Новости за 17.08.2020

AMMAN — The staff at the Omari border crossing will witness reassignments as part of tightened measures to prevent the number of infections from abroad.

TRIPOLI — German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, visiting war-torn Libya's capital Monday, warned of a "deceptive calm" since fighting has stalled around Sirte, the central hometown of Muammar Qadhafi.

AMMAN — Parents of children in private schools said that fees this year are “disproportionately high” compared to citizens’ financial capabilities amid the coronavirus crisis.

AMMAN — The Unified Admission Unit has published the most in-demand majors and specialties that are classified as stagnant and saturated in the public sector on its website.

BEIRUT — The number of COVID-19 deaths among medical personnel in government-held parts of Syria has shot up in recent weeks amid a rise in infections, several sources told AFP.

WASHINGTON — This week the eyes of US voters turn to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Democratic convention — unless they swivel first to Republican distracter-in-chief Donald Trump.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Israel launched new air strikes on Sunday against Hamas positions in Gaza and closed the fishing zone around the Palestinian enclave in response to rockets and firebombs sent into Israeli territory.

DUBAI — The Israeli and Emirati foreign ministers inaugurated Sunday direct phone services between the two countries in their first announced call after an agreement to exchange relations, said an Emirati official.