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August 4th, 2026 - 12:00 GMT

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Houthis claim hitting 'sensitive target' at Saudi Najran Airport

ALBAWABA - Houthis said on Tuesday that they had attacked what they described as a "sensitive target" at Najran airport in southern Saudi Arabia with a drone, according to the spokesperson of the Yemeni Group, Yehya Saree. Yehya Saree revealed in a statement on X, "By the grace of God, the Yemeni Armed Forces have succeeded in targeting a sensitive target of Saudi Arabia at Najran Airport using a drone ...

A young boy looks on as he walks at the unofficial camp net to the refugee camp of Moria in the island of Lesbos after a fire broke out, on March 16, 2020. Manolis Lagoutaris / AFP

March 19th, 2020 - 08:02 GMT

As The EU Seals Off Borders 10K Refugees Are Locked on The Turkish-Greek Crossing

An Israeli security guard measures the temperature of a woman at the entrance to a retirement home in the Ramat Efal district of Ramat Gan in Israel, on March 17, 2020. JACK GUEZ / AFP

March 19th, 2020 - 07:57 GMT

Israel Shutsdown Embassies in Germany, Spain, Greece, Netherlands and Cyprus

Jordanian soldiers keep watch on March 18, 2020 in the capital Amman as Jordan takes measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP

March 19th, 2020 - 07:41 GMT

Amman Shuts Down its Borders With Other Jordan Cities to Stop Covid-19

US President Donald Trump makes a statement for the press after a meeting with nursing industry representatives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House about the COVID-19 pandemic March 18, 2020, in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

March 19th, 2020 - 07:32 GMT

Trump Declares War on Coronavirus Via $100-Billion Package

An Algerian protester waves the national flag during a weekly anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on March 13, 2020. Algeria has registered two deaths from the novel coronavirus, the health ministry announced, as schools were closed for three weeks. RYAD KRAMDI / AFP

March 19th, 2020 - 07:24 GMT

Algerian President Ban Rallies as Covid-19 Cases Creep to 60

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers an speech at his Jerusalem office on March 14, 2020, regarding the new measures that will be taken to fight the Corona virus in Israel. Netanyahu said Israel would shut down eateries, shopping centres and gyms in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus. Netanyahu also said he would ask the government's approval in the upcoming cabinet meeting set to be held via video conference to allow "technologies used in the war against terror" to be used to track the m

March 19th, 2020 - 07:19 GMT

Israelis Accuse Netanyahu of Using The Coronavirus Crisis to Consolidate His Power

A picture taken from the seaside promenade of the northern Lebanese coastal town of Dbayeh shows the skyline of the Lebanese capital Beirut on March 17, 2020, as the east Mediterranean country deals with an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the latest crisis to hit a country reeling from a severe economic crunch and mass anti-government protests. Lebanon urged people to stay at home for two weeks and prepared to close its main airport to stem a novel coronavirus outbreak that has killed three people in the

March 19th, 2020 - 07:08 GMT

Lebanon's Response to Coronavirus Appears to be Working

Photo from Dubai metro /Al Bawaba

March 19th, 2020 - 06:22 GMT

Reflections from Airbnb Quarantine in the Middle East: COVID-19 and our New Global Future

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March 18th, 2020 - 06:31 GMT

Jordan Registers 56 Covid-19 Victims as Cabinet Urges Citizens to Stay at Home

Measures have been put in place to try and halt the virus in hard-hit Spain, which has more than 9,100 confirmed cases and 309 deaths -- the second worst-affected country in Europe. AFP/ File Photo

March 18th, 2020 - 12:54 GMT

EU Leaders Need to Take Drastic Measures to Fight Covid-19

A migrant tries to breack fences near the Pazarkule crossing gate of the Turkey-Greece border on March 7, 2020 in the province of Edirne where makeshift camps have sprung up around the border as thousands of refugees have been encouraged by Turkey to leave for the European Union, in a bid to gain Western backing in Syria. AFP/File

March 18th, 2020 - 12:41 GMT

Greek Authorities Lockdown Refugee Camps Over Coronavirus Fears

Tunisian public health workers disinfect the entrance to the Ariana tribunal near the capital Tunis, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, on March 12, 2020. FETHI BELAID / AFP

March 18th, 2020 - 12:32 GMT

Tunisian Police Fire Tear Gas on Crowd Amid Coronavirus Fears