Corona virus is feared all over the world. Countries in the Middle East are also afraid of it.

But the population of these countries is young, which is strengthening their fight against Corona.

The majority of Middle East countries are young. The average age of 60 percent of the population of these countries is below 30 years.

Because of this, the chances of their being badly affected by the corona virus have reduced.

In most countries of the world, corona has preyed on older people.

The governments of most of the countries of the Middle East kept an eye on those areas of the world which were more affected by Corona.

So these countries got enough time to prepare to avoid this.

These countries took steps like curfew and social distancing. But in this case, the growth of these countries ends here.

It has become the most volatile region in the world due to years of struggle and battles. War has weakened its foundation.

It is clear that the corona virus attack can weaken this area further.

There is a big difference in the medical capabilities of Middle East countries. Israel's hospitals can compete with good hospitals in any country of the world.

But the healthcare system in Yemen, Syria and Libya has never been stronger. Years of war have severely broken the healthcare systems and infrastructure of these countries.

In many places it has completely collapsed. According to the United Nations, Yemen is going through its worst phase of humanitarian crisis in the past.

Now in Yemen, Corona has also started spreading legs. It can spread rapidly in poor and extremely densely populated areas of Yemen.

Yemen is going through a period of political turmoil. Despite two deaths from the corona virus last week, people here do not seem willing to follow curfew rules.

Flocks of herds are seen moving towards mosques and markets.

Until recently, the youth who have the highest ability to fight the corona virus were seen demonstrating against their governments before the infection spread.

People of every country have complaints from their governments. But corruption, nepotism and demands for reforms have been the cause of protests in Arab countries.

Corrupt and elite people are being accused of misusing public money.

People say that public money should be used to improve public services.

People in Algeria, Lebanon and Iraq have forced a president and two prime ministers to step down.

Against their governments, people surrounded the major squares of the capitals and refused to move from there.

600 demonstrators were killed in Iraq. Thousands were injured. But the people's resistance did not stop and the rulers had to step down.

These young protesters who took to the streets against their governments are now locked in homes due to the Corona virus. And this time they must have been passing exasperatedly.

When they leave their homes once the lockdown ends, they will find that the condition of the economy has failed to create jobs for them. This will provoke anger and anger.

This anger and frustration of the youth will not only be the result of the deepening economic crisis caused by Corona, but will also have a big hand in dissatisfaction towards power.

Obviously, the ruling forces of these countries will also have limited options. The ongoing lockdown (global shutdown) in many countries around the world has hit the economy of Middle East countries deeply.

People in Lebanon are in a bad condition before the economy deteriorates. The economy nearly collapsed before the Corona virus attack and the banks were destroyed.

The big countries of the Middle East need to rethink their ambitious and expensive foreign policies at this time because the days of creating an impact on money and fighting indirect wars are now over.

Lina Khatib, head of the Middle East Program at the think tank Chatam House, believes that countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iran will need to rethink the strategy to increase their influence in the Middle East. They will have to set their priorities again. They may have to sacrifice their interests in Yemen or Syria. Saudi Arabia and Iran had hardly thought of this before.

The conditions that have arisen from the Corona virus infection have hurt everyone, whether they are oil-earning billionaire companies in the Gulf country or the country or the workers.

Millions of people in poor countries are now living in the midst of a crisis. Many people have to spend the day starving because work is down due to lockdown and curfew.

Iran's economy was already shaken by US sanctions. The economic condition of the people of Iran was very bad before the Corona virus attack.

Iran has suffered a fatal attack of corona virus. More than 7 thousand people have died there and more than one lakh thirty thousand people are infected.

New US sanctions have already broken the back of Iran's economy and now Corona's havoc has devastated it further. Iran is reopening its borders to start trade.

Religious trips have been a major source of income for Middle East countries.

But with the closure of religious places in lockdown, Muslims from all over the world have stopped coming here.

Iraq used to earn billions of dollars because of Shia pilgrims coming from Iran. Iraq is incurring heavy losses because of the lockdown.

Curfew is imposed in Mecca City, Saudi Arabia. It seems that the annual Haj pilgrimage here will be postponed to July.

Millions of Muslims from all over the world visit this annual trip.

The Middle East countries have suffered a huge loss due to the fall in oil prices. The strong economic fortress of these countries standing due to oil is now seen to be cracking.

Recently, Saudi Arabia started plans to diversify its economy out of the oil business.

Due to the decrease in oil prices, it is now difficult to see. Algeria earns 60% of its revenues from its oil and gas reserves.

But due to the fall in its prices, it has now reduced its public expenditure by a third.

Due to the Corona virus attack, weekly demonstrations related to the movement that have been going on in this country for the last one week have been stopped.

But once its strength is reduced, the protesters can come on the streets again.

In 2011, angry young men took to the streets in Arabia. These young people felt that their future was being snatched away from them.

But their aspirations for change over time have either gone astray or been crushed.

Now before the pandemic attack, the anger was once again seen boiling inside them.

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