DUBAI: Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday that it had so far evacuated more than 1,200 citizens, state news agency ONA reported.
The government said they had secured accommodation for those returning from several countries, including Iran, Iraq, Morocco and Jordan.
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Bahrain TV that in the early stages of the spread of coronavirus, the kingdom focused its efforts on evacuating citizens from China.
Sheikha Rana bint Issa Al-Khalifa said the majority of Bahraini citizens in China were students studying abroad.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinated with the Ministry of Health and the national team to address the coronavirus crisis to develop a plan and have medical preparations for the wellbeing of those who were returning to the kingdom.
More than 1,200 Bahraini citizens stranded abroad evacuated
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More than 1,200 Bahraini citizens stranded abroad evacuated
Yemen anti-terror forces display confiscated STC explosives and equipment used
RIYADH: Yemeni anti-terrorism forces, trained and equipped by Saudi Arabia, show confiscated explosives and equipment belonging to the now dissolved UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Mukalla.
Earlier today, Salam Al-Khanbashi, the governor of Hadhramaut, suggested the United Arab Emirates played an alarming role in Yemen and the largest of its 21 governorates.
In a televised press conference yesterday, Al-Khanbashi accused the UAE of having exploited the coalition working to restore legitimate government in Yemen “to achieve its own agenda.”
He also claimed that the citizens of Hadhramaut had been killed, terrorised and tortured by armed groups affiliated with STC leader Maj. Gen. Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, who is backed by the UAE and earlier this month was sacked as vice-president of the country’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC).
