Data Visualization: COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa

As low oil prices and the pandemic strain Bahrain’s state budget, Manama may seek economic assistance from its Gulf neighbors.…

The reported number of coronavirus cases in northeast Syria remains in single digits, in part because healthcare workers have so…

As Qatar’s COVID-19 epidemic worsens, the country’s dismal human rights record has returned to the spotlight. Doha has locked down…

As political and economic difficulties from COVID-19 challenge the stability of the Egyptian government, Cairo has responded by tightening control…

The coronavirus has barely affected Libya, according to official statistics, but the true number of cases is likely underreported. An…

In response to the pandemic, the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah has waged an aggressive public relations campaign aimed at displaying…

Yemen registered its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus last week, threatening to add a COVID-19 epidemic to what…

The regime of Bashar al-Assad continues to report implausibly low numbers of COVID-19 cases, while evidence mounts of deliberate deception.…

Israel’s COVID-19 outbreak has profoundly impacted the country’s domestic political and economic situation. Israel’s relationship with the Palestinian Authority (PA)…

Iran’s coronavirus epidemic is the worst in the Middle East. Yet the Islamic Republic has downplayed the epidemic, substantially boosted…

The coronavirus pandemic and Russian-Saudi oil price war have triggered an historic drop in oil prices, shaking the economic and…

The timing of the COVID-19 outbreak in Iraq has been particularly unfortunate, arriving concurrently with several other major crises, including…

As U.S. forces prepare to depart Afghanistan next year, the Taliban has seized on the COVID-19 crisis to present itself…

Turkey’s coronavirus epidemic is one of the most serious in the world; it has the second-largest number of confirmed cases…

The Chinese Communist Party’s ‘Wolf Warriors’ have Secretary Pompeo in their crosshairs right now, but their agenda will outlast the Trump administration.

Eventually, the COVID-19 pandemic will end. When it does, the economic devastation the pandemic has left behind will become the…

Amid a global coronavirus pandemic, two Iranian airlines sanctioned by the United States for “secretly ferrying operatives, weapons, and funds” to Syria have…

Mahan Air ignored safety and travel restrictions

Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent two military planeloads of medical aid to the United States, alongside a letter praising “the spirit…

The Islamic Republic can leverage the Maduro regime's ability to access sanctioned goods as payment for its services.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) successfully coerced the European Union into toning down criticism of China in an April 24…

U.S. service members and Department of Defense (DOD) civilians take an oath to defend America “against all enemies, foreign and…

China’s Communist rulers did, with assistance from, you know, WHO

There is an old joke that if you put three Israelis in a room, you will get more than 10…

In an odd reversal of roles, the Turkish opposition had been demanding a coronavirus lockdown, while Erdogan continued to drag his feet

Amidst the severe economic downturn stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, countries are desperate to increase the availability of testing kits,…

The economic shock of the last few weeks has shaken the United States economy, erased the last two and a…

How Covid-19 Has Exposed the Regime’s Power Plays

Exploiting Iran's coronavirus crisis to demand an end to sanctions is fundamentally dishonest—and panders to a brutal regime.