News 11 Aug 2020 Coronavirus: UAE-based G42 extends COVID-19 vaccine trials to Bahrain Abu Dhabi-based G42 Healthcare announced on Tuesday that it would extend the Phase III trials of its coronavirus vaccine to Bahrain volunteers.The trials are the world’s first Phase III trials… Meet the Middle East
News 11 Aug 2020 Is Israel ready for a religious prime minister? Israel never had a religious prime minister, but popular Yamina leader Naftali Bennett is adamant in trying to get hold of the job. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Is Israel… Meet the Middle East
News 11 Aug 2020 Outrage as Algerian journalist sentenced to three years in prison Human rights groups around the world are aghast at the harsh sentencing of independent Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni, who has become a freedom of speech icon. Source: Al Monitor Full… Meet the Middle East
News 11 Aug 2020 Lebanon’s people are calling out the disease of corruption, but say cure out of reach The last two weeks of tumultuous change in Lebanon have revealed a country suffering from a chronic disease – one that the Lebanese people have long diagnosed but struggled to… Meet the Middle East
News 11 Aug 2020 Coronavirus: Testing students every 2 days needed to reopen schools, Yale study says For American universities to safely reopen in the fall, all students on campus must be screened for the coronavirus at least every two to three days, according to a new… Meet the Middle East
News 11 Aug 2020 Emotional moment as one week on, Beirut mourns its devastating loss At 6:08 pm in Beirut on Tuesday, church bells rang and mosques called for prayer at the precise moment a massive explosion ravaged the Lebanese capital a week earlier.The August… Meet the Middle East
News 11 Aug 2020 US contractor inspected Port of Beirut in 2016, warned about explosive chemicals: NYT A US contractor spotted and reported the ammonium nitrate that led to last week's deadly explosions, during a security inspection to the Port of Beirut in 2016, the New York… Meet the Middle East
News 11 Aug 2020 #FreeMahmoud: As BDS gains ground, Israel makes Palestinian activists pay the price Comment: Intimidation and detention without charge, as in the case of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Nawajaa, is a common Israeli tactic aided by a climate of international impunity, writes Malia Bouattia..… Meet the Middle East
News 11 Aug 2020 Angry Lebanese demand removal of ‘corrupt ruling class’ Angry Lebanese said the government’s resignation on Monday did not come close to addressing the tragedy of last week’s Beirut explosion and demanded the removal of what they see as… Meet the Middle East
News 11 Aug 2020 Iran 'wary' of political changes in Lebanon following Beirut blast Tehran is cautious over developments taking place in Lebanon, where a…. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Iran 'wary' of political changes in Lebanon following Beirut blast Meet the Middle East