Amid rising global tensions, the pandemic has also sparked cooperation among unlikely allies. FMTNews
Medical staff are reflected in a mirror as they don PPE at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland on Monday.
That was highly unusual as unionists, who want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom, are usually wary of cross-border cooperation, seeing it as a gateway to Irish unification. It was a rare act of goodwill between the EU member and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognised only by Ankara.
The health minister in the north, Ali Pilli, begged to differ, telling news channel BRT TV that “no matter where comes from, we accept it”.Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan called Assad last month for the first time since 2011. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan called Assad late last month for the first time since Syria’s civil war began in 2011, pledging his country’s “willingness to help the Syrian people”.But the UAE did dispatch a military plane in March carrying UN medical experts and aid to Assad’s ally Iran – despite the fact the Emirates are allied with Washington against Tehran.
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