Middle East
Israeli billionaire hopes to bring water to parched Gaza
May 6, 2020
Israeli billionaire hopes to bring water to parched Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Georgian-Israeli billionaire believes he has found a solution to the Gaza Strip’s chronic…
Palestinians fear outbreak in Jerusalem’s ‘no man’s land’
May 6, 2020
Palestinians fear outbreak in Jerusalem’s ‘no man’s land’
JERUSALEM (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic gathered strength last month, community leaders in a Palestinian neighborhood on the outskirts…
Syria: Major schism over control emerges within Assad family
May 6, 2020
Syria: Major schism over control emerges within Assad family
Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf has publicly hit out at Assad’s seizure of his businesses, exposing a rift in the elite’s…
Pandemic pushes some Iraqis, broken by conflict, into poverty
May 6, 2020
Pandemic pushes some Iraqis, broken by conflict, into poverty
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — When shops and homes shutter at curfew, some Iraqis in this Baghdad district say it reminds them…
Israel extends coronavirus cell phone surveillance by three weeks
May 5, 2020
Israel extends coronavirus cell phone surveillance by three weeks
TEL AVIV (Reuters) — A parliamentary panel on Tuesday authorized Israel’s Shin Bet security service to continue using mobile phone…
Moroccan medics isolated from families have lonely Ramadan
May 5, 2020
Moroccan medics isolated from families have lonely Ramadan
RABAT (Reuters) — The holy Muslim month of Ramadan is proving particularly lonely and challenging for 30 Moroccan doctors and…
Palestinians extend coronavirus state of emergency to June 5
May 5, 2020
Palestinians extend coronavirus state of emergency to June 5
RAMALLAH (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has extended to June 5 a state of emergency declared in areas under…
Lebanon to extend virus shutdown, fears second wave
May 5, 2020
Lebanon to extend virus shutdown, fears second wave
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon is set to extend its lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus by two weeks until…
Erdogan begins to ease Turkey’s coronavirus restrictions
May 5, 2020
Erdogan begins to ease Turkey’s coronavirus restrictions
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey will start easing coronavirus containment measures from Monday, President Tayyip Erdogan said, lifting inter-city travel restrictions…
Hezbollah deems Lebanese government rescue plan an ‘important step’ forward
May 5, 2020
Hezbollah deems Lebanese government rescue plan an ‘important step’ forward
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Hezbollah’s leader hailed the Lebanese government’s crisis plan as an “important step” on Monday and warned the…