Lebanon announced on Friday it was closing the country’s schools effective Feb. 29 until March 8 as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus, an education ministry statement said. Lebanon on Friday confirmed the country’s fourth case of the virus and has restricted...

Saudi Arabia on Thursday halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears about a viral epidemic just months ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, a move that came as the Mideast has over 240 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus. The extraordinary decision by Saudi Arabia stops...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Lebanese municipality has ordered Syrian refugees to lock themselves up in their tents for 15 days after the first Coronavirus case was detected in a Lebanese passenger coming from the Iranian city of Qom. A Lebanese student was infected with Coronavirus after...

The powerful Shi’ite group Hezbollah is against allowing the International Monetary Fund to manage Lebanon’s financial crisis but does not oppose Lebanon seeking the IMF’s advice, the group’s deputy leader said on Tuesday. Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran and designated as a...