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World / Middle East

Hamas warns of virus testing kit shortage in Gaza 07 Dec 2020 - 06:23 pm
A technician handles collected PCR (polymerase chain reaction) swab samples collected as part of COVID-19 coronavirus disease testing, at the Palestinian Gaza-based Health Ministry central laboratory in Gaza City on December 7, 2020. / AFP / MAHMUD HAMS
Pope to visit Iraq in March, pandemic permitting 07 Dec 2020 - 03:57 pm
Pope Francis addresses the crowd from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter's square during his Angelus prayer on December 6, 2020 at the Vatican. / AFP / Alberto PIZZOLI
Iran centrifuge plan alarms European trio 07 Dec 2020 - 12:36 pm
In this file photo taken on March 30, 2005, the Iranian nuclear research centre of Natanz, is pictured 270 kms south of Tehran. AFP / Henghameh Fahimi
Renowned trumpeter brings life to battered Beirut 05 Dec 2020 - 03:11 pm
French-Lebanese trumpet player and composer Ibrahim Maalouf performs with guitarist Francois Delporte, as part of Beirut Chants Festival, in Beirut, Lebanon December 4, 2020. Reuters/Issam Abdallah
Lebanese crisis deepens Syrian refugee misery 03 Dec 2020 - 03:58 pm
Syrian refugees, who have been forcibly evicted from the Lebanese northern town of Bsharre in the wake of a murder allegedly committed by a Syrian national, find refuge in the northern port city of Tripoli on November 26, 2020.   AFP / Ibrahim CHALHOUB
Iran's coronavirus cases exceed 1 million 03 Dec 2020 - 01:56 pm
A woman wearing a face mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic walks by closed shops in the Iranian capital Tehran, on November 30, 2020. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Turkey to impose curfew, weekend lockdown against coronavirus 30 Nov 2020 - 10:32 pm
General view of the deserted Ortakoy square, during a night-time curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, in Istanbul, on November 28, 2020. A partial curfew from 8pm to 10am started in Turkey on Novembe
Lebanon to ease virus curbs from Monday 29 Nov 2020 - 09:42 pm
Lebanese fishermen are pictured near the promenade in the capital Beirut on November 24, 2020. / AFP / JOSEPH EID
Turkey's COVID curfew fails to contain surging second wave 29 Nov 2020 - 08:46 pm
A stray cat sits on the deserted Ortakoy square during a night-time curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, in Istanbul, on November 28, 2020. A partial curfew from 8pm to 10am started in Turkey on Nove
Iran newspaper: Strike Haifa if Israel killed scientist 29 Nov 2020 - 01:37 pm
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Iran health ministry reports slowing of virus infections 28 Nov 2020 - 03:12 pm
AFP / ATTA KENARE
In Syria, Yarmuk residents plan return to war-torn Palestinian camp 28 Nov 2020 - 02:13 pm
Issa al-Loubani, a 48-year-old Palestinian refugee, walks with his wife and daughter in a street in the Palestinian Yarmuk camp, on the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on November 25, 2020. AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Clashes with cleric's supporters kill 5 in southern Iraq 28 Nov 2020 - 01:53 pm
Anti-government protesters clash with supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Nassiriya, Iraq November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Dhahi
Killing of suspected Iranian nuclear mastermind risks confrontation as Trump exits 28 Nov 2020 - 10:44 am
A view shows the scene of the attack that killed Prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, outside Tehran, Iran, November 27, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters
Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan former prime minister, dies of virus 26 Nov 2020 - 05:52 pm
Sudan's top opposition leader and former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, whose elected government was toppled in a 1989 Islamist-backed coup, speaks during an interview at his residence in Omdourman.  AFP / OZAN KOSE
Turkey announces asymptomatic coronavirus case numbers for first time since July 25 Nov 2020 - 09:36 pm
Couple walks along Istiklal Street at the popular touristic neighbourhood of Beyoglu after a partial weekend curfew started during the COVID-19 outbreak in Istanbul, Turkey, November 21, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Gaza's first female gas station attendant challenges 'traditions' 25 Nov 2020 - 05:45 pm
Salma al-Najjar, a 16-year-old Palestinian who works at a petrol station to help her family with income, refuels a car in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip, 24 November 2020. / AFP / SAID KHATIB
Lebanon may lower obligatory reserves threshold, says source 25 Nov 2020 - 02:17 pm
Lebanese fishermen are pictured near the promenade in the capital Beirut on November 24, 2020. / AFP / JOSEPH EID