Middle East Experience

The Covid-19 crisis has crippled the $100bn global health and fitness industry. Will it ever recover?
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Will anyone ever visit a gym again?

Web data shows huge spikes in searches for delivery aggregators and consumer goods providers online in the UAE
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Coronavirus: searches for online groceries spike 560%

Ras Al Khaimah steps up its bid to attract more adventure seekers to the UAE's highest mountain
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Ras Al Khaimah opens Jais Adventure Peak in new tourism push

The UAE's death toll now stands at 52
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: UAE announces 483 new Covid-19 cases, 6 fatalities

The Iranian president stressed regional cooperation to fight the virus in separate calls with the leaders of Qatar, Oman and Kuwait.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran’s Rouhani calls for coronavirus cooperation in calls with Gulf leaders

With the coronavirus pandemic reaching the island of Djerba in Tunisia, Jews of Tunisian heritage won’t be able to attend this year's traditional Ghriba synagogue festivities.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Jewish pilgrimage to Tunisia canceled over coronavirus

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's announcement that the government aims to relax COVID-19 restrictions and start returning to normal life at the end of Ramadan has raised the hopes of the country’s ailing tourism sector.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Intel: Turkey's tourism sector sets hopes on June kick start

The government of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region is responding with anger to relief organizations' claims that it is blocking aid to the northeast Syria as COVID-19 rages, with officials saying it has "bent over backward" to help.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iraqi Kurdistan rejects NGO accusations of blocking aid to Syrian Kurds

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Finance, Acting Minister of Economy and Planning, Mohammed al-Jadaan, announced on Wednesday that the government will allocate 47 billion riyals ($12.5 billion) to the Ministry of Health to enable it to combat the coronavirus pandemic.The government will also be allocating 23 billion riyals ($6.1 billion) to paying the private sector dues.Al-Jadaan added that the government doesn’t expect to withdraw from the monetary reserve more than 110-120 billion riyals ($29.2-31.9 billion).Visit our dedicated coronavirus site here for all the latest updates.
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Coronavirus: Saudi health min gets .5 bln, .1 bln set up for private sector dues

IRGC satellite launch catches world by surprise
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Did Iran nuke delivery capability just leap forward? - analysis