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      Ride-hailing service Uber has been giving free rides to residents of Beirut following the huge chemical explosion that hit Beirut's port, devastating large parts of Lebanon's capital. AFP
      Uber Beirut offers free rides following catastrophic blast

      The journeys are providing vital support to people with no means of transport, but also comes as the service's popularity has been waning

      August 09, 2020
      An injured man walks at the explosion scene that hit the seaport, in Beirut Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. AP
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      Beirut explosion leaves city short of bread and wheat

      The country’s main hub for international trade lies in ruins with wheat stocks to now be redirected to a reduced-capacity Tripoli port

      August 05, 2020
      Russian and China have vetoed an extension to the UN agreemeent to provide aid to north-west Syria and rebel-held Idlib from Turkey. AFP
      Russia and China's Syria aid veto 'despicable', say humanitarian groups

      Russia and China blocked the extension of a mandate for cross-border aid delivery that expires on Friday

      July 08, 2020
      Majad Al Mneni, a labourer from Damascus, went missing in 2012 and has only now been found to be dead by his family, who spotted him among the Caeser images. Courtesy Amer Al Faj
      Syrians find heartbreak among republished Caesar torture images

      The introduction of the US's Caesar Act has led to the recirculation of the photos that inspired it

      July 06, 2020
      Dr Prince Mathew, the regional head of MSF's Asia mission, said Bihar state's centres for treating Covid-19 patients could be overwhelmed. MSF
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      MSF India opens emergency hospital as coronavirus cases surge

      It is feared that eastern India's Bihar state will become a virus hot spot when unemployed migrants return from the cities

      AsiaJune 25, 2020
      In May, 24 women, children and babies – including one midwife – were killed when gunmen entered the Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in western Kabul and opened fire. Frederic Bonnot / Médecins Sans Frontières
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      MSF chief: Afghan hospital closure ‘heartbreaking’

      Thierry Allafort-Duverger said the Kabul maternity ward had to be closed to protect staff after a devastating attack that killed 24 people, including mothers, children and babies, last month

      AsiaJune 18, 2020
      Amy Mousa, 17, trims the hair of a client while wearing a protective mask and gloves at a barber's shop in Qamishli, Hasakeh province. AFP
      North-east Syria's first female barber is cutting up gender norms

      Before the war, women were barely visible in conservative Syria, but teenage barber Amy Mousa says times are changing

      June 17, 2020
      A Yemeni worker wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant on the hands of people before they enter a cemetery during a funeral procession amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. EPA
      Coronavirus is killing off Yemen's educated elite

      The deaths of many medics, lawyers, judges and politicians are hanging heavy on the nation, health officials say

      June 14, 2020
      France has become the first country to prosecute a homegrown ISIS militant for crimes committed in Syria. AP
      Major anti-ISIS operation launched in Syria amid resurgence fears

      The SDF, with international support, has launched a mission in eastern Syria to target ISIS hideouts as some fear the group is growing in strength while the world is distracted by the pandemic

      June 07, 2020
      The US State Department is seeking information on the location of ISIS’s media chief and is offering a bounty of $3 million. AP
      United States offers $3 million reward for ISIS propaganda chief

      The State Department is offering the reward for information leading to the location or identification of Mohammed Khadir Musa Ramadan, a senior ISIS leader

      May 31, 2020
      Pharmacist and Turkish opposition deputy Gamze Tascier has distributed around 1,000 masks to those in need. Courtesy Gamze Tascier
      Coronavirus: Turkish MP defies government to help those in need

      Politician Gamze Tascier gives out face masks from her pharmacy and pays for food purchases of those in need, despite a government crackdown on unsanctioned aid

      EuropeMay 09, 2020
      Gilead Science's remdesivir, one of the most highly anticipated drugs being tested against the new coronavirus, showed positive results in a US government trial. AFP
      Remdesivir: is the antiviral drug a cure for coronavirus?

      A US trial of Covid-19 patients found the drug cut recovery time by four days on average, but many questions remain and larger studies are needed

      The AmericasApril 30, 2020
      A Yemeni man rebuilds his tent after it was destroyed by torrential rain in a makeshift camp for the displaced in the northern Hajjah province. AFP
      Record 50m people displaced by conflict and disaster in 2019

      Ten million more people were living in displacement last year compared to the year before, with the Middle East still one of the worst hit by conflict

      WorldApril 28, 2020
      A satellite image shows Syria's military-run Saidnaya prison, located 30 kilometres north of Damascus. CNES and ASTRIUM / Amnesty International via AFP
      'Assad wants them to die of Covid-19': families of Syria's missing

      As landmark trial takes place in Germany, families of people missing in Syria's prison system tell of anguish, bribery and torture

      April 28, 2020
      An IDP camp in Erbil province was put into quarantine on Monday. AP
      Coronavirus: Iraqi Kurdistan confirms first refugee camp case

      The man has not been back to Darashakran camp for almost two weeks, but a full lockdown has been implemented as a precaution

      April 27, 2020
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