As desert locusts increasingly devastate enormous swathes of territory on the Asian and African continents, Israel seemingly remains “insusceptible” to the plague. Israeli authorities are nevertheless remaining vigilant against the…
Desert locusts in East Africa were decimating crops and boosting the number of people reliant on food aid even before the advent of the coronavirus, but the pandemic is now…
Dr. Jonathan Spyer, Expert on Syria, Iraq, radical Islamic groups, and Kurds. The virus has no political preferences, and its generalized assault has led to cooperation in some arenas between bitter…
The Geneva-Headquartered International Committee of the Red Cross warns that multiple outbreaks of the corona contagion across the Middle East could shatter the lives of millions of already destitute people…
Jordan's Ministry of Health has confirmed 274 cases and five deaths from the coronavirus. The Jordanian Medical Association has opened field hospitals where urgent medical cases aside from COVID-19 can…
There is still no indication that the massive locust invasion decimating parts of the African and Asian continents will spread to Israel. This, according to the most recent Desert Locust…
Jordan has indefinitely extended its curfew amid ongoing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. King Abdullah II invoked an emergency decree giving the government sweeping powers to enforce an…
Governments in Africa have already been struggling to cope with the emergence of the coronavirus, in addition to chronic resource scarcity, food shortages, violence and lack of technological expertise; and…
In a renewed attempted to restart the long-stalled peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, the White House announced that President Donald Trump's senior advisor, Jared Kushner, chief negotiator Jason…
