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Does Middle East COVID-19 response risk long-term economic pain?

Editor's note: Freddie Reidy is a freelance writer based in London. He studied history and history of art at the University of Kent, Canterbury, specializing in Russian history and international p

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Iran's coronavirus cases top 53,000 as Turkey's total surpasses 20,000

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Iran climbed to 53,183 on Friday, as the total of confirmed cases in Turkey rose to 20,921. Iran, the worst-hit country

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Conflict resolution is key to deal with COVID-19 in war-torn regions

Palestinian engineer Tariq Al-Najjar (R) works on making a mobile sterilization chamber which sprays disinfectant, at his workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, April 2, 2020. /Xinhua Edito

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UN chief reiterates global ceasefire appeal as world fights COVID-19

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the international community should focus only on the battle against its common enemy of the COVID-19

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UN group urges release of prisoners, detainees in Yemen amid COVID-19

Yemeni women work to manufacture protective face masks at a textile factory in Sanaa, Yemen, March 17, 2020. /AP A UN-mandated group of experts has urged warring parties in Yemen to release de

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COVID-19 in the time of insecurity

Editor's note: HRH Prince Hasan bin Talal is the president and founder of the Arab Thought Forum, a non-governmental organization that studies current situation and problems in the Arab world. The

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Saudi intercepts missiles over curfew-locked Riyadh amid pandemic

Smoke billows up following an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition targeting ballistic missile and drone depots in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, February 23, 2020. /AFP Saudi air defenses interce

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Yemen's govt condemns Houthi missile attack against Saudi Arabia

Yemen's internationally-recognized government strongly condemned on Sunday the Houthis firing two ballistic missiles against Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh and Jizan city, according to its state-ru

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Iran's army sets up hospital in capital as virus toll climbs

Iran announced another 144 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday and said thousands more were in critical condition as the military completed work on a 2,000-bed field

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Roundup: Guterres warns of losing COVID-19 war as UN agencies continue relentless efforts

Photo taken on March, 25, 2020 at the United Nations headquarters in New York shows that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaking at the launch of the COVID-19 global humanitarian response pla

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Roundup: UN launches 2-bln-USD anti-COVID-19 plan, seeks halt of hostilities

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a 2-billion-U.S.-dollar Humanitarian Response Plan on Wednesday aimed at fighting the coronavirus in the poorest and mos

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Trump and a crippled Iran – Capitalism trumps humanitarian concerns

A woman wearing a mask walks in Tajrish bazaar in Tehran, Iran, on March 2, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington,

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Global conflicts expose the vulnerable to coronavirus

A woman wearing a mask walks in Tajrish bazaar in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Iram Khan is a Pakistan-based commentator on international and commercial affairs. The ar

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Iran's COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,812; More Mideastern countries impose curfew to curb COVID-19

Iran's death toll from COVID-19 climbed to 1,812 on Monday, after 127 new deaths were reported. Meanwhile, more countries in the Middle East decided to impose curfew to curb the spread of the nove

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WHO airlifts COVID-19 testing kits in aid to war-torn Yemen

The World Health Organization (WHO) airlifted COVID-19 testing kits and personal protective items for health workers to the war-ravaged Yemen, the UN aid agency said M

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (March 23)

Beijing, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from XinhuaSerbian President Aleksandar Vucic (front) speaks at th

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Roundup: Iran's COVID-19 death toll approaches 1,700, while Syria reports 1st case

The death toll from COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, in Iran soared to 1,685 on Sunday, as Syria reported the first case of infection. A total of 21,638 people have bee