Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Feb. 2
RIYADH, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday a temporary ban on the entry of citizens from 20 countries, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The ban is part of the Saudi precautionary measures against COVID-19 with a recent increase in new infections in the kingdom. (Saudi-COVID19-Entry Ban) - - - - TEHRAN -- The crew of a tanker of the Republic of Korea (ROK), which was seized earlier by the Iranian security guards on a charge of environmental pollution in the Strait of Hormuz, was allowed to leave Iran "in a humanitarian move" by Iran, the Iranian Foreign Min...
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