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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 doses of the vaccine, those administered a single dose at least 14 days prior, and people who have r...

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 workers, the elderly, and people with co-morbidities have been identified as high-risk groups to be p...

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 Syria. One year later, in April 2015, a relief worker testified on the diversion of aid by several group...

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 overcome. The situation is more than catastrophic for the popular classes in the country. The overall po...

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 Syria: Russia, Turkey and Qatar have launched a new trilateral “consultation process” ...