Omar Shariff, Deputy Middle East Editor

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COVID-19: Saudi Arabia urges Muslims to hold Haj plans

Don’t sign any agreements until we have clear vision, says minister

In this file image, Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand mosque at the end of their Haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 13, 2019.

COVID-19: Desperation in Iran as deaths cross 3,000

Iran is the country worst hit in the Middle East

Iranian workers set up a makeshift hospital inside the Iran Mall, northwest of Tehran, on March 21.

The two Arab League countries without coronavirus

One of them also recently donated 100 euros to China’s fight against COVID-19

Comoros is made up of four major islands, besides numerous smaller ones.

Iran’s death toll from coronavirus climbs to 2,898

Experts have indicated real toll in country much higher; Oman, Kuwait report new cases

Emergency medical staff and nurses wearing protective suits, help while transferring a patient with coronavirus disease to Masih Daneshvari Hospital, in Tehran on March 30.

These countries are still coronavirus free

War and isolation sometimes bring unexpected benefits

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes the firing of suspected missiles on Sunday. His country has remained free of COVID-19.

Coronavirus: How will you spend your weekend in UAE?

Covid-19 has turned ‘people persons’ into social-distancing types

The normally not-so-busy Rafisa Dam was full of visitors last Friday.

Coronavirus: Toll rises, lockdowns deepen in Mideast

Member of powerful Assembly of Experts in Iran succumbs to disease

Pedestrians wear protective masks and surgical gloves while walking in central Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, March 15, 2020. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani announced a series of banking, welfare and tax relief measures to support business and families as the coronavirus outbreak puts severe strain on the economy. Photographer: Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg

Coronavirus: Grim outlook as Mideast cases cross 8,600

Tehran reports 54 deaths; Saudi Arabia says five more contract disease

Relatives wearing face masks mourn over the grave of former politburo official in the Revolutionary Guard Farzad Tazari, shown in poster, who died Monday after being infected with the new coronavirus, at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery just outside Tehran on Tuesday.

Some countries are, somehow, free of coronavirus

While one of these states is torn by war, another is a major tourist destination

Some of these countries are in parts of the world that have been hugely impacted by the disease.

Coronavirus: Fines, bans, as Mideast cases cross 7,600

Iran temporarily frees 70,000 prisoners to combat spread of virus in jails

Nurses make a sign of heart with their fingers, in a ward dedicated for people infected with the new coronavirus, at a hospital in Tehran.

Coronavirus: Middle East cases almost at 7,000

Iran worst hit, with 194 official deaths; Saudi Arabia announces new cases

Workers disinfect a Shiite shrine to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Shahr-e-Ray, south of Tehran, March 7.

Coronavirus: 6,000 people infected in Middle East

Kuwaiti prime minister to be tested for new virus

A firefighter disinfects a traditional shopping center to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in northern Tehran on March 6.

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