Saudi king earmarks $2.4 billion to pay private-sector workers
Middle East
April 3, 2020
Saudi king earmarks $2.4 billion to pay private-sector workers
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered up to nine billion riyals ($2.4 billion) to be disbursed to…
Israel’s Netanyahu gets all-clear after second coronavirus scare this week
Middle East
April 3, 2020
Israel’s Netanyahu gets all-clear after second coronavirus scare this week
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tested negative for coronavirus on Thursday after his health minister was…
Iraq has confirmed thousands more COVID-19 cases than reported, medics say
Middle East
April 3, 2020
Iraq has confirmed thousands more COVID-19 cases than reported, medics say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq has thousands of confirmed COVID-19 cases, many times more than the 772 it is has publicly…
Coronavirus compounds Lebanon’s woes, many struggle for food
Middle East
April 2, 2020
Coronavirus compounds Lebanon’s woes, many struggle for food
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Battered by Lebanon’s economic crisis, Hassan Zeitar was already struggling to keep his family fed when the…
Egypt’s private airlines call for aviation minister to intervene amid coronavirus crisis
Middle East
April 2, 2020
Egypt’s private airlines call for aviation minister to intervene amid coronavirus crisis
CAIRO, March 31 (Reuters) – Egypt’s private airlines companies appealed on Tuesday to the civil aviation minister to intervene to…
Egypt’s health sector races to scale up coronavirus readiness
Health & Fitness
April 2, 2020
Egypt’s health sector races to scale up coronavirus readiness
CAIRO, April 1 (Reuters) – Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus, ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective…
As coronavirus spreads, UN seeks Yemen urgent peace talks resumption
Middle East
April 2, 2020
As coronavirus spreads, UN seeks Yemen urgent peace talks resumption
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Nations and Western allies are pointing to the threat of coronavirus to push Yemen’s combatants…
Packed with refugees, Palestinian camps face grave threat if coronavirus spreads
Middle East
April 2, 2020
Packed with refugees, Palestinian camps face grave threat if coronavirus spreads
BETHLEHEM, West Bank/AMMAN (Reuters) – Malka Abu Aker has seen her crowded refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank swell…
Death in the Holy Land: Coronavirus changes burial for Jews, Muslims
Middle East
April 2, 2020
Death in the Holy Land: Coronavirus changes burial for Jews, Muslims
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A rising death toll in the coronavirus crisis is forcing a change in Jewish and Muslim burial…
In Syria camp fearing coronavirus, young teachers adapt again
Middle East
April 1, 2020
In Syria camp fearing coronavirus, young teachers adapt again
ATMEH, Syria (Reuters) – After bombs forced him and his students from their homes, Ahmed Hadaja began teaching in a…