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The Danish government has revoked the residencies of dozens of Syrian refugees, the first European country to do so, as part of new anti-immigration legislation.
Iraq is using Baathist-era laws to indict critics, prompting anger that penal codes imposed by a dictatorial regime are being used to crush dissent.
Facebook removes accounts tied to Iranian exile group
Facebook said it has removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to an Iranian exile group.
Islamic State group abducts 19 in Syria: monitor
IS on Tuesday abducted 19 people, mostly civilians, in the centre of war-torn Syria.
Jihadist suspect blows herself, child up in Tunisia: ministry
One child killed and another wounded after suspected foreign jihadist detonates explosives belt in Tunisia.
What's next for Syria under the Biden administration?
Analysis: Washington is still weighing up its approach to Syria, but the power balance that Russia, Turkey and Iran have built will not be easy to change.
War takes its toll on Syria's displaced women
In-depth: Women displaced by Syria's war face heightened social, economic and healthcare risks, with many left to raise their families alone in ...
Iran's Khamenei,Rouhani promise better times as New Year starts
Sanctions have left Iran's economy grappling with rising inflation and a sharply devalued currency, a decline aggravated by the Covid-19 crisis.
Russia's history of bombing civilian infrastructure in Syria
In-depth: While attempting to settle a dispute with Armenia over the effectiveness of its weapons, Russia inadvertently confirmed longstanding ...
How Syria's war defined a decade
Comment: A decade of war and displacement has left the root causes of Syria's revolution remain firmly in place, and its people no ...
Polarisation gnaws at Syria's hopes for reconciliation
Comment: Ideological polarisation in Syria has left no room for nuance, and deprived Syrians of the social fabric necessary for reconciliation, ...
Pop video featuring US porn star sparks Iran arrests
Iranian authorities have arrested multiple music producers connected to Sasy, a California-based Iranian pop singer who featured Alexis Texas, ...
Two children killed in Tunisia landmine blast
A landmine blast killed two children in Tunisia on Thursday, authorities said.
Flower protest in Paris for Iranian no-headscarf activist
During a protest organized by Amnesty International in Paris on International Women's Day, activists laid flowers near the Iranian Embassy to ...
New draft law deems Egyptian women legally incapacitated
Why a new draft personal status law that reduces females to 'machines for birthing children' is a shocking and frustrating set-back for Egyptian ...
Libyan women fight gender gap and violence
Caught between an ongoing cycle of violence and gender inequality, women in Libya are fighting a war inside the war.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says airplane hijacking disrupted
The Guard's announcement did not identify the suspect and only said the hijacker sought to divert the flight to the "southern shores of the ...
The long read: Jalel Harchaoui dissects the fluid alliances and histories behind the new characters on Libya's political scene, as the country ...
For Egyptian activists abroad, a growing fear
Family members of Egyptian activists now living abroad are being targeted by security forces and arrested on vague charges, as an effort by ...
Lebanese associate of Carlos the Jackal dies in Damascus
Lebanese militant Anis Naccache died Monday of coronavirus in a Damascus hospital at the age of 70.
Women cartoon characters must 'wear hijab', rules Iran's Khamenei
Wearing the hijab and modest clothing became mandatory for women in Iran, following the Islamic revolution of 1979.
IS claims killing of 4 Tunisia soldiers, beheading: SITE
IS claimed responsibility for the February 3 killing of four soldiers in a rugged region of central Tunisia.
Iranian skier makes appeal for women's rights
Forough Abbasi has spoken out against the travel banned imposed on her coach and called for greater rights for women in Iran.
In Sisi's Egypt, even children are political prisoners
In-depth: Ten years after the Arab Spring, Sisi rules Egypt with an iron fist. Under the guise of fighting terrorism, civil society has faced an ...
A UN court ruled that it can take on Iran's bid to overturn US nuclear sanctions.
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