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Al-Monitor Staff (Iran)

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TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 20: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT - "IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER PRESS OFFICE / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivers his message for the Iranian New Year, or Nowruz in Tehran, Iran on March 20, 2020. (Photo by Iranian Supreme Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Iran’s leadership defends coronavirus handling in Nowruz addresses

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Israeli Health Ministry inspectors put on protective gear before they go up to the apartment of a person in self quarantine as a precaution against coronavirus spread in Hadera, Israel March 16, 2020 REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC23LF9W9DN6

Israel’s top court weighs coronavirus surveillance technology

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Al-Monitor Staff

General view of Najaf airport hall empty, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani - RC2RDF9AQZWN

Mideast airlines out $7.2 billion so far as flights scrapped

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Travelers wearing masks chat in the arrivals terminal after Israel said it will require anyone arriving from overseas to self-quarantine for 14 days as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, at Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC2WGF9S9SQ2

Israel seals borders to foreigners in latest coronavirus measure

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Al-Monitor Staff

A medical staff member in protective gear checks the temperature of a master's degree student amid concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19), following the suspension of study for only undergraduate students at Cairo University, to prevent it spreading, in Cairo, Egypt March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Shokry Hussien - RC2GKF96LEH2

Egypt’s censors shift into high gear over coronavirus coverage

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A demonstrator wearing a face mask carries a placard that reads: "The authority and its supporters are deadlier than the Coronavirus " during an anti-government protest in Algiers, Algeria February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina - RC2S9F9KLXXC

Algeria cites coronavirus amid ban on anti-government protests

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Government soldiers walk at the site of a Houthi missile attack on a military camp's mosque in Marib, Yemen January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ali Owidha - RC2OJE9IP8ZT

Fresh fighting in Yemen’s Marib province leaves dozens dead

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Al-Monitor Staff

A member of the medical team wears a protective face mask, following the coronavirus outbreak, as he prepares disinfectant liquid to sanitise public places in Tehran, Iran March 05, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC2MDF9WLNEP

UAE sends medical aid to Iran as coronavirus outbreak intensifies

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Israeli border policemen wearing protective gear as a precaution against the coronavirus, guard at an Israeli checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on the outskirts of Jerusalem March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC2MHF9K85OW

On near-national lockdown, Israelis ordered indoors unless ‘absolutely necessary’

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Al-Monitor Staff

A passenger wears a protective mask at Cairo International Airport, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cairo, Egypt March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC2ZGF9LL3SF

Egypt suspending all flights amid coronavirus spread

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Al-Monitor Staff

Netanyahu’s chief rival promises 'broad' government 'within a few days'

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Al-Monitor Staff

A man rides a bicycle during a thunderstorm and heavy rains in downtown of Cairo, as the government announced a day off while the rain exceeds the infrastructure's capacity in most cities in Egypt March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Shokry Hussien - RC2BIF9XYLHI

‘Dragon storm’ batters Egypt with torrential rains, killing nearly 20

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Al-Monitor Staff