The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 3,324 people have been killed in Lebanon since March, when the war between Israel and Hezbollah resumed. According to statistics from Tel Aviv, 23 Israelis have also been killed during this period.

The Kurdistan Region’s Directorate of Meteorology and Seismology has issued a warning to citizens regarding an incoming dust storm expected to affect most areas on Friday and Saturday.

In the sprawling Kingonze camp near Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, fear hangs heavy among the 25,000 displaced residents. Dorcas Mapenzi, one of the camp’s inhabitants, worries that if Ebola reaches their overcrowded settlement, “we’ll be wiped out as we’re packed like sardines.”

The number of suspected Ebola virus cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exceeded 900, while the World Health Organization (WHO) warns of a continued risk of spread.

The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture has banned the import and transit of Syrian livestock into Iraq and Gulf countries through Iraqi territory due to concerns over the spread of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

The Nineveh Health Directorate announced that the first case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever has been recorded in Mosul.