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Lebanon

Toll of Coronavirus Cases in Lebanon Rises to 70, Eateries Warned of Closure

The Health Ministry announced Friday that the total number of recorded coronavirus cases in Lebanon has reached 77. State-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital confirmed seven new coronavirus cases on Thursday evening. The hospital noted that the tally does not include virus tests carried out at other hospitals and that it ...

March 13, 2020

Middle East

Iraq FM Summons US and UK Ambassadors, President Denounces US Strikes

Iraq has summoned both the US and UK envoys to the country in the follow-up to US airstrikes conducted on the Iraqi soil. According to an official statement on the Iraqi Foreign Ministry’s website, minister Mohammed al-Hakim met with his undersecretaries on 13 March to discuss how to respond to ...

March 13, 2020

Lebanon

Lebanon: Coronavirus Infections Surge, Ministry Extends Closure of Schools and Universities

Number of confirmed cases infected with coronavirus in Lebanon surged on Friday, Health Ministry announced, saying that the number reached 77. The ministry said in a statement that the cases include patients across all the public hospitals in the country. According to the ministry’s statement, an employee in the central ...

March 13, 2020

Middle East

Iraqi Army: US Strikes Killed 5 Servicemen, Attack Has Dangerous Repercussions

Iraqi Army announced on Friday that the US strikes which targeted the country’s soil hours earlier killed 5 servicemen and a civilian, warning that the attack has dangerous repercussions. Three of the dead were Iraqi soldiers and two were policemen, the army said in a statement, adding that 11 Iraqi ...

March 13, 2020

Middle East

Iran Coronavirus Updates: 11,364 Infections, 514 Deaths

Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Friday that the number of confirmed cases has climbed to 11,364, claiming 514 lives. Based on the latest reports, in the past 24 hours, 1,289 new cases were confirmed with the coronavirus in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to ...

March 13, 2020

Live News

US Strikes Hashd Shaabi Posts in Iraq

The US conducted strikes targeting posts belonging to Hashd Shaabi paramilitary force in Iraq. Iraqi media reported US strikes on Hashd Shaabi’s Kataib Hezbollah in Babil, Karbala, Saladin, Anbar and other provinces. The Pentagon confirmed the strikes, announcing they had targeted five weapon storage facilities. In a statement the US ...

March 13, 2020

Middle East

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi

Iran’s Mousavi Advises US to Revise Presence, Behavior of its Troops in Region

In reaction to Trump’s remarks about the recent attacks in Iraq, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said that Trump should review the presence and behavior of his troops in the region instead of risky actions and baseless accusations. “The US cannot place the consequences of its illegal presence in ...

March 13, 2020

Middle East

Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei

Leader Urges Iranian Armed Forces to Boost Fight against Coronavirus

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei instructed the Iranian Armed Forces to bolster the fight against the new coronavirus, known as COVID-19, saying the outbreak of the disease may be “a biological attack”. In an instruction to Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General ...

March 13, 2020

World

Oil Prices Head for Worst Weekly Loss in over a Decade

Oil prices were headed for their worst weekly loss in more than a decade Friday after Saudi Arabia and Russia launche a price war and the coronavirus pandemic sparked an equities meltdown. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate reversed earlier losses in afternoon trade, rising about two percent to around $32 ...

March 13, 2020

World

Markets Suffer Record Meltdown as Global Coronavirus Alarm Grows

Global markets suffered record falls on Thursday as alarm over the coronavirus intensified, and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled new measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 127,000 people worldwide. Travelers in Europe rushed to board flights to the United States ...

March 12, 2020