U.S. AMENDS SYRIA SANCTIONS RULES OVER NGO ACTIVITIES -TREASURY WEBSITE
The United States has amended the rules regarding its Syria-related sanctions “to expand an existing authorization related to certain activities of nongovernmental organizations in Syria,” the U.S. Treasury Department said in a notice on its website on Wednesday. Source: National News AGency
MINISTRY OF HEALTH: 1099 NEW CASES, 10 DEATHS
The Ministry of Public Health announced 1099 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 662269. 10 deaths have been reported. Source: National News Agency
ARMY CHIEF TACKLES COOPERATION WITH DEPUTY COMMANDER OF HUNGARIAN ARMED FORCES
Armed Forces Commander, General Joseph Aoun, welcomed in Yarzeh the Deputy Commander of the Hungarian Armed Forces, Major General Zsolt Sandor, accompanied by the Chargé d’Affaires of the Hungarian Embassy in Lebanon, Rita Herecsar, and the Hungarian Military Attaché, Colonel Jozsef Gulyas. Discussions touched on means to bolster cooperation between the armies of the two […]
SWEDEN’S PRIME MINISTER-ELECT RESIGNS HOURS AFTER BEING APPOINTED
SWEDEN’S PRIME MINISTER-elect Magdalena Andersson has tendered her resignation just hours after her appointment by parliament, after her budget failed to pass and the Greens Party left the coalition government. “There is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should resign when one party quits,” Andersson, a Social Democrat, told reporters. “I don’t want to […]
Brazil Registers 284 New COVID-19 Deaths
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil registered 284 new COVID-19 deaths and 10,312 additional confirmed cases of the coronavirus, according to data released by the Health Ministry on Tuesday. In total, Brazil has reported 613,066 deaths due to COVID-19, Reuters reported. Source: Saudi Press Agency
President of Republic of Dagestan arrives in Jeddah
Jeddah, President Abdulpatah Amirkhanov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Dagestan, arrived in Jeddah today, to participate in the meeting of the strategic vision group Russia and the Islamic World, which is being hosted in Jeddah today. He was received at King Abdulaziz International Airport by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for […]