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12.04.2020 / 13:39

A look at how the outbreak affects some militaries and conflicts

Israel: The coronavirus pandemic has forced militaries and militias to adapt to an invisible enemy, even as traditional conflicts grind on.

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World's militaries face a new enemy in virus outbreak

TEL AVIV – The coronavirus pandemic has forced militaries and militias to adapt to an invisible enemy, even as traditional conflicts grind on.

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War-ravaged Yemen confirms first coronavirus case, braces for more

ADEN : Yemen reported its first coronavirus case on Friday as aid groups braced for an outbreak in a country where war has shattered health systems and spread hunger and disease.

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War-torn Yemen confirms 1st coronavirus case, brewing fear of possible outbreak

Yemen’s internationally recognized government announced on Friday the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in the war-torn country, stoking fears that an outbreak could devastate its already crippled health care system.

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Saudi-led ceasefire in Yemen begins, raising hopes for peace

A nationwide ceasefire in response to the global coronavirus outbreak went into effect in Yemen today, stirring hope for an end to the five-year-old war that has pushed millions to the brink of famine.

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Saudi Arabia announces ceasefire in Yemen amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen announced Wednesday that its forces would begin a cease-fire starting Thursday, a step that could pave the way for the first direct peace talks between the two sides that have been at war for more than five years.

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Saudi-led coalition to declare ceasefire in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement will announce at midnight it is halting military operations nationwide to support a UN ceasefire initiative.

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Yemeni-American poet Threa Almontaser wins Whitman award

NEW YORK – The Yemeni-American poet Threa Almontaser has won the Walt Whitman Award for best first book. Almontaser's “The Wild Fox of Yemen” comes out in April 2021.

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Coronavirus: Countries where the deadly Covid-19 bug has not spread and why

There are currently only 22 countries in the world which are yet to record a single case of deadly coronavirus within their borders – which could be hugely important in fighting the next global outbreak of a disease.

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Coronavirus measures preventing aid from reaching 300K people in Middle East: NGO

An international aid group said Wednesday that closures aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic are preventing it from reaching 300,000 people in conflict zones across the Middle East, as the virus arrived in war-torn Libya and four more cases were detected in Syria.

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Pakistan halts domestic passenger flights over new virus

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Wednesday halted all domestic passenger flights to stop the spread of the new coronavirus after reporting nearly 1,000 cases the country, just as Libya became the latest at-risk Mideast nation to report its first infection.

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New coronavirus threatens both rich, poor across Mideast

DUBAI – The new coronavirus continued its spread across some of the most-vulnerable nations of the Mideast on Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund warned that a lack of medical supplies in Iraq, Sudan and Yemen could lead to a surge in prices.

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Travel hub UAE to halt flights as virus reaches Gaza, Syria

DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates, home to the world's busiest international airport, announced early on Monday that it was suspending all passenger and transit flights for two weeks to stymie the spread of the new coronavirus.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0