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Back to SearchCoronavirus: The race for a vaccine
The new coronavirus has spread far and wide - shutting schools, businesses and impacting international travel. The new coronavirus, COVID-19, has alr…
6 years ago
A year of protests in Algeria
Every Friday, tens of thousands of Algerians pour on to the streets of their hometowns to protest. They protest against the government, which they se…
6 years ago
Will Hassan Diab fix Lebanon?
Black range rovers and luxury vehicles slowly navigated through Beirut’s protest filled streets. Angry mobs hurled rocks and other debris at the occu…
6 years ago
The coronavirus: Unnecessary panic or grave concern?
On December 31st, 2019 China reported 27 cases of pneumonia from an unknown cause in the city of Wuhan, in central China. The majority of people affe…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Middle East peace plan. Explained
Two and a half years after US administration began drafting a plan for a lasting peace between Israel and Palestinians, it is finally here.
Long del…
6 years, 1 month ago
Tear gas, fireworks and a new government in Lebanon
After more than three months of protests, Lebanon's politicians agreed on a new government. But this has done little to ease anger on the streets aft…
6 years, 1 month ago
Sultan Qaboos: what comes next for Oman?
The first signs that something big was happening came a little after noon on Friday when the army and police deployed across Oman. The tensions betwe…
6 years, 1 month ago
Will Iran and America go to war?
The United States has killed Iran’s Qassim Suleimani sparking the most serious situation in the Middle East since ISIS took over huge areas of Iraq…
6 years, 2 months ago
A decade in the Middle East, stories that changed the region
The Arab uprisings, the brutal Syrian war, the rise of ISIS, the slide into chaos in Libya and Yemen, the counter revolutions, the crackdowns on prot…
6 years, 2 months ago