Middle East Experience

Marco Fraschatti, an Italian event management expert said he and his wife had no worries sending their child to school..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Teachers’ Covid-19 vaccinations: Parents in Dubai confident about sending kids to school

Bennett’s image as prime minister needs burnishing, and this visit to Washington could do just that.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Biden parley gives Bennett prime ministerial stature - analysis

Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan overnight Monday visited two warehouses used to store hoarded medicines after they were raided by security forces..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Illegally hoarded medicines seized in raids near Sidon

The vaccine takes the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and genetically engineers it so that it will express the spike protein of the novel coronavirus on its envelope.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Does Israel’s BriLife vaccine last longer than Pfizer? ‘Not enough data’

Violent riots on Saturday left one border police officer in critical condition.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF sends reinforcements to Gaza Division ahead of planned demonstrations

Now, it is likely that many more people will sign up to get the jab, say health experts, in that they will have even more confidence in the safety of the vaccine.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Pfizer’s FDA approval is another strike against anti-vaxxers - analysis

The original plan to secure Kabul airport took the presence of Afghan security forces for granted, a US official said.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Sources: Taliban move helped US keep Afghans off Kabul airfield last week

A young man from Gaza is using social media to shed light on the poverty and difficult living conditions of many residents in the besieged enclave amid the lack of action from Palestinian authorities.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gazan shares realities of poverty via TikTok

Dubai’s Emirates airline will provide extra baggage allowance to passengers traveling to crisis-hit Lebanon until September 30, Emirates announced in a press statement on Wednesday.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Travelers will be able to check in an extra ten kilograms as “Lebanon [is] experiencing a severe shortage of essential goods and medicines,” the statement said.Passengers booking tickets from the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Australia will be offered the extra baggage allowance.An economic crash in October 2019, exacerbated by a massive explosion in Beirut’s port and the COVID-19 crisis, has led to electricity, food, and medical supply shortages in the Mediterranean nation.Blackouts have swept Lebanon as the fuel oil used to generate electricity has disappeared from the market.The US is working with the World Bank and the governments of Egypt and Jordan to meet Lebanon’s fuel and energy needs, Washington’s ambassador to Beirut revealed in an interview with Al Arabiya English on Thursday.Many say living conditions are worse than during the 1975-90 civil war.Emirates set up a “humanitarian airbridge” with Lebanon following the port explosion in August 2020, which it says helped to deliver 160 tons of medical supplies, food, PPE, and other items.Lebanon has a large diaspora in the Arabian Gulf and further afield.Read more: Emirates releases video to address ‘real or fake’ questions over Burj Khalifa adUS talking to Egypt, Jordan to help Lebanon’s fuel, energy needs: Senior US diplomatLife comes to a halt in Lebanon as blackouts sweep the nation
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Emirates offers Lebanon passengers extra baggage allowance for ‘goods and medicines’

The head of Iran’s judiciary called for an investigation into the abuse at Evin Prison. 
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran judiciary orders investigation into prison abuse