Briefing Of KUNA Main News For Friday Until 00:00 GMT

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Kuwait's strong condemnation of the terrorist bombing that left scores of casualties at a mosque in Homs governorate in Syria.
KUWAIT - Kuwait's Civil Service Commission (CSC) decided that all government bodies and institutions be on a day off this Thursday, January 1, 2026, for the New Year celebrations.
KUWAIT - A blaze broke out at an apartment in Farwaniya area, killing one person and injuring four others, according to Kuwait Fire Forces.
ADEN - Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council has requested the Saudi-led Arab Coalition to intervene militarily to in Hadramawt Governorate to protect civilians from the escalating attacks of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces.
RIYADH - Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Al-Budaiwi strongly denounced the recognition by the Israeli occupation authorities of Somaliland region as an independent state.
CAIRO - Egypt, Somalia, Djibouti and Turkiye responded angrily to the recognition by the Israeli occupation authorities of Somaliland region in northern Somalia as an independent state.
AMMAN - Casualties topped eight deaths and 18 injuries from the explosion that hit at Al-Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Valley of Gold district, Homs governorate in Syria.
RABAT - Nigeria's Foreign Ministry said the United States carried out airstrikes targeting so-called "Islamic State" locations in Nigeria.
BEIRUT - Israeli occupation warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on several areas in southern and eastern Lebanon, according to Lebanese media reports. (end)
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