May 2021

By the regime's count, President Bashar al-Assad won 95.1% of the vote, handing him another seven-year term. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Syria's Assad wins fourth term in election US…

A decade ago, Lebanon’s tourism industry fed $9.5 billion into the country’s GDP – figures the cash-strapped government can only dream of now.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Lebanon's domestic tourism…

The WHO’s European director warned on Friday that the Covid-19 pandemic won’t be over until at least 70 percent of people are vaccinated, while deploring that the vaccine rollout in…

Republicans in the US Senate on Friday derailed a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump’s supporters, despite a torrent of criticism they…

Ten years after their respective uprisings, Tunisia and Libya are still at a crossroads.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Tunisian-Libyan relations amid transitions

The United States and Britain are stepping up calls for the World Health Organization to take a deeper look into the possible origins of COVID-19, including a new visit to…

Moroccan authorities must urgently end the solitary confinement of a detained journalist whose health is at risk after 51 days on hunger strike and ensure he is granted the specialized…

The stores in Mirdif City Centre violated mask and social distancing rules.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Covid-19: Dubai fines 4 stores during super sale for breaking rules; 49 eateries penalised

Lebanon registers 298 coronavirus cases, 6 deaths.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Lebanon registers 298 coronavirus cases, 6 deaths

Israeli forces on Friday shot dead a Palestinian man during clashes in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.A few hundred Palestinians had gathered near Nablus in the…