Middle East

Aug. 02, 2020 | 11:48 AM

For Iraqi mothers-to-be, hospitals are pandemic no-go zones

A Syrian woman, who was stranded following the closure of border due to the COVID-19 pandemic, waits with a child upon their arrival from Iraqi Kurdistan to the Syrian side of the Semalka border crossing in northeastern Syria on July 29, 2020. / AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN

Agence France Presse

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