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April 7, 2020

Yemen’s Houthis recapture Al-Khanjar camp near Saudi border

The pro-Houthi Yemeni army yesterday recaptured the strategic Al-Khanjar camp in the northern Al-Jawf province, along the Saudi-Yemeni border. Yemen Press Agency, who described the area as the “largest coalition...

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April 7, 2020

Egypt lawyer sues China for coronavirus spread

After Trump claimed that the virus was 'Chinese made', and his advisors started calling it the 'kung flu' ...

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April 7, 2020

US officer and SDF fighters killed in Daesh ambush

An officer in the US army and two fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been killed in an ambush in Syria’s eastern province of Deir Ez-Zor....

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April 7, 2020

UNICEF delivers supplies to Lebanon’s coronavirus response

UNICEF announced yesterday that it had provided medical supplies to 194 Primary Health Care centres across Lebanon, to help combat the spread of coronavirus. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency...

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April 7, 2020

3m tourist workers in Egypt to suffer from COVID-19 shutdown

Official estimates have put the number of tourist workers set to suffer from the COVID-19 shutdown as three million, reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Tourism in Egypt is one of the main...

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April 7, 2020

Lebanon’s airline defends decision to charge returnees for flights

Chairman of Middle East Airlines (MEA) Mohammad Hout defended the company’s position to charge returning expats for their flights in a press conference yesterday. The airline is accused of charging returnees exorbitant prices...

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April 7, 2020

Saudi Aramco bonds lose value in oil price war

Investment bonds issued by Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, Aramco, recorded an 8.2 per cent fall in value last month, the worst monthly performance ever after crude oil prices...

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April 7, 2020

Gaza builds a bridge to safety from coronavirus

Palestinians in Gaza have launched a new sterilisation process for fresh fruit and vegetables...

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April 7, 2020

Hamas calls on PA to put differences aside during virus crisis

The head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, called on the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah on Sunday to put political differences aside and unite in the efforts to...

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April 7, 2020

Egypt under pressure from medics to reform COVID-19 response

The Egyptian government is under continued pressure from the medical community to reform its COVID-19 response after a series of blunders by the authorities. A letter smuggled out of...

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