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Deaths from coronavirus-like symptoms surge in Yemen's Aden

Deaths in Aden have surged to at least five times higher than normal, an NGO and medics say, igniting fears that the coronavirus is spreading unhindered in the Yemeni port city. Six years of war against the Huthis -- and a widening fault-line among forces opposed to that rebel outfit --...

Sudan airports to remain closed until May 31

Sudan will keep its airports closed for both internal and international commercial passenger flights until May. 31, the state news agency SUNA said on Sunday, extending a shutdown that began in March due to the coronavirus outbreak. The airport will remain open only for flights for cargo,...

UAE equipped mercenaries to raid ships off Libya: UN

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) company purchased six helicopters and two boats to raid ships off Libya in a move to support Libyan renegade commander Khalifa Haftar, a UN panel revealed. According to confidential letters by a Panel of Experts, under the Security Council's Libya Sanctions...

Libyan army hits Haftar’s militias air defense system

A Libyan military airstrike Saturday destroyed the air defense system of warlord Khalifa Haftar on the Al-Watiya airbase southwest of the capital. The strike destroyed the Russian-made Pantsir type system that was recently supplied by the United Arab Emirates, according to the...