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March 24, 2020

Palestinian shoemaker behind West Bank’s only mask factory

A Palestinian shoemaker has responded to the coronavirus crisis by transforming his Hebron factory into the only manufacturer of face masks in the occupied West Bank, reported +972 Magazine....

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March 24, 2020

Lebanon: Judges use WhatsApp to interrogate detainees amid coronavirus lockdown

Judges in Lebanon have started interrogating detainees via WhatsApp video call, according to a tweet from the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces on Monday. The tweet said...

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March 24, 2020

The UN during the coronavirus pandemic is as pro-Israel as ever

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, is not averse to seizing opportunities for outrageous rhetoric, even at a time when countries around the world are struggling to contain...

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March 24, 2020

Italy’s energy giant Eni to review Middle East projects due to coronavirus

Italian energy company Eni said on Tuesday that it is reviewing its energy projects in the Middle East because of the coronavirus outbreak and current oil market conditions. The...

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March 24, 2020

Qatar Humanitarian Fund makes its largest individual contribution to UNHCR so far

The Humanitarian Fund of Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has donated more than $43 million to the UN Refugee Agency to support displaced populations in Yemen, Lebanon, Bangladesh and Chad, UNHCR said in a press release on...
March 24, 2020

Trump to send special envoy to Riyadh to stabilise oil market

US President Donald Trump has appointed a special energy envoy to Saudi Arabia, as the global oil industry confronts what analysts say is the worst crisis for the industry...

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March 24, 2020

Hamas calls on PA to lift Gaza sanctions to prevent spread of coronavirus

The Hamas government has urged the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to lift economic sanctions imposed on the Gaza Strip in 2017. According to The Jerusalem Post, Hamas...

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March 24, 2020

Egypt evacuates Cairo’s largest market to curb coronavirus spread

The Egyptian authorities have evacuated the largest commercial market in Cairo in its efforts to curb the coronavirus outbreak. Brigadier General Majed Ahmed told journalists that the security forces...

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March 24, 2020

US and UAE stage joint military exercise despite COVID-19 warnings

Coronavirus: Iraq pilgrims ignore official warnings and flock to shrine ...

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March 24, 2020

The Arab states need to be completely honest about coronavirus

At the beginning of this month, pro-Assad journalist Rafiq Lutf wrote on Twitter that he had discovered many people infected with the coronavirus in Syria. He said that that...

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