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Libya: 4 killed in rocket attacks by Haftar militias

Militias loyal to East Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar launched rocket attacks Wednesday on the capital, killing four civilians.   Three children from the same family were killed in the first attack in southern Tripoli’s Ain Zara suburb, according to the Health Ministry...

Weakened by war and hunger, Yemen braces for coronavirus

Hunched over sewing machines in a long abandoned factory in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, 20 women stitch face masks as a country ravaged by war, hunger and disease prepares for the arrival of a new epidemic. COVID-19 has yet to be documented in Yemen, but Abdel Ilah, who manages the factory...

Eastern Libya imposes curfew over pandemic

The parallel administration controlling eastern Libya will impose a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., excluding security and emergency personnel, to stop any spread of the coronavirus, its interior ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. Libya has not yet confirmed any cases of the virus,...

Yemeni women rush to sew masks in face of virus peril

More than a decade after it closed, 20 Yemeni women have revived the war-torn country's oldest factory to make face masks in anticipation of an outbreak of the new coronavirus. The situation is especially fraught because Yemen's health system has all but collapsed following years of...