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Uber Beirut offers free rides following catastrophic blast
The journeys are providing vital support to people with no means of transport, but also comes as the service's popularity has been waning
Beirut explosion leaves city short of bread and wheat
The country’s main hub for international trade lies in ruins with wheat stocks to now be redirected to a reduced-capacity Tripoli port
Russia and China's Syria aid veto 'despicable', say humanitarian groups
Russia and China blocked the extension of a mandate for cross-border aid delivery that expires on Friday
Syrians find heartbreak among republished Caesar torture images
The introduction of the US's Caesar Act has led to the recirculation of the photos that inspired it
MSF India opens emergency hospital as coronavirus cases surge
It is feared that eastern India's Bihar state will become a virus hot spot when unemployed migrants return from the cities
MSF chief: Afghan hospital closure ‘heartbreaking’
Thierry Allafort-Duverger said the Kabul maternity ward had to be closed to protect staff after a devastating attack that killed 24 people, including mothers, children and babies, last month
North-east Syria's first female barber is cutting up gender norms
Before the war, women were barely visible in conservative Syria, but teenage barber Amy Mousa says times are changing
Coronavirus is killing off Yemen's educated elite
The deaths of many medics, lawyers, judges and politicians are hanging heavy on the nation, health officials say
Major anti-ISIS operation launched in Syria amid resurgence fears
The SDF, with international support, has launched a mission in eastern Syria to target ISIS hideouts as some fear the group is growing in strength while the world is distracted by the pandemic
United States offers $3 million reward for ISIS propaganda chief
The State Department is offering the reward for information leading to the location or identification of Mohammed Khadir Musa Ramadan, a senior ISIS leader
Coronavirus: Turkish MP defies government to help those in need
Politician Gamze Tascier gives out face masks from her pharmacy and pays for food purchases of those in need, despite a government crackdown on unsanctioned aid
Remdesivir: is the antiviral drug a cure for coronavirus?
A US trial of Covid-19 patients found the drug cut recovery time by four days on average, but many questions remain and larger studies are needed
Record 50m people displaced by conflict and disaster in 2019
Ten million more people were living in displacement last year compared to the year before, with the Middle East still one of the worst hit by conflict
'Assad wants them to die of Covid-19': families of Syria's missing
As landmark trial takes place in Germany, families of people missing in Syria's prison system tell of anguish, bribery and torture
Coronavirus: Iraqi Kurdistan confirms first refugee camp case
The man has not been back to Darashakran camp for almost two weeks, but a full lockdown has been implemented as a precaution
