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 the COVID-19 pandemic, that hit the whole world over the past 12 months. Hours before the New Year began, China and Egypt signed a letter of intent for cooperation on…

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 day before when jihadists ambushed a bus in eastern Syria. War monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Daeshhad attacked government soldiers as they travelled home for holidays in…

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 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The recent visit of a high-level Egyptian security delegation to Libya’s capital Tripoli reflects Cairo’s openness to all Libyan parties with the goal of reaching a solution to…

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 in recent days, an Ethiopia Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) official said.Speaking to journalists, Dina Mufti, Spokesperson for MoFA, said 328 Ethiopian nationals were returned home in recent days from…

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 new unity government flew in, in what some officials charged was a “cowardly” attack by the Houthi rebels. Although all government ministers were reported to be unharmed in Wednesday’s attack,…

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 desert area in eastern Syria, state news agency SANA reported. The “terrorist” attack targeted the bus on the Palmyra-Deir al-Zour road in the area of Kabajebon Wednesday, said SANA, adding…

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 billions of people eager to bid farewell to a virus-ridden 2020. After a grinding year that has seen at least 1.7 million people die from Covid-19, fresh waves of infection…

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, rose to 22 last night, the country’s Interior Ministry announced. According to a statement released by the pro-government ministry, based in the southern port city of Aden, 22 people were…

Syria Urges UN To Stop Israeli Attacks

DAMASCUS, Dec 31 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry, yesterday, urged the United Nations Security Council, to take firm and immediate measures, to stop Israeli aggression on Syria. In a statement, the ministry said, the Israeli attacks are the result of the “unlimited” support by the United States and some…

Iran Accepts Partial Payment Of Iraqi Energy Debt Through Barter Mechanism

TEHRAN, Dec 30 (NNN-IRNA) – Iraq paid “part” of its energy debt to Iran through a barter agreement, an Iranian official was quoted as saying. “Iran has bought commodities as part of Iraq’s debt for electricity, and they will enter the country in the next few days,” Secretary-General of the…
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