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Turkey

Women walk past carpets displayed on the wall of a house outside the Ankara Castle. (AFP)

Turkey frets over economic toll of another lost tourism season

tunisia

Medical staff assist a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an intensive care department at a hospital in Ariana, Tunisia, April 26, 2021. (AFP)

Tunisia to adopt ‘health emergency’ bill as pandemic overwhelms system

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Syria

A 2019 file picture shows Syrian writer and human rights activist Michel Kilo at his home, in Paris. (AFP)

Veteran Syria opposition figure Michel Kilo dies in exile

Iran

Iranians wearing face masks walk in a street in the capital Tehran. (AFP)

Iran hits coronavirus infection record, passes two-million mark

Morocco

Elderly Moroccans wait their turn for the COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation centre in the city of Sale. (AFP)

Morocco leads anti-coronavirus drive in North Africa

Syria

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks the conclusion of a conference ‘Supporting the future of Syria and the region’ at the European Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, March 30, 2021. (REUTERS)

International donors pledge about $6 billion for Syria aid

Syria

Syrian Minister of Health Hasan al-Ghabash meeting with his Lebanese counterpart Hamad Hassan (L) in the Syrian capital Damascus. AFP

Syria’s oxygen shipment raises suspicions in Lebanon

Saudi Arabia

A mask-clad Pakistani traveller arriving to Saudi Arabia to perform the year-round Umrah pilgrimage, is welcomed at King Abdulaziz International Airport in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah. AFP

Saudi Arabia says no Umrah permits for people above 70