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Camp Closures Force Iraqi Families Back To Shattered Homes

At least 34,000 people have been pushed out by the closure or consolidation of 11 formal camps since mid-October, with many of them forced to return to uninhabitable homes in northern Iraq.

16 December 2020Iraq
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Running On Empty: Oil-Rich Libya Hit By Extreme Fuel Shortages

Black markets flourish and civilians resort to desperate measures as impact of ongoing oil blockade continues to affect Libya.

25 March 2020Middle East
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Jordan king warns Islamic State on rise again in Mideast

King of Jordan Abdullah II warns that the thousand foreign fighters that have left Syria’s Idlib to end up in Libya may help in the Islamic State's regrouping.

13 January 2020Middle East
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More victims of Saddam's purge found, Kurds seek justice

The recent discovery of additional mass graves of Iraqi Kurds is prompting renewed calls for collaborators with the former Iraqi regime to be prosecuted.

12 August 2019Iraq
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'The boy on the beach': My family’s escape from Syria and our...

Tima Kurdi, aunt of Alan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler whose body washed up lying face down on a beach in Turkey, tells her family’s painful story. Tima is currently going on publicity tours across Canada to sell her book which discusses her family's escape from Syria.

10 August 2018Syria
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Iraq's farmers hit hard by water shortages

With one in five Iraqis working as farmers, crippling water shortages have pushed many to find alternative employment

06 August 2018Iraq
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In struggling Jordan, grassroots movements are demanding political change

As its economy falters and protests continue to rumble, activists in Jordan and tribes are demanding greater representation.

10 July 2018Middle East
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Jordan's King Abdullah to ask PM to resign amid protests: sources

King Abdullah II of Jordan expected to meet Prime Minister Hani al-Mulki later on Monday as protests in Amman continue over tax increases. The tax increases came after an IMF-backed tax reform bill was sent to parliament last month.

04 June 2018Middle East
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King Abdullah II Confirms Jordan’s Support for Iraq in Facing Terror Threat

In a meeting between King Abdullah II of Jordan and Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al Ja'afari in Amman, Abdullah confirms his country's support for Iraq's war against terrorism.

09 May 2018Middle East
Glimmer of light for Egypt’s disabled citizens with new law

Glimmer of light for Egypt’s disabled citizens with new law

Disabled people in Egypt have been offered little support from the state, but a new law promises to assist them find employment.

12 January 2018
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How Eastern Ghouta residents survive siege

A boy stands at an airstrike site in the rebel-held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria

21 November 2017
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Letter from Aleppo: 'Devastation was all I found'

A former Aleppo resident who visited his hometown after fleeing to Turkey describes a city forever changed by war.

13 September 2017
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Battle for Aleppo: 'The sound of bullets doesn't stop'

As the Syrian government army makes advances in east Aleppo, civilians say the situation is getting worse. Residents in rebel-controlled...

13 December 2016
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ISIS ‘minister of media’ killed in Iraqi airstrike

Duhok – The Islamic State’s (ISIS) Minister of Media was killed in an airstrike by the Iraqi Air Force in Nineveh...

29 November 2016
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Kurdish female fighters join battle for Raqqa ‘to free women from ISIS’:...

Kobane – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched on November 6 a new military operation against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Raqqa city....

10 November 2016
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I live in Aleppo, under siege - Ismail Abdullah

The very first question that comes to my mind in the morning is “How am I going to get bread...

09 November 2016
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