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Lebanon enforces new partial lockdown in effort to curb COVID-19 21 Aug 2020 - 03:30 pm
A man wearing a face mask walks past a fortified Blom Bank ATM machine, as Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday in an effort to counter the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon August 21, 2020. RE
Turkey in talks with Germany, China, Russia on vaccine trials 19 Aug 2020 - 09:46 pm
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Iran surpasses 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus 19 Aug 2020 - 04:54 pm
A woman clad in mask due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic walks past a newspaper stall in Iran's capital Tehran on August 15, 2020.  AFP
Lebanon reimposes lockdown amid COVID-19 spike: ministry 18 Aug 2020 - 08:34 pm
A Lebanese flag is pictured, in the aftermath of a massive explosion, in Beirut's damaged port area, Lebanon August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Lebanon Tribunal judges convict lead defendant in 2005 Hariri bombing 18 Aug 2020 - 02:48 pm
AFP / Piroschka VAN DE WOUW
Post blast Lebanon says hospitals nearly at COVID-19 capacity 17 Aug 2020 - 11:31 pm
A room in the Saint George hospital in Beirut's neighbourhood of Ashrafieh remains empty of patients on August 13, 2020, more than a week after a massive blast in the nearby port heavily damaged the building./ AFP / PATRICK BAZ
Jordan to isolate city near Syria after coronavirus spike 16 Aug 2020 - 11:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: People enjoy drinks at a cafe which reopened to the public for the first time since the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Amman, Jordan June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed/File Photo
Historic downtown Cairo building collapse injures 5 15 Aug 2020 - 05:27 pm
A policeman stands by the rubble at the scene of a building collapse along Kasr el-Nile street in the Egyptian capital Cairo's downtown district, on August 15, 2020. / AFP / Khaled DESOUKI
Lebanon lawmakers debate emergency imposed after blast 13 Aug 2020 - 11:44 am
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads a parliamentary session at UNESCO Palace, after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Istanbul in uproar over restoration damage to iconic tower 12 Aug 2020 - 08:26 pm
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One week on, Beirut marks the minute hell broke loose 11 Aug 2020 - 08:37 pm
A crowd cheers members of the Lebanese Civil Defence during a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the Beirut port explosion across from the capital's harbour, on August 11, 2020. / AFP / PATRICK BAZ
8,000 buildings damaged by Beirut port blast 11 Aug 2020 - 04:05 pm
Locals look at a destroyed house where the wife and two of the daughters of Syrian refugee Ahmed Staifi were killed following a massive explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon, August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
UN sends 50,000 tons of wheat to Lebanon to avert food crisis 11 Aug 2020 - 02:39 pm
Debris are seen in the port area after a blast in Beirut, Lebanon, August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
UN food chief: Beirut could run out of bread in 2 1/2 weeks 10 Aug 2020 - 09:56 pm
An aerial view taken on August 9, 2020, shows a general view of the port of Beirut, the damaged grain silo and the crater caused by the colossal explosion of a huge pile of ammonium nitrate that had languished for years in a port warehouse, leaving scores
Lebanese PM steps down in wake of Beirut explosion, protests 10 Aug 2020 - 07:54 pm
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Lebanon health minister: Cabinet resigned over Beirut blast 10 Aug 2020 - 05:34 pm
Lebanon's Health Minister Hamad Hasan talks to Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab during a cabinet meeting at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Beirut police fire tear gas as protesters, furious over explosion, regather 09 Aug 2020 - 08:37 pm
BEIRUT, LEBANON - AUGUST 08: Thousands of demonstrators clash with Lebanese riot police as riot police intervene them while they gather for a protest against government at the Martyrs' Square after the deadly explosion at the Port of Beirut led to massive
Commander of Lebanese armed forces visits Qatar's field hospital in Beirut 09 Aug 2020 - 07:44 pm
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