RABAT: Morocco’s King Mohammed VI took part in rituals for the Muslim feast of Eid Al-Adha on Sunday, official media said, in his first public appearance since recovering from Covid-19.
The 58-year-old monarch, accompanied by his son, Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, 19, led prayers at the royal palace in Sale, adjacent to Rabat.
He then “continued on to the ritual of sacrifice,” the official MAP news agency said.
The ceremony took place “privately and with very limited participation” in order to respect Covid-19 preventive measures, it added.

ABU DHABI: Fire that broke out in a warehouse in Abu Dhabi on Sunday has been brought under control as the cause remains under investigation, Abu Dhabi Police reported on Sunday.

In a Twitter post, police said the blaze broke out in a warehouse for heavy vehicles scrap and tanks in Al Mafraq at noon.

No injuries have been reported so far.

BEIRUT: Political officials in Lebanon’s ruling class came under fire on Saturday for suffering from “a moral crisis and the love for power” as the country celebrated Eid Al-Adha.

The officials had apologized for not receiving any well-wishers on the holy occasion “due to the circumstances Lebanon is going through.”

Dar al-Fatwa secretary Sheikh Amin Al-Kurdi condemned them during the Eid sermon.

RABAT: Moroccan police on Saturday said they arrested more than 20 Africans suspected of planning an illegal crossing into Spain, after a deadly attempt last month.
Police from the northern port city of Tangiers disrupted “an illegal immigration attempt and questioned 25 people originally from sub-Saharan Africa,” the DGNS security service said.
It said in a separate statement that “36 homemade metal objects” were seized in a Tangiers shop that could be used for climbing, but did not specify which of two Spanish enclaves was targeted.

BEIRUT: A Lebanese man is willing to serve jail time for organ trafficking to sell his kidney to pay for his ailing wife’s medical treatment.
The 35-year-old unemployed husband, Khalil Adnan Al-Dghayli, is in drastic need of $400 monthly payments for medication for his wife Sarah Al-Hussein, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease shortly after giving birth to a baby girl.