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Mask-clad passengers stand along the train platform at a station in Qatar's capital on September 1, 2020, as the Gulf country resumes bus and rail services for the first time since March with reduced capacity due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

Virus cases top 2m in wider Mideast
A man, wearing a protective mask and gloves amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, sells bread at his stall in the old city market of the capital Sanaa, late on April 10, 2020. - Yemen reported its first case of coronavirus in a southern government-controlled province, raising fears of an outbreak in the war-torn country as air strikes blamed on the Saudi-led coalition tested a unilateral truce. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)

War-torn Yemen reports first case of coronavirus
A Yemeni barber cuts a customer's beard while wearing a face mask and gloves amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on April 4, 2020. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

What impact is coronavirus having on Mideast conflicts?
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Kuwait announces 25 new COVID-19 cases, total at 342
An elderly man wearing a protective mask lifts his hands in prayer outside a mosque which has been closed to worshipers amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, on March 30, 2020. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)

Coronavirus to plunge 8 million into poverty in Arab world: UN
An elderly man wearing a protective mask lifts his hands in prayer outside a mosque which has been closed to worshipers amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, on March 30, 2020. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)

Hard times shape Saudi, Kuwaiti virus response
A picture taken on March 28, 2020 shows a deserted street in the Emirate city of Dubai amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)

UAE opens drive-through coronavirus 'testing site'
TOPSHOT - Moroccan policemen, patrolling as part of a larger combined security force, instruct people to return to and remain at home as a measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the capital Rabat's district of Takadoum on March 27, 2020. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)

Fears of setback in liberties in Middle East
TOPSHOT - A government worker that is part of a combined taskforce tackling COVID-19 coronavirus fumigates a neighbourhood as part of safety precautions, in Yemen's capital Sanaa on March 23, 2020. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

Hand-washing: Luxury Yemenis cannot afford
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Ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov from the Mariinsky Ballet performs during a dress rehearsal of 'Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux' at the Saddlers Wells theatre in London, on October 15, 2008. --AFP
Funeral of famed Russian ballet star set for Thursday