Martin Armstrong is a journalist with The New Arab. Formerly based in Lebanon he has travelled extensively in the MENA region and written for outlets including Al-Jazeera, The Guardian, Middle East Eye, VICE, and The Christian Science Monitor
Trump's campaign has courted controversy and included outbursts of Islamaphobic rhetoric, admiration for Vladimir Putin, and calls to dismantle the nuclear deal with Iran. What comes next?
A powerful video has emerged depicting a young, emotionally exhausted girl arriving at Peshmerga positions outside Mosul and hastily removing her enforced niqab in a symbolic act of relief.
Al-Hoceima has erupted in protest after a local fishmonger was crushed to death by a rubbish truck in a seemingly freak accident after his produce was confiscated by authorities.
The families of two French-Syrian citizens who disappeared in regime custody in Damascus three years ago have launched a case against the Syrian regime.
Former Justice Minister and Future Movement MP Ashraf Rifi has accused Hariri of selling Lebanon to "the Iranian project" by backing Aoun, a political ally of Hizballah.
Syrian rebels outside Tel Rifaat, have issued an ultimatum to Kurdish groups in the Aleppo town, warning civilians to leave the area before it begins targeting YPG positions.
For months aid groups have warned that a lack of focus on the potential humanitarian fallout from Mosul could trigger the largest humanitarian crisis in the world in 2016.
The Hezbollah chief has slammed Saudi Arabia for its purported role in airstrikes targeting civilians in Sanaa. But in Syria, Bashar al-Assad has been doing the same thing for years
The Syrian Interim Government has slammed suggestions by the UN's Syria envoy that if a hard line rebel group leaves Aleppo the bombing of the city would halt.
