Ultra-Orthodox educational institutions continued to operate despite orders by the government to close all schools to try to control the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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Coronavirus cripples Egypt’s tourism industry
Some analysts fear long-term effects on Egypt’s tourism sector from the coronavirus outbreak.
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Jerusalem alliance fills gap in coronavirus awareness
A group of Jerusalem-based activists launched an alliance to raise awareness and provide emergency needs to the Palestinian population in East Jerusalem amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Turkey’s geostrategic orientation at crossroads amid Idlib tangle
Confusion prevails in Ankara on how to resolve the entangled Idlib crisis and the choices it will ultimately make could bear on its geostrategic orientations in the coming years.
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Coronavirus spurs regional humanitarian outreach to Iran
The UAE, Kuwait and Qatar provide help to Coronavirus-stricken Iran, while there is talk that the United States could ease the way for aid to Iran while Iran released American prisoners who could be prime COVID-19 targets.
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Israel seals borders to foreigners in latest coronavirus measure
Israel announced it would close its borders to noncitizens to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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Is Iraq taking necessary measures to prevent COVID-19 spread?
Iraqi authorities are taking strict measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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Deir ez-Zor residents protest rule by Syrian Kurdish group
The Deir ez-Zor military council, affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been firing on protesters and believes they are being fed anti-SDF propaganda by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Netanyahu, Gantz get closer to reaching unity government
Despite an earlier pledge by Israel's Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to not partner in a government with current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, negotiations between the two sides on a unity government are progressing.
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Why Ankara’s Syrian refugee threat has lost its impact
The “refugee crisis” that Ankara triggered at the Greek border has come to an end, as it failed to create the desired impact on Europe.
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