DAMASCUS -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday that China has put forward a four-point proposal on solving the Syrian issue.

The Chinese senior diplomat elaborated on the proposal when he met with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Damascus, the capital of Syria. (Syria-China-FM-Proposal)

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KHARTOUM -- Sudan's Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim on Friday announced that his country has received relief from its 14.1 billion U.S. dollars' debts to Paris Club.

"Sudan's remaining debts, which stand at 9.5 billion U.S. dollars, have been rescheduled until reaching the completion point in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, with suspension of debt service payments during this period," said Ibrahim in a statement. (Sudan-Debt)

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RIYADH -- The first batch of pilgrims arrived on Saturday at the Grand Mosque in Macca to perform their first ritual for Hajj, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The ritual was performed with huge preparations and precautionary measures against COVID-19, and there are different locations that can accommodate 11,000 pilgrims in total, according to the General Presidency for Affairs of Two Holy Mosques and the director of crowd management at the Grand Mosque. (Saudi-Mecca-Hajj)

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TEHRAN -- Iran reported on Saturday 15,139 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 3,501,079.

The pandemic has so far claimed 86,966 lives in Iran, up by 175 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said in a briefing published on the ministry's official website. (Iran-COVID19) Enditem

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