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Eid

Men buy sheep at a livestock market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Tunis, Tunisia. (AFP)

Sacrificial rites of Eid al-Adha hindered by pandemic, purchasing power

society

A boy sells balloons for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, in Sidon, southern Lebanon. (REUTERS)

Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr amid COVID-19 confinement

Arab countries

A yemeni man carries his son who holds a balloon outside a shopping mall ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday, in Sanaa, Yemen. (Reuters)

For Muslims, an unusual Eid al-Fitr amid pandemic to follow a subdued Ramadan

Libya

A Fighter of Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) of Fayez Sarraj, at Al-Yarmouk frontline. (dpa)

Fierce fighting resumes around Tripoli as ceasefire ends

Syria

A Turkish military truck patrols at the border with Syria in Akcakale in south-eastern Turkey, August 14. (AFP)

Turkey presses Syria intervention against Kurdish forces despite agreement with US

Eid

Muslim pilgrims arrive to throw pebbles at pillars during the 'Jamarat' ritual, the symbolic stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 11. (DPA)

Muslims mark Eid, final days of haj in Saudi Arabia

Turkey

Members of Turkish human rights NGOs take part in a demonstration to support refugees in Istanbul, July 27. (AFP)

Turkey hints at new Syria operation as domestic pressure over refugees grows

Libya

UN special envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame. (AFP)

UN calls for Eid truce in Libya

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

A Sudanese protester gestures near burning tyres used to erect a barricade on a street, demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council handover power to civilians, in Khartoum, Sudan June 4, 2019. (Reuters)

Sudan's military council head says council is open to negotiations without conditions