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Comment: The ideals of the Arab Spring remain out of reach for many. But the quest for freedom, though long and uneven, is inevitable and unstoppable, writes Mohamed ElBaradei.
Geir Pedersen has announced that the Constitutional Committee will resume talks in an effort to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria.
Meagre food ration parcels make for a Dickensian reality
Comment: The shameful food parcels handed out to needy parents show once again how a privatised pandemic response puts profit over people, writes Malia Bouattia.
Breaking cycles of trauma and illness among Syrian refugees
In-depth: Researchers are exploring the correlation between mental and physical health to provide adequate care to refugees, but with the data ...
Lebanon considers tighter lockdown amid coronavirus surge
Lebanon's handling of the virus surge amid a deepening economic crisis has been under scrutiny, with many saying hesitant policies have failed ...
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.
Iraqi refugee family is home at last
From a first date that ended in bloody carnage in Baghdad, to finally entering their new home in The Netherlands, this is an epic tale of ...
Tunisia: The road to revolution
In-depth: The uprisings that swept North Africa and the Middle East began in Tunisia, bringing freedom and democracy to a country so long ...
Is the Arab Spring still relevant a decade later?
In-depth: Ten years after the Arab Spring broke out, the hopes of protesters for democracy and social justice have failed to materialize, but ...
Lebanese government to keep bread subsidy, pledges alternative plan
Ministers agreed in a meeting on Tuesday draft a plan to help cut spending while maintaining support for some basic goods.
Bankrupt Syria builds museum for Bashar Al-Assad's deceased brother
A huge museum to Basel Al-Assad, the Syrian ruler's brother who died in 1994.
Assad's sham refugee conference marks dark 50-years of regime
Comment: Displaced Syrian refugees know all too well that 'reconstruction' can never happen under the grip of a Russian-backed Assad regime, ...
Rebel leaders return to Sudan after peace deal
Leaders of the Sudan Revolutionary Front returned to Khartoum on Sunday after signing a peace deal with the Sudanese transitional government ...
Hundreds of civilians 'massacred' in growing Tigray crisis
Scores of civilians, likely in the hundreds, have been killed as a result of escalating violence, according to Amnesty International.
Sudan braces for up to 200,000 fleeing Ethiopia fighting
There are hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians who are fleeing the Tigray region following intense conflict in the region.
Assad blames Lebanese banking controls for Syria’s economic crisis
Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad has blamed Syria’s deepening economic crisis on capital controls imposed by Lebanese banks, saying that billions of dollars in deposits have been lost.
In Pennsylvania, a bright new future is emerging
Comment: Pennsylvania is a key battleground state, and our sizeable Arab and Muslim community has a vital role to play in the 2020 election and ...
Meet the Arab American volunteers rallying voters for Biden
In the hotly contested 2020 election, local organisers are mobilising Arab and Muslim communities in key swing states to make sure their votes ...
Head of Sudan’s largest party slams Israel normalisation deal
Sudan's former Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi withdrew from a government-organised religious conference on Saturday in protest against the ...
Sudan closes Khartoum roads amid online calls for protests
Soldiers have been deployed across Khartoum to close off roads amid calls for protests.
Jordanians outraged after kidnapped boy found amputated, tortured
The kidnapping and torture of a 16-year-old boy has sparked outrage in Jordan after a video showed the moments he was found with amputated hands ...
Tunisians protest after man dies in kiosk demolition
Protests erupted in an impoverished Tunisian town on Tuesday after a man died when authorities demolished an illegal kiosk where he was sleeping.
Syria limits subsidised bread as economic crisis worsens
Syrian families larger than six are at risk of starvation after a government decision limited access to subsidised bread amid an ...
4,000 Afghan prisoners launch hunger strike
The largest prison in Afghanistan is witnessing a mass protest by detainees that launched a hunger strike.
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