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Four Arab countries have now declared nationwide curfews in an effort to check the spread of coronavirus.
In Kuwait, a night-time curfew – from 5pm to 4am – came into effect on Sunday. The deputy prime minister said the move was regrettable but had become necessary because people were "failing to…
Text from al-bab's daily updates on coronavirus in the Middle East is gathered here to provide a narrative for each country:
Algeria | Bahrain | Egypt | Iraq | Israel | Jordan
Kuwait | Lebanon | Libya | Morocco | Oman | Palestine | Qatar…
There's alarm in a growing number of Middle Eastern countries about members of the public who are not complying with the rules on self-isolation and social distancing. As a result, the authorities are resorting to ever more draconian measures in their effort to combat coronavirus.
Non-compliance…
Sirens sounded in Jordan at 7am this morning to mark the start of a strict round-the-clock curfew enforced by thousands of troops.
Shops are closed and anyone violating the curfew faces up to a year in jail. At least one person has already been arrested. The authorities say they will make an…
The number of people in Israel known to have been infected with coronavirus rose by 56% yesterday with the confirmation of 501 new cases.
Israel's cumulative total – 677 cases since the outbreak began – is now the highest in the Middle East apart from Iran (though it's still a very long way below…
From today Jordan's capital, Amman, is sealed off by the military and movement between the country's 12 governorates is prohibited. There are also restrictions on movement within the governorates.
This follows a royal decree activating Jordan's National Defence Law, intended mainly for times of war…
The Egyptian government has accused reporters from the Guardian and the New York Times of violating "all the rules of journalistic work" in connection with the country's coronavirus epidemic.
The Sisi regime's State Information Service said on Wednesday it was withdrawing the accreditation of the…
Iran reported 1,053 new coronavirus cases on Monday, with a further 129 deaths. This brings the cumulative total to 14,991 cases and 853 deaths, according to the official figures.
Elsewhere in the Middle East, a further 216 cases have been confirmed since yesterday's update, bringing the cumulative…
IN TODAY'S REPORT:
● Israel calls on Shin Bet to track coronavirus contacts
● Stringent new measures in Saudi Arabia
● Doubts over coronavirus "rapid tests"
● Statistical updates
● Country-by-country round-up
Israel calls on Shin Bet to track coronavirus contacts
Governments in the Middle East are…
In Iran, the daily death toll from coronavirus and the numbers of new cases continue to rise – as they have done on each of the last five days. Saturday's official figures showed 97 more deaths and 1,365 new cases.
Elsewhere in the Middle East 191 new cases were confirmed, bringing the cumulative…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
