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Conflict and COVID-19 in conflict-affected states in the Middle East

Workers wear protective gear spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak inside a public bus in Aleppo, Syria, March 15, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Guy Burton is an adjunc

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Yemen: Saudi-led coalition launches airstrikes on Houthi positions

Yemen's Houthi militia said the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen launched 14 airstrikes on their positions on Thursday.The group's al-Masirah TV station reported four airstrikes on Haradh district in the

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UN: Yemen programs fighting virus might stop by end of June

The United Nations warned Wednesday that its programs to fight the coronavirus in war-torn Yemen might have to stop by the end the month unless they get an immediate in

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Turkey's cases surpass 160,000; Chinese medical team helps Sudan's anti-coronavirus fight

Turkey's tally of COVID-19 cases surpassed 160,000 on Thursday as the country resumed high-speed train service as part of its plan to normalize life. Meanwhile, a Chinese medical team arrived i

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Turkey's COVID-19 cases top 155,000; Iran's tally crosses 133,000

A man gets his body temperature checked at the entrance of a shopping mall in Ankara, Turkey, on May 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Mustafa Kaya)--Turkey's COVID-19 cases hit 155,686 with 4,308 deaths;--Saudi Arab

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UN envoy calls on Yemeni rival parties to forgo war, focus on COVID-19

The site of air strikes in the northwestern Huthi-held city of Saada, January 6, 2018. /AFP As countries across the world are fighting the coronavirus pandemic, Yemen's warring factions are s

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Yemen's health system 'has in effect collapsed' as COVID spreads: U.N.

The new coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen where the health care system “has in effect collapsed”, the United Nations said on Friday, appealing fo

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Iran says 10K medics infected as virus fears rise in Mideast

The coronavirus has infected more than 10,000 health care workers in hard-hit Iran, news outlets reported Thursday, as health officials in war-ravaged Yemen and Gaza ex

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Coronavirus Watch in Mideast: Turkey's COVID-19 cases surpass 152,000 as Iran's tally nudges 127,000

Parents help their son put on a mask on a street in Ankara, Turkey, on May 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Mustafa Kaya)--Turkey's daily new cases fall below 1,000 with 152,587 in total;--Iran's tally hits 126,949

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Saudi attacker on U.S. base had longstanding al-Qaeda ties: U.S.

Four people died, including the suspect, after an active shooting incident at a naval base in Pensacola, Florida on December 6, 2019. AFP The Saudi military student who killed three Americans

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Yemen could face "catastrophic" food shortages amid coronavirus outbreak, FAO warns

Yemen, the west-Asian country already hobbled by five years of military conflict, could face "catastrophic" food shortages due to supply problems connected to the globa

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Coronavirus, floods and locust swarms: Kenya is fighting a ‘triple whammy’ of crises

Already navigating the coronavirus pandemic and the worst invasion of desert locusts for more than 25 years, parts of East Africa are now being devastated by flooding.H

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Coronavirus Watch: Turkey's COVID-19 cases surpass 149,000 as Iran's tally crosses 120,000

--Turkey's COVID-19 casesrise to 149,435;--Iran's infection tally reaches 120,198;-- Egypt willimpose stricter anti-COVID-19 measures during Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday.CAIRO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The to

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Peace in Yemen may be within close reach, says UN envoy

UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Thursday that he believed an end to fighting in the country is within close reach, while cautioning that

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Roundup: Turkey's COVID-19 cases surpass 143,000 as Iran's tally exceeds 112,000

Turkey's COVID-19 cases on Wednesday exceeded 143,000, while the tally in Iran crossed 112,000. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Turkey, the hardest-hit country i

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Turkey's COVID-19 cases surpass 140,000, while Iran's tally crosses 110,000

--Turkey'sCOVID-19 cases rise to 141,475;--Iran's tally of infections hits 110,767;--Egypt, Kuwait both see positive cases over 10,000;--Lebanon announces full lockdown for 4 days.CAIRO, May 12 (Xinhu

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Yemeni student praises China's anti-epidemic efforts to Arab world

Sana'a Ahmed Nagi has spent the past three years living in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and never left the city during the outbreak of COVID-19, instead, she has built a bridge between