|
Trending Topics
|
Coronavirus Is Making Peace in the Middle East
(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - Reports from the Idlib region in Syria say that regular combat between Turkish forces and forces loyal to Assad has almost completely stopped, except for sporadic ambush strikes on the main highway by radical militias against Assad's forces. The main concern now in Idlib is of an outbreak of the coronavirus. It is practically impossible to enforce quarantine orders in the area because a large portion of the people there are refugees who live in temporary shelter and densely packed neighborhoods, many of which have no running water for washing. Moreover, there are no clinics or other medical facilities where infected people could receive proper treatment. In addition, the Turkish military is worried that the virus could hit Turkish troops and the militias operating under its patronage in Idlib province as well as in western parts of the Kurdish provinces in northern Syria.