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Monday, 5 April, 2021 - 17:30 Worshipers perform prayers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (SPA) Asharq Al-Awsat Saudi authorities said Monday only people immunized against Covid-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round Umrah pilgrimage from the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The Hajj and Umrah Ministry said in a statement that three categories of people would be considered "immunized" -- those who have received two ...

Syrian Arab Republic: COVID-19 Humanitarian Update No. 25 As of 5 April 2021 Format HIGHLIGHTS Number of COVID-19 cases reported by the Ministry of Health (MoH): 19,404 (1,313 fatalities, 13,205 recovered). The MoH has reported a further increase in healthcare workers affected, with 691 official cases, including 30 deaths. As of 20 March, the MoH reported approximately 103,566 tests have been performed in laboratories in Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Lattakia and Rural Damascus governorates. Health w...

The failure of the international community  In parallel, Syria Direct in an eponymous report from January 2014.  Subsequent reports covered similar disillusions around the 2017 Astana process, formalizing dialogue on Syria between Russia, Turkey and Iran and sidelining Western powers, and the 2018 Sochi agreement between Russia and Turkey halting the regime’s imminent offensive on Idlib province.  Syria Direct reported on the already blatant shortcomings of humanitarian assistance in Syri...

Syria Monday 5 April 2021, by Joseph Daher Ten years after the beginning of the Syrian popular uprising, the regime now rules over more than 70% of the country’s territory. Assisted by Russia, Iran, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and other confessional and reactionary militias, Damascus has crushed the initial uprising and largely won what had progressively devolved into a regional and international war. However, the Syrian regime faces enormous socio-economic challenges which are far from being over...

A New Syria Process Cuts Out Iran to Bring in Gulf Arabs Apr 05 2021, 9:45 AM April 04 2021, 9:30 AM April 05 2021, 9:45 AM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The plot just thickened in the contest to shape post-conflict Syria: Russia, Turkey and Qatar have launched a new trilateral “consultation process” to promote a political solution to the 10-year civil war. Crucially, it does not include Iran. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The plot just thickened in the contest to shape post-conflict...

Syrian army strikes on Idlib kill at least 17 on day before ceasefire to take effect Turkeys defence ministry says attacks by air and land will halt at one minute past midnight on 12 January under ceasefire A Syrian man carries the body of a child killed by government air strikes on town of Binnish in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib on 11 January 2020 (AFP) Par Published date: Samedi 11 janvier 2020 - 19:04 | Last update: 1 année 2 moi...

—or regression —of rights around the world. It is a vital testimony to the U.S. commitment to promote human rights everywhere.   In his remarks, Blinken denounced some of the most recent egregious human-rights violations: the ongoing Uighur genocide committed by China in Xinjiang, attacks on oppositional politicians and journalists in countries like Russia, Uganda and Myanmar, and last week’s assault by the Syrian regime on the Al-Atareb Hospital in Aleppo, leaving at least seven dead. ...

× A crane lifts the wreckage of a truck which was hit by the train a day after the deadly train derailment at a tunnel north of Hualien, Taiwan April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang 1/4 People watch as they drive through Easter themed tents after receiving kits to host their own Covid-19 pandemic safe celebrations during a drive-in Easter Eggstravaganza for children in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) 2/4 In this photograph taken on April 2, 2021 an owl is pictured at Yala...

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Amman: Jordan, a former British protectorate, is seen as a key Western ally and anchor of stability in the Middle East. With few natural resources and now hosting large numbers of Syrian refugees, it is heavily dependent on international loans and foreign aid. Here are some key facts about the country: Monarchy from Mecca Jordan’s royal family, the Hashemite dynasty, traditionally ruled over Islam’s holy city of Mecca and shares a common ancestor with the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). Though the...