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Israel, Palestine
Israel ordered travellers arriving from Germany, France, Spain, Austria and Switzerland to go into home quarantine over coronavirus concerns and cancelled a military exercise with troops from the US European Command.
Earlier this month Israel imposed the edict with regard to flights from Italy, China and Singapore.
Israel will deploy 500 troops to assist police on street patrols to enforce a lockdown against the coronavirus epidemic, the military said on Friday.
Israel has reported more than 3,000 infections and 10 deaths from the illness.
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Jordan
On March 17 Jordan closed border crossings with Israel and the West Bank, and its seaports to shipping from Egypt.
In addition, it barred overland passenger traffic from Iraq.
The government also banned travel to Lebanon and Syria and barred entry to travellers from France, Germany and Spain.
Airline services to Egypt have also been reduced by half.
Kuwait
The Kuwaiti government banned all commercial passenger flights to and from Kuwait.
Lebanon
Lebanon stopped all flights to and from Italy, South Korea, China and Iran, as well as France, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Its airport remains closed until mid-April.
Beirut announced a state of "medical emergency" earlier this month, closing all public and private institutions except hospitals, pharmacies and bakeries in a bid to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Libya
The Government of National Accord (GNA), Libya's UN-recognised authority in Tripoli suspended all flights at the Misrata Airport for three weeks in response to the coronavirus epidemic.
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The country's borders have also closed.
UAE
The UAE has suspended all flights, grounding Emirates and Etihad its state airline.
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Qatar
On March 15, Qatar said it would ban inbound flights, except for cargo and transit flights, starting from March 18 but the ban does not apply to Qatari citizens.
In a controversial move, Qatar has not closed its Doha airport to flights, and on Thursday announced an increase in flights to and from Australia.
Qatar Airways has pledged to "clear the backlog" of people wanting to get home from Asia, Africa and Australasia, in contravention to the much of the world, which has ground flights in an effort to minimise the spread of Covid-19.
Saudi Arabia
The Gulf kingdom temporarily suspended travel to Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, South Korea, Syria and the United Arab Emirates.
The ban was later extended to include France, Germany, Spain and Turkey according to a statement released by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Oman
Oman has suspended all tourist visas for a period of one month from March 15.
Sudan
The Sudan authorities closed all airports, port and land crossings on March 16.
Humanitarian, commercial and technical support shipments are still allowed into the country.
Turkey
Turkey has enacted strict and far-reaching travel restrictions going into and out of the country.
It has closed its land borders with Greece and Bulgaria, state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Wednesday, and suspended flights to a total of 68 countries, including Germany, France, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, China, South Korea, Iran and Iraq.
Yemen
The Yemeni government said on March 14 it would suspend all flights to and from airports under its control for two weeks starting from March 18.
A statement from the office of Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed said the move exempted flights for humanitarian purposes.