Iran imposes sanctions on 15 US companies
Author: NASSER KARIMI | APSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490522479518948100TEHRAN, Iran: Iran said Sunday it has imposed sanctions on 15 American companies over their alleged support for Israel, terrorism and repression in the region.A Foreign Ministry statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency said the companies are barred from any agreements with Iranian firms and that former and current […]
Iraqi military says 61 bodies pulled from collapsed Mosul site
Author: ReutersSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490516855878565400 BAGHDAD: Iraqi’s military said on Sunday 61 bodies had been recovered from a collapsed building that was boobytrapped by Daesh in Western Mosul, but there was no sign it had been hit by a coalition strike though a large vehicle bomb was discovered nearby. The statement was a response to reports by eyewitnesses […]
Hamas shuts Gaza crossing, blames Israel for assassination
Author: Agence France PresseSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490512134088322400GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Hamas shut the crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel on Sunday after blaming the Jewish state for the assassination of one of its officials in the Palestinian enclave.A statement from the interior ministry in Gaza, run by Islamist movement Hamas, said it was shutting the Erez crossing […]
Decline of ancient trade route deepens Yemeni food crisis
Author: Maha El Dahan and Michael Georgy | ReutersSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490512134078322300 SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates: Captains of small wooden dhows are carrying food and wares from the United Arab Emirates to war-torn Yemen. But supplies are falling even from this centuries-old Arabian sea route that is one of the last lifelines to a country on the brink […]
Dialysis supplies dwindle for besieged Syrians
Author: AFPSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476571914231800DOUMA: The wail sliced through the stuffy underground medical center in a besieged town near the Syrian capital. Dania, 14, was writhing in pain ahead of her first ever dialysis session.She was one of dozens of patients being treated for renal insufficiency inside a basement-turned-clinic in Douma, the largest town in the Eastern Ghouta […]
Airstrike kills 16 Syrian civilians
Author: AFP, REUTERSSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476571834231200BEIRUT: At least 16 civilians were killed and dozens wounded on Saturday in an airstrike on an opposition-held area outside Syria’s capital Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. It said it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the strike on the town Hammuriyeh in the opposition bastion of […]
Explosion kills four soldiers in insurgency-infested Sinai
Author: REUTERS, APSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476571904231500CAIRO: Four Egyptian soldiers were killed in an explosion that hit their armored vehicle on Saturday in the northern Sinai peninsula, where the government is battling a Daesh-led insurgency, security sources said.The incident occurred about 20 km south of the Mediterranean town of Al-Arish.An insurgency in Egypt’s rugged Sinai region has gained pace […]
Russia spurns French claim Raqqa ‘surrounded’
Author: AFPSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476571944232100MOSCOW: Russia’s Army on Saturday dismissed a French claim that Raqqa, Daesh’s stronghold in Syria, was surrounded by troops who were poised to storm it, saying it had “no relation to reality.”Russia’s curt dismissal came a day after French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the terror group’s de facto capital was “surrounded” and […]
Makkah governor to inspect 4 coastal cities and towns
Author: MOHAMMED AL-SULAMISun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476529114212900 JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal begins Sunday his inspection tours to the coastal cities and towns of Laith, Adhm, Qunfudhah and Ardiyat. Prince Khaled will be briefed on the development projects in these places, receive citizens and listen to their demands in the presence of heads of government agencies, the Makkah […]
Volunteer dentists donate skills to put smiles on 10,000 patients in Jeddah
Author: ARAB NEWSSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476529114213200 JEDDAH: Every year, the last week in March is observed by GCC countries as “Oral Health Week” as part of a plan to promote preventive measures to reduce the incidence of oral and dental disease. Adopted in 2008 by GCC health ministers at their 65th conference held in Geneva, GCC Oral Health […]
