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| Yemen war: Five years on, rebels stronger than ever |
Agence France Presse
DUBAI: Five years after Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen's civil war, leading a military coalition to prop up the government which had been driven out of its capital, the Huthi rebels are only stronger, more |
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| Tripoli officials say clashes escalating over Libyan capital |
Associated Press
CAIRO: Clashes between rival Libyan forces for control of Tripoli escalated on Wednesday as militias allied with the U.N.-supported government based in the country's capital launched an offensive on a military b |
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| Syrian regime jails at risk of virus 'catastrophe': rights groups |
Agence France Presse
BEIRUT: Human rights groups warned Tuesday of a "catastrophe" if the novel coronavirus hits the Syrian regime's overcrowded and squalid prisons, where inmates are routinely denied medical care. |
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| Aid group says Mideast lockdowns hinder humanitarian efforts |
Associated Press
CAIRO: An international aid group said Wednesday that closures aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic are preventing it from reaching 300,000 people in conflict zones across the Middle East, after authorities |
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| Lebanon: Defense council recommends lockdown extension |
BEIRUT: Lebanon's Higher Defense Council Thursday recommended to the government a two-week extension to a nationwide lockdown over coronavirus, official sources said.
Shortly after the council's session, chaired by President Mi |
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| Iraqi military says 2 rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone |
Associated Press
BAGHDAD: Iraq's military said Thursday at least two rockets hit inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq's government and home to the U.S. Embassy, according to an Iraqi military s |
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| IMF urges action to face 'big drop' in Mideast growth |
Agence France Presse
DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund called Tuesday for urgent action from Middle East governments as the coronavirus pandemic threatens a persistent slump in oil revenues and a "big drop" in growth. |
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| New coronavirus threatens both rich, poor across Mideast |
Associated Press
DUBAI: The new coronavirus continued its spread across some of the most-vulnerable nations of the Mideast on Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund warned that a lack of medical supplies in Iraq, Sudan and Yemen |
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| Hand-washing: a luxury millions of Yemenis can't afford |
Agence France Presse
AL HAJJAH: Yemen: Hand-washing to combat the spread of coronavirus is the order of the day, but it's an unaffordable luxury or millions in war-ravaged Yemen where clean water is dangerously scarce.
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| Yemen's warring parties back U.N. call for truce |
Reuters
ADEN, Yemen: Yemen's warring parties welcomed Thursday a United Nations call for an immediate truce as the country entered its sixth year of a conflict that has unleashed a humanitarian crisis, rendering it more vulnerab |
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| The Arab world’s perfect COVID-19 storm |
Nasser Saidi
Middle Eastern and Gulf Cooperation Council economies are heading toward a recession in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, collapsing oil prices, and the unfolding global financial crisis.
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