jan 4, Tripoli was under siege by the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA).…
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