عربي English Türkçe اردو فارسى
Logo
Latest News
Arab World

Lebanon Records New Coronavirus Infection High

Health workers and members of internal security forces stand inside Beirut international airport on its reopening day following the coronavirus outbreak, in Beirut, Lebanon July 1, 2020. (Reuters)
Health workers and members of internal security forces stand inside Beirut international airport on its reopening day following the coronavirus outbreak, in Beirut, Lebanon July 1, 2020. (Reuters)
TT
TT

Lebanon Records New Coronavirus Infection High

Health workers and members of internal security forces stand inside Beirut international airport on its reopening day following the coronavirus outbreak, in Beirut, Lebanon July 1, 2020. (Reuters)
Health workers and members of internal security forces stand inside Beirut international airport on its reopening day following the coronavirus outbreak, in Beirut, Lebanon July 1, 2020. (Reuters)

Lebanon’s number of new coronavirus infections increased for a third consecutive day to a record 86, the government said on Saturday.

Lebanon has recorded 2,168 infections and 36 deaths since February.

Health Minister Hamad Hassan told Reuters on Friday the spike was partly due to expatriates who came after the airport was reopened on July 1. One infected 12 people at a wedding and another infected 12 at a funeral, he said.

A second cluster of infections had appeared among nurses and doctors and a third among refuse collectors, he said.

Most Viewed

 
 
Arab World

France Declines to Comment on Algeria’s Anger over Recognition of Morocco’s Claim over Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
TT
TT

France Declines to Comment on Algeria’s Anger over Recognition of Morocco’s Claim over Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)

Paris declined to comment on Algeria’s “strong condemnation” of the French government’s decision to recognize Morocco’s claim over the Sahara.

The office of the French Foreign Ministry refused to respond to an AFP request for a comment on the Algeria’s stance.

It did say that further comments could impact the trip Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is set to make to France in late September or early October.

The visit has been postponed on numerous occasions over disagreements between the two countries.

France had explicitly expressed its constant and clear support for the autonomy rule proposal over the Sahara during Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne’s visit to Morocco in February, reported AFP.

The position has helped improve ties between Rabat and Paris.

On Thursday, the Algerian Foreign Ministry expressed “great regret and strong denunciation" about the French government's decision to recognize an autonomy plan for the Western Sahara region "within Moroccan sovereignty”.

Algeria was informed of the decision by France in recent days, an Algerian foreign ministry statement added.

The ministry also said Algeria would draw all the consequences from the decision and hold the French government alone completely responsible.