Middle East

Iraq’s Crude Exports Exceed 88 Million Barrels In Dec 2020

BAGHDAD, Jan 2 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq’s Ministry of Oil said, Iraq exported 88.21 million barrels of oil in Dec, 2020,…

Four Planes Hit By Stray Bullets In New Year Celebration In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Jan 2 (NNN-NNA) – Random bullets, fired in celebration of New Year in Lebanon, hit four Middle East Airlines…

Roundup: 2020 Witnessed Growing Cooperation Between Egypt, China In Fighting COVID-19

CAIRO, Jan 2 (NNN-MENA) – The outgoing 2020 bore witness to the growing cooperation between Egypt and China, in fighting…

Update: Daesh claims Syria bus ambush that killed 37 soldiers

DAMASCUS, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Daesh group claimedresponsibility Thursday for an attack that killed nearly 40 soldiers in Syriathe…

Egypt intensifies peace efforts with Libyan warring parties to end conflict

Libya has been locked in a civil war after former leader Muammar Gaddafi was ousted in 2011 TRIPOLI, Jan 1…

Ethiopia returns home 328 citizens from Middle Eastern countries

Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia PM ADDIS ABABA, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around 328 Ethiopians have returned home from Middle Eastern countries…

Yemen airport blasts kill 26 as government plane arrives

ADEN, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 26 people were killed when explosions rocked Yemen’s Aden airport moments after a…

Syria: 25 killed in ambush in eastern desert region

DAMASCUS, Jan 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 25 people were killed when armed men attacked a passenger bus in the…

World begins ushering in locked-down New Year

SYDNEY, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world began ushering in the New Year Thursday, with pandemic controls muting celebrations for…

Death Toll Rises To 22 In Aden’s Airport Explosions In Southern Yemen

ADEN, Dec 31 (NNN-SABA) – The number of deaths caused by three explosions that struck Aden’s airport in southern Yemen,…