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The award-winning NGO will produce millions of pieces of personal protective equipment to protect volunteers, healthcare workers and displaced Syrians from Covid-19.
Comment: The government's refusal to listen to the National Education Union's advice on how to protect schools and students is nothing but a criminal display of incompetence, writes Malia Bouattia.
Daily Mail donated masks linked to 'Uighur labour firm'
The masks were purchased from Medwell Medical Products, a company suspected of using forced Uighur Muslim labour.
The Covid-19 vaccine and Britain's mishandling of the pandemic
Comment: Even as doubts linger over equal access and effectiveness, the UK government's touting of the Covid-19 vaccine must not whitewash the ...
Assad says he will personally test Russian coronavirus vaccine
In an interview with the Sputnik news agency, Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad says that he will personally take a controversial new coronavirus ...
Russia's experimental Covid-19 vaccine comes to Egypt
Comment: Russia's Covid-19 vaccine has been developed with an unsurprising lack of transparency, and Sisi's willingness to distribute it is serious cause for concern, writes Sam Hamad.
Syria Insight: Fears of Covid-19 outbreak in northern Syria
Northeast and northwest Syria are witnessing alarming rises in Covid-19 cases, with fears that the situation could get worse this winter.
Syria medics dying from 'severe shortage' of virus protection
Medical staff in Syria's regime-controlled hospitals are dying in growing numbers from Covid-19 due to a 'severe shortage' of PPE, ...
Under blockade and bombs, Gazans fear Covid-19 disaster
Fear has gripped Gaza after the first community outbreak of Covid-19.
Medic in Syria warns of 'unprecedented catastrophe' from coronavirus
A medic based in Syria anonymously revealed that a Covid-19 emergency is brewing in regime-held areas.
Gazan Palestinians donate blood to Beirut blast victims
Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip set up a centre to donate blood to victims of the Beirut blast.
UN scrambles to get aid to Beirut
The United Nations' agencies are scrambling to meet multiple urgent needs in Lebanon following the Beirut blast.
Covid-19 cases in Damascus likely more than 85,000: report
A new report claims the coronavirus outbreak in Damascus is 'out of control', giving a 'conservative' estimate of 85,000 cases, ninety times the ...
British Muslims condemn lockdown announced two hours before Eid
'It is like being told they cannot visit family and friends for Christmas on Christmas Eve itself,' the UK's largest Muslim group said, ...
Fears for Uighur Muslim detainees amid Xinjiang coronavirus outbreak
A rise in reported Covid-19 cases in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang province could mean the virus is spreading among Uighur detainees.
Turkey 'deporting' Uighur Muslims to China via third countries
Increasing economic dependence on Beijing has forced Turkey to weaken its criticism of China's treatment of Uighur Muslims, a new report alleges.
US blacklists 11 companies over China's mistreatment of Uighurs
The United States has blacklisted companies with alleged links to China's mistreatment of its Muslim Uighur minority.
Chinese face masks 'produced with Uighur forced labour'
A number of Chinese PPE producers exporting face masks around the world employ Uighur forced labour, according to a new investigation.
It's time essential workers pulled the emergency brake
Comment: Without essential workers, our society would collapse. They should use their power to rise up, writes Malia Bouattia.
Covid-19 has become Egypt's unofficial executioner
Comment: Sisi's regime knew full well that Scorpion prison's derelict, unsanitary hospital was full of Covid-19 cases, but they sent journalist ...
British Muslim charities and the Covid-19 response
Despite how hard British Muslims have been hit by the pandemic, the relief response from their community has been among the strongest.
Syria facing 'unprecedented' hunger crisis amid coronavirus outbreak: UN
The United Nations has warned that Covid-19 and the deteriorating economic situation in Syria could prove to be a cocktail of disaster for the ...
More than two-in-three of Egypt's coronavirus ICUs in use
Egypt has reported 56,809 coronavirus cases and is set to begin easing restrictions on Saturday.
The Middle East at war with coronavirus: Top stories
Today in coronavirus news from the Middle East: Yemen broadcasts weddings on live TV, Iranian officials call for mandatory masks, Egypt's ...
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