More than six weeks after Saudi Arabia reported its first case, the COVID-19 is striking terror into the heart of the kingdom’s sprawling ruling family. According to The NYT, As many as 150 royals inside [ More … ]
Iranian foreign ministry says the sanctions, which are part of Washington’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign, are impeding Tehran’s fight against Covid-19 Iran’s foreign ministry has urged the international community to ignore US sanctions and help the [ More … ]
Former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril died on Sunday in Cairo, Egypt after contracting COVID-19, his National Forces Alliance (NFA) announced in a statement Sunday He is the first major Arab politician to die of [ More … ]
Hamas chief in Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar said ‘there is a possibility for an initiative to move forward with the file’ of exchanging prisoners. Israeli officials and Palestinian leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) [ More … ]
As authoritarian leaders always look for a scapegoat to tighten their grips, the coronavirus pandemic seems to be their treasure trove. “Authoritarian leaders are constantly searching for scapegoats, working to rile up the fears of [ More … ]
As part of efforts to take precautionary measures in the fight against the Coronavirus, the Egyptian Ministry of Health has recently started calling out for volunteers. ‘Be a Hero’ is the title of the central [ More … ]
Sisi’s first public appearance in weeks was on Saturday after 14 days in isolation with family amid growing concerns about extent of infection within the army Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his family spent two [ More … ]
The state-run Qatari Committee to Rebuild Gaza announced on Twitter today that Qatar will be sending $150 million in aid to the besieged Gaza Strip to support United Nations humanitarian programs and efforts to help [ More … ]
The Batel (Void) opposition campaign accused the Egyptian coup leader Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of failing to manage the coronavirus crisis, calling for “fighting both Sisi and coronavirus, because they both pose the same danger to [ More … ]
In a televised address, Iran’s Rouhani says it is crucial for the sanctions-hit country to resume economic production. Iran‘s President Hassan Rouhani has said he expects measures taken to combat the spread of the highly infectious coronavirus, including [ More … ]
Meanwhile, 93 new cases were confirmed, raising the tally to 191 in the country, said Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca in a tweet. President Erdogan says such outbreaks have had severe consequences around the world [ More … ]
An Iranian judiciary spokesperson said tens of thousands of prisoners, including political prisoners, had been releasedIran has released around 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, from its jails to combat the spread of coronavirus, a judicial [ More … ]
Infectious disease specialists from the University of Toronto provide grim picture of possible spread of coronavirus in Egypt, according to a report published by The Guardian. Egypt is likely grappling with a higher rate of [ More … ]
The Batel (Void) campaign said in a press release that it has sent a letter to the World Health Organization on its concerns over spread of the coronavirus in Egypt. Batel, an Egyptian campaign against [ More … ]
The Egyptian Batel (Void) campaign accused the Egyptian regime of negligence and called for providing quarantine places in every Egyptian governorate The Batel campaign called on the Egyptian government to take a set of urgent [ More … ]
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