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William Christou

William Christou

William is The New Arab’s correspondent in Beirut, covering the politics of the Levant and Mediterranean. Previously he worked for Al Jazeera in Doha and Syria Direct in Amman.

Areas of focus: Migrant labor, refugee issues and state-led repression.

Follow him on Twitter @Will_Christou

The visit of Wafiq Safa, a top Hezbollah official, marks the first time a representative from the group travels to the UAE on an official visit.

20 March, 2024

Refugees who return to Syria have faced torture, forced disappearance, arrest and even death at the hands of authorities.

11 March, 2024

A new report revealed that Israeli forces likely fired machine guns at reporters after targeting them with tank shells in the deadly 13 October strike.

07 March, 2024

Incidence of suicide in 2023 increased almost to its peak this decade, which was in 2019 – coinciding with the start of Lebanon's economic collapse.

06 March, 2024

US Mediator Amos Hochstein said during his visit to the Lebanese capital on Monday that a Gaza ceasefire might not halt fighting on the Lebanese-Israel border.

05 March, 2024

Israel killed three paramedics and wounded two others in a strike on a Hezbollah-affiliated medical centre in southern Lebanon on Monday.

05 March, 2024

"[Hamdan] was a gardener; he took care of all of our lands. He and his wife just worked to eat," Sonia, niece of Hamdan, told TNA at the funeral on Friday.

04 March, 2024

Hezbollah said it stopped two advancing groups of Israeli soldiers late Sunday night along the shared Lebanese-Israeli border.

04 March, 2024

Hezbollah downed its second Israeli drone since the beginning of cross-border clashes in a rare peek at the group's anti-aircraft capacity.

26 February, 2024

Two paramedics were killed in an Israeli strike on a medical centre in south Lebanon on Thursday, completely destroying the centre and several ambulances.

23 February, 2024