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Iran coronavirus deaths jump to 26; vice president, top officials infected 27 Feb 2020 - 05:28 pm
In this file photo taken on January 29, 2019, Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs, Massoumeh Ebtekar, speaks to reporters during a press conference in the Islamic republic's capital Tehran. AFP / Atta Kenare
Battle rages over strategic Syrian town of Saraqeb as humanitarian catastrophe unfolds 27 Feb 2020 - 05:23 pm
A Turkey-backed Syrian fighter fires a truck-mounted gun toward the town of Saraqeb from the outskits of the villages of Afis and Salihiyah situated near the regime-controlled town, in the eastern part of the Idlib province in northwestern Syria, on Febru
Friday prayer, gatherings, exhibitions suspended until further notice: Iran Ministry 27 Feb 2020 - 12:40 pm
A Tehran Municipality worker cleans a bus to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 illness on February 26, 2020. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Syrian opposition fighters retake key town from government 27 Feb 2020 - 10:59 am
Smoke billows above the rebel-controlled village of Salihiyah near the regime-controlled town of Saraqeb, east of the Idlib province in northwestern Syria, on February 26, 2020, during air stikes by pro-regime forces. / AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
Iran coronavirus deaths rise to 19 26 Feb 2020 - 03:55 pm
A volunteers (L) hands out free facemasks to people as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Herat city on February 26, 2020.  AFP / HOSHANG HASHIMI
Coronavirus heightens Iran's isolation, tests South Korea and Italy 25 Feb 2020 - 06:48 pm
 A man wears a respiratory mask after deaths and new confirmed cases revealed from the coronavirus in Qom, Iran on February 25, 2020. (Anadolu Agency)
17 suspected coronavirus cases onboard Turkish Airlines flight from Tehran 25 Feb 2020 - 06:18 pm
:An ambulance drives past by a Turkish Airlines (THY) plane from Tehran after landing at Esenboga International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
Netanyahu revives settlement plan opponents say cuts off East Jerusalem 25 Feb 2020 - 05:22 pm
A picture taken from the E1 corridor, a super-sensitive area of the occupied West Bank, shows Israeli settlement of Maale Adumin in the background on February 25, 2020. AFP / Menahem Kahana
Iranian lawmaker tests positive for coronavirus 25 Feb 2020 - 04:44 pm
An Iranian man wears protective mask to prevent contracting coronavirus, as he walks in the street in Tehran, Iran February 25, 2020.
Iran deputy health minister has coronavirus: adviser 25 Feb 2020 - 03:16 pm
An image grab from footage obtained from the state-run Iran Press news agency on February 24, 2020, shows Iran's deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi speaking during a press conference in Tehran.
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak dies aged 91 25 Feb 2020 - 03:10 pm
(Files) A file photo taken on November 24, 1982 shows Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is pictured in Cairo. AFP / PHILIPPE BOUCHON
Iraq bans entry of travellers from seven countries 25 Feb 2020 - 11:08 am
A member of medical staff is seen at a quarantine room of a hospital, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani
Iraq confirms first novel coronavirus case 24 Feb 2020 - 04:35 pm
A view outside the quarantine zone at the hospital in the central Iraqi holy shrine city of Najaf where the first case of coronavirus COVID-19 documented in Iraq is being treated.  AFP / Haidar HAMDANI
Turkish Airlines cancels flights to four Iranian cities 24 Feb 2020 - 03:27 pm
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Iran denies virus coverup and claim of 50 deaths 24 Feb 2020 - 02:03 pm
A woman wears a protective mask while walking along the side of a street in the Iranian capital Tehran on February 24, 2020. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Libyan premier denounces Haftar as "war criminal" at UN 24 Feb 2020 - 01:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister of the U.N.-backed Libyan government, Fayez al-Sarraj, leaves after talks with Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at the Auberge de Castille in Valletta, Malta May 27, 2019. Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi
Coronavirus hits israel, raising concern about election impact 23 Feb 2020 - 07:32 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a tent during his visit to the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, for discussion on the coronavirus, February 19, 2020. Heidi Levine/Poolvia Reuters
Iran's 'cup of poison'? Hardline win may point to eventual US talks 23 Feb 2020 - 07:19 pm
Some insiders said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have to drink