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Turkey to impose curfew, weekend lockdown against coronavirus 30 Nov 2020 - 10:32 pm
General view of the deserted Ortakoy square, during a night-time curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, in Istanbul, on November 28, 2020. A partial curfew from 8pm to 10am started in Turkey on Novembe
Lebanon to ease virus curbs from Monday 29 Nov 2020 - 09:42 pm
Lebanese fishermen are pictured near the promenade in the capital Beirut on November 24, 2020. / AFP / JOSEPH EID
Turkey's COVID curfew fails to contain surging second wave 29 Nov 2020 - 08:46 pm
A stray cat sits on the deserted Ortakoy square during a night-time curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, in Istanbul, on November 28, 2020. A partial curfew from 8pm to 10am started in Turkey on Nove
Iran newspaper: Strike Haifa if Israel killed scientist 29 Nov 2020 - 01:37 pm
Peninsula
Iran health ministry reports slowing of virus infections 28 Nov 2020 - 03:12 pm
AFP / ATTA KENARE
In Syria, Yarmuk residents plan return to war-torn Palestinian camp 28 Nov 2020 - 02:13 pm
Issa al-Loubani, a 48-year-old Palestinian refugee, walks with his wife and daughter in a street in the Palestinian Yarmuk camp, on the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on November 25, 2020. AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Clashes with cleric's supporters kill 5 in southern Iraq 28 Nov 2020 - 01:53 pm
Anti-government protesters clash with supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Nassiriya, Iraq November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Dhahi
Killing of suspected Iranian nuclear mastermind risks confrontation as Trump exits 28 Nov 2020 - 10:44 am
A view shows the scene of the attack that killed Prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, outside Tehran, Iran, November 27, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters
Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan former prime minister, dies of virus 26 Nov 2020 - 05:52 pm
Sudan's top opposition leader and former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, whose elected government was toppled in a 1989 Islamist-backed coup, speaks during an interview at his residence in Omdourman.  AFP / OZAN KOSE
Turkey announces asymptomatic coronavirus case numbers for first time since July 25 Nov 2020 - 09:36 pm
Couple walks along Istiklal Street at the popular touristic neighbourhood of Beyoglu after a partial weekend curfew started during the COVID-19 outbreak in Istanbul, Turkey, November 21, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Gaza's first female gas station attendant challenges 'traditions' 25 Nov 2020 - 05:45 pm
Salma al-Najjar, a 16-year-old Palestinian who works at a petrol station to help her family with income, refuels a car in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip, 24 November 2020. / AFP / SAID KHATIB
Lebanon may lower obligatory reserves threshold, says source 25 Nov 2020 - 02:17 pm
Lebanese fishermen are pictured near the promenade in the capital Beirut on November 24, 2020. / AFP / JOSEPH EID
Iran says to use both local and foreign COVID-19 vaccines 24 Nov 2020 - 07:18 pm
Pedestrians, clad in mask due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, walk in the rain past closed shops along a street in Iran's capital Tehran on November 21, 2020, as the Iranian government announced new pandemic-countering measures. / AFP / -
Turkey's daily COVID-19 deaths hit record 153 as people deal with new curbs 23 Nov 2020 - 09:20 pm
An empty Taksim square is pictured during the weekend curfew on November 21, 2020 in Istanbul. A partial curfew that apply from 8 pm until 10 am to fight rising coronavirus infections and growing deaths starts in Turkey. / AFP / Ozan KOSE
Syria president names Faisal Mekdad new FM 22 Nov 2020 - 06:52 pm
Peninsula
Mourning after deadly new IS attack north of Baghdad 22 Nov 2020 - 11:20 am
Peninsula
Five Lebanese prisoners die in accident following mass prison break-out 21 Nov 2020 - 03:45 pm
Members of the Lebanese police inspect the damaged car in Hadath, Lebanon, November 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Iran closes businesses, curtails travel amid virus surge 21 Nov 2020 - 03:04 pm
Pedestrians, mask-clad due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, walk past closed shops along a street in Iran's capital Tehran on November 21, 2020, as the Iranian government announced new pandemic-countering measures. AFP / STR