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The new sanctions 'block the path to peace', Iran claims.
Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and its former commercial centre, had its airport closed for years because of the conflict.
Why Israel and Turkey could reset fraught relations
Analysis: With rapid changes in the Middle East amid a fluid geopolitical landscape, Turkey could be poised to mend ties with Israel.
Syria's White Helmets awarded funds to produce PPE
The award-winning NGO will produce millions of pieces of personal protective equipment to protect volunteers, healthcare workers and displaced ...
Germany deports 26 Afghan refugees despite 'threats to life'
Germany has attracted criticism for its decision to continue to deport Afghan refugees in the midst of a pandemic.
Iran Guards deny losses in Israel Syria strikes
An Iranian official denied Thursday that recent Israeli strikes on eastern Syria led to any deaths.
Israel raids on Syria 'followed US intel, Pompeo-Mossad meeting'
A senior US intelligence official said the strikes, which reportedly killed 57 pro-Syrian regime fighters, targeted warehouses serving ...
US-sanctioned Syrian airline delivers WFP aid to Libya
The United Nation's World Food Programme used US-sanctioned Syrian airline Cham Wings to deliver aid to Libya, prompting outrage online.
Germany revokes asylum status of far-right pro-Assad Syrian
Germany has revoked the asylum status of Kevork Almassian, an outspoken Syrian supporter of the Assad regime who works for the ...
Syria TV journalist shot by unidentified gunmen in Al-Bab
Baha Al-Halabi, a reporter for Syria TV, was reportedly shot in an assassination attempt in Al-Bab.
Iran, Israel and Turkey in a post-Arab Spring region
Analysis: Non-Arab powers have emerged as new regional centres of influence in the Middle East's changing geopolitical map.
Syrians forced into extortionate bribes to contact imprisoned relatives
Families of imprisoned Syrians are forced to pay huge amounts to contact their imprisoned relatives, according to the Association of Detainees ...
2021 could be even worse for the Middle East
Yemen, Afghanistan and Syria are the countries most at risk according to the IRC Emergency Watchlist for 2021.
In pictures: The Middle East bids farewell to 2020
Here's our look at how the region said farewell to a year of change and challenges.
The New Arab's Most Important Stories from 2020
A retrospective of our coverage of 2020's leading stories
Syria war killed 6,800 in 2020, lowest annual toll
The death toll of the Syrian war was the lower it has ever been since the conflict started.
Israel says it hit 50 Syria targets in 2020
Israel's military says it hit 50 targets in Syria throughout 2020.
Haftar threatens to target Turkish forces in Libya
Khalifa Haftar said Turkey, who extended its Libya troop deployment by 18 months on Tuesday, had one of two choices: "to leave peacefully or be ...
US deepens sanctions on Syria, targets Assad's in-laws
The new sanctions target Syria's central bank, Bashar Assad's in-laws, and others.
Syria Insight: The Assad regime's battle for religious legitimacy
Bashar Al-Assad is once again trying to claim the state's legitimacy in the religious sphere.
The best books by Arab authors in 2020
Book Club: From fiction to insightful memoirs and social commentary, The New Arab rounds up some of the best books written by Arab authors this ...
Six Syrian rebels killed in explosion as clashes continue
Six members of the Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sham Syrian rebel group have been killed in an explosion in north-western Syria, as Turkey ...
Sesame Street creates Rohingya characters to help refugee children
The popular television show has launched two new Rohingya characters in a bid to help traumatized refugee children
How Putin's Russia helped crush the Arab Spring
Analysis: Putin has always endorsed authoritarian rule in the Middle East and Russia has profited significantly from the brutal subversion of ...
The poem the Turkish president recited was considered offensive.
Only 'serious' offenders will be considered for deportation, officials say.
The latest toll included more than 130,500 pro-government fighters, among them foreigners.
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