PARIS: Iran has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus among backyard poultry in the north of the country, the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing a report from Iran’s agriculture ministry.
The virus infected 10 out of a flock of 138 geese, ducks, free-range chickens in the village of Valiran in the Tehran region, the report said.
Five birds died of the virus with the rest of the flock slaughtered, it said.
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Iran reports H5N8 bird flu in backyard poultry — OIE
Iran reports H5N8 bird flu in backyard poultry — OIE
- The virus infected 10 out of a flock of 138 geese, ducks, free-range chickens in the village of Valiran in Tehran
Syria begins oil extraction at recently controlled fields, state news agency says
- One of those fields, Al-Omar oilfield came under government control recently
CAIRO: The Syrian Petroleum Company has begun extracting oil from recently controlled fields and sending output to the Homs and Baniyas refineries, the state news agency SANA reported on Saturday.
One of those fields, Al-Omar oilfield, which is the country’s largest, came under government control recently after a lightning offensive against Kurdish forces who had held the site for nearly a decade and used it as a military base.
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