BEIRUT -- Lebanon named on Monday Lebanese Ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib as premier, al-Jadeed local TV channel reported.

Adib succeeded in securing 90 out of 128 parliamentary votes, which will allow him to form a government. (Lebanon-Premier)

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DUBAI -- A U.S.-Israeli delegation, led by Jared Kushner, senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrived at the presidential airport in Abu Dhabi on Monday, according to the official WAM news agency.

The delegation left in the morning onboard an Israeli commercial plane on which the word "peace" was printed in Arabic, English and Hebrew above a cockpit window. (Israel-U.S.-UAE)

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GAZA -- The Islamic Hamas movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, announced on Monday that it has reached a deal to end escalation with Israel.

Hamas has reached an understanding with Israel "to contain the escalation and stop the Zionist aggression against our people," the office of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas chief in the Gaza Strip, said in an official press statement. (Israel-Hamas)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's health ministry on Monday reported an overnight registration of 1,642 novel coronavirus infections, bringing the tally in the country to 375,212.

Out of the new cases, 573 patients have been hospitalized, the spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education Sima Sadat Lari said at her daily briefing, as quoted by official news agency IRNA (Iran-Coronavirus) Enditem

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