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Bombed, starved and besieged, Palestinian residents of Yarmouk refugee camp now face being permanently displaced as the Assad regime expropriates their homes.
Israel conducted new air strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip after incendiary balloons were launched across the border from the enclave.
Islamic State threat 'growing' in west Syria
Conditions in the region controlled by Syrian regime are now "as bad or worse" than they were leading up to the rise of IS, the general warned.
Myanmar bars Rohingya candidate from election
Rohingya Muslim candidate Abdul Rasheed has been barred from standing in Myanmar's upcoming election.
Ilhan Omar wins Minnesota primary
Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar batted away a challenger and retained her title.
Tania Palaiologou and 'Landscape in the Mist'
More than thirty years on, Greek actress Tania Palaiologou reflects on filming 'Landscape in the Mist' with legendary filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos.
Abandoned and forgotten, migrant workers reel from Beirut explosion
Many of those killed by the Beirut explosion were migrant workers. Already a vulnerable group in Lebanon, their plight is now likely to get even ...
'Dehumanising' BBC report on refugee boats sparks outrage
Reporters from the BBC and Sky News have taken to the Channel amid a rise in migrant crossings; critics accuse journalists of treating the risky ...
Britain, France to discuss plan to stop refugee crossings
Britain has come under increasing pressure from critics to tackle the refugee crossings.
Hundreds killed as disastrous floods ravage war-torn Yemen
Floods across Yemen have left thousands of people homeless and destroyed homes country's iconic historic Old Sanaa city.
Cyprus singer shines spotlight on refugees
Cypriot singer Alexia Vassiliou remembers her life as a refugee.
UN scrambles to get aid to Beirut
The United Nations' agencies are scrambling to meet multiple urgent needs in Lebanon following the Beirut blast.
The terror and guilt of watching Beirut from afar
Beirut, a welcoming cosmopolitan city loved by all those who call it home, lies in ruins. Michal Kranz, a journalist until recently based in ...
World Bank intends to help fund Beirut after explosion
The World Bank has offered to look into ways of aiding Lebanon as the country sinks further into financial crisis.
The young migrants risking everything to escape Greece
In Patras, young Afghan migrants strive to reach western Europe. For those willing to endure an often brutal journey, the dream of building a ...
Palestinian novelist Huzama Habayeb on literature, memory and displacement
The New Arab Meets: Huzama Habayeb, an award-winning Palestinian novelist who explores the relationship between exile and nostalgia in her groundbreaking work.
To Muslim-Americans, Trump calling protesters 'terrorists' is nothing new
Comment: The abuses Trump's agents have perpetrated on protesters in Portland were already painfully routine among immigrants and Muslim ...
Lebanon: Ambitions of a nation taken hostage
Comment: Lebanon has reached a tipping point which, if history is anything to go by, can lead to irreversible damage, writes Carmen Geha.
Often on brink, Lebanon headed toward collapse
Lebanon is hurtling toward a tipping point at an alarming speed, driven by financial ruin, collapsing institutions, hyperinflation and rapidly ...
Yemen's historic Marib dam floods amid concerns of collapse
Thousands of families, including internally displaced refugees, have lost their homes in Marib, where the historic 8th century BC dam has ...
MSF has a flaw its white saviours can't solve
Comment: The functioning of MSF and other humanitarian organisations is inherently racist. Whether or not it can shed its colonial attitudes ...
The painstaking hunt for Assad's henchmen in Europe
Former regime officials accused of war crimes are living across Europe, but Syrian activists and the German judiciary are working tirelessly to ...
Desperate and trapped, Gaza's youth turn to suicide
Amid growing desperation, Gaza is in the grip of a suicide crisis.
Lebanon's alliance with the US has run its course
Comment: Unless the US takes serious steps to repair the relationship, there will be few incentives left for the Lebanese to keep the alliance ...
A refugee doctor in Iran is working hard to treat other refugees with coronavirus.
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