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As Israel's war on Lebanon escalates, hundreds of Syrian refugees are seeking shelter on Beirut's beaches, facing dire living conditions and uncertainty

Pese a los bombardeos israelíes y la falta de cuidados, hay árboles que han sobrevivido a este año de guerra. Los cultivos han quedado muy diezmados, pero los palestinos celebran que la vida se impone en una Franja devastada

As the conflict rages on, the diplomatic stand-off between Sudan and the UAE complicates an already devastating war.

As IDP numbers rise, local businesses struggle to meet the growing demand for essentials, leaving communities worried about shortages and economic stability

"Syria is turning a new page, with the hope of Arab nations like Saudi Arabia and the UAE playing a crucial role in its recovery," one source told The New Arab.

Analysis: Israel's strikes on Iran avoided nuclear or oil facilities, targeting military sites instead. But are they a prelude to a more serious assault?

Analysis: Israel's ambitions in Gaza extend beyond Sinwar's death, with Netanyahu viewing military force as the only strategy for achieving his objectives.

Analysis: Israel is trying to depopulate the north to geographically reconfigure Gaza into disconnected enclaves and maintain indefinite control, analysts say.

Demolitions in Cairo's City of the Dead, have sparked a backlash over the destruction of historic tombs, with calls for better protection of Egypt’s heritage

The Lebanese government is considering prefabricated homes to shelter the growing number of displaced people, who lost their homes as a result of Israel's war

Analysis: Underpinned by military superiority, Israel's short-term tactical successes will never become strategic gains without a political endgame.

Analysis: Hamas has weathered Israeli assassinations in the past but faces unprecedented challenges in deciding on both a new leadership and the group's future.

The recent statements have sent shockwaves across Libyan society, polarising public opinion on tradition, individual freedoms, and the government's role.

"All US presidents are primarily supportive of Israel's interests. America is like a compassionate mother of Israel," said one displaced Lebanese.

Biden was terrible, say Palestinians, but fear a Trump administration would let Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu ‘get away with conquering Gaza’.

"There is nothing better than being back," she said. "Yes, our house is destroyed, but we are here together, with the resistance. We will not leave..."

Analysis: Part of the old guard, Naim Qassem's appointment signals continuity as Hezbollah attempts to address the colossal challenges it faces.

For two months, even post-ceasefire, the Israeli MK drone ('Umm Kamel') buzzed over Lebanon, a grim reminder of imminent airstrikes, leaving lasting trauma

More than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are facing 'extremely critical' hunger, with the approaching winter exacerbating an already dire situation

In-depth: A German-flagged ship carrying explosives for Israel's army docked in Alexandria last month, while an Israeli warship sailed through the Suez Canal.

Fnideq, like other Moroccan towns near the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, has become a beacon for Africans trying to head north.

Israeli airstrikes have devastated Lebanon's historic city of Nabatieh, but as locals return after the ceasefire announcement, they remain determined to rebuild

Israel's pledge to retaliate harshly has led to the cancellation or delay of flights to and from the Lebanese capital, impacting thousands of people

‘Even when we do get it, we end up leaving the food behind when rushing from one shelter to the next.’

Locals dig through mud by hand in desperate search for the missing after more than 257 people were killed in the disaster.

Women in Egypt are turning to women-only ride-sharing apps for safer transportation options after a series of incidents involving popular services like Uber

"I couldn't care less," Assi told The New Arab about the ICJ ruling last Friday. "The whole world knows this, and they're still debating it?"

From left to right: Maha Wafy, female ambulance officer of the Palestinian Red Crescent, Enaam Al-Agha, known as Um Fathy, community aid, and Ola Kasseb, female journalist and member of the Palestinian Journalist Syndicate. | ©egab.co

Las exportaciones de flores de la Franja, que experimentaron un auge en los años 90, han ido reduciéndose con la violencia cíclica y las severas restricciones israelíes de las últimas dos décadas. La guerra que estalló en octubre ha terminado por liquidar el sector

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La pobreza empuja a las familias a ofrecer a sus hijas como esposas en este país africano en el que viven unas 800.000 novias infantiles y donde hay una de las tasas más altas del mundo en embarazos precoces y mortalidad materna

Local cooperatives are stepping in to support vulnerable farmers, mostly women, struggling in conflict-ridden east DRC.

Fishers have revived a traditional practice of building ‘scrap’ reefs to attract fish but are using plastic and tyres instead of rocks and branches, and not everyone is happy

"For us, water is a matter of life or death. With the protection of the Israeli army, settlers deny us access to water sources," Mahyoub Foqaha told TNA.

A sustainable project aims to repurpose encroacher bush to create building blocks to solve Namibia’s housing crisis

Nour Slaoui’s strong connection with her horse allowed the rider to be the Arab world’s first to qualify for eventing at the Games.

"Sennar was next. We all knew," one survivor remarked to The New Arab. "I only wish this day hadn't come so soon."

Analysis: The Cairo summit marked a significant step towards unifying the Sudanese political position to end the war, but huge challenges remain.

Las empresas de reciclaje aseguran que la falta de una política de reciclaje y la burocracia retrasan el aprovechamiento de millones de ruedas usadas, una “riqueza nacional”, según las autoridades

Not everything in Yemen is war; in the city of Ta’izz, writers and poets encourage dialogue, understanding and unity through arts

Un 70% de la población de la Franja se ha visto obligado a dejar su casa desde que empezó la guerra hace nueve meses. Algunos escriben sus pensamientos y sus llamamientos al mundo desde los campos donde malviven

This month, we are bringing you a special issue of Lapilli in partnership with Egab, an Egypt-based initiative aiming to empower local journalists across the Middle East and Africa. Thus, in this edition, we focus especially on the southern and eastern portions of the Mediterranean basin. We’ll do so

‘The invasion of Rafah turned our lives upside down and stripped us of our last sense of being human.’

‘They want us to report what they want to hear.’

The lack of aid and official recognition means escape from the most immediate horror has simply been replaced by a new struggle to get by.

Fasihi can outrun just about anything, but her Olympic journey has been complicated and inspiring in equal measure.

People fleeing war in Sudan feel stuck after Uganda announced change to ‘open door’ policy amid funding crisis

“Comics gave writing more magic,” says Rawand Issa, a Lebanese writer and comic artist.

Entidades extranjeras y ONG locales se enfrentan a una reducción de fondos y a una creciente falta de acceso a zonas de este país, sumido en la guerra civil desde 2014

Analysis: The US-built pier to deliver aid to Gaza may have a hidden agenda: to deflect from Israel's status as an occupying power by outsourcing aid to others.

Women that survive the violence of the gunmen face poverty and exclusion.
Unverified herbal remedies promoted on social media are driving rising health risks and delayed treatment in Nigeria.
Measles kills 70 in East Darfur’s Labado in a few weeks as healthcare collapse leaves families without medicines.
Extreme heat and drought has destroyed 70% of Jordan’s olive crop, endangering livelihoods of 80,000 families and a centuries-old tradition
Morocco is investing heavily in sports infrastructure: as one of the hosts of the 2030 FIFA World Cup and also for the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year. At the same time, hospitals and schools continue to struggle with chronic shortages. The digitally connected youth movement “GenZ 212” is protesting against this imbalance, vocally questioning the country’s development priorities.
Reporting in this edition from these locations. Illustrated by Yemsrach Yetneberk, based on the Equal Earth Projection.
The alliance aims to unseat Netanyahu in October elections, but analysts doubt it will break his hold on power or produce a meaningful shift in Israeli policy
Los animales muerden los dedos de manos y pies, destrozan las pocas pertenencias valiosas de los gazatíes y contribuyen a la propagación de enfermedades. Este año se han registrado 17.000 infecciones provocadas por roedores y ectoparásitos, según la OMS. La falta de venenos complica su control
Analysis: International conferences have come and gone, external actors are entrenched, and neither side shows any willingness to stop the fighting
Amid relentless Israeli airstrikes and mass displacement, a red truck carrying toys, blankets and food has become a lifeline for thousands of Lebanese families
E ach May, three days after World Press Freedom Day, Lebanon has its Martyrs of the Press Day, in remembrance
Un grupo de 11 pequeños trasladados a Egipto en incubadoras a finales de 2023 han regresado a la Franja, donde les aguardaban padres y hermanos a los que no conocían y que pensaron durante meses que no habían sobrevivido
S crambling to take cover is part and parcel of being a journalist in a war zone. In Iran, however,
Widespread violence has gripped Mali as militant groups have advanced to pose a significant threat to the ruling regime.
Engineers at the facility estimate 12% of the crucial gas facility's capacity was affected by U.S.-Israeli strikes in March.
On this day 26 years ago, residents of South Lebanon poured into the streets as Israeli forces withdrew, putting an end to 22 years of Israeli occupation. Today, those same villages lie in rubble, and the occupation is back.
West Bank refugees say Israeli raids are reviving the Nakba-era, warning of renewed displacement as camps across the territory face escalating incursions
Residents of Qalandia refugee camp outside Ramallah say escalating Israeli raids now come with orders to leave their homes or suffer the same fate as Jenin camp. “Just saying ‘Jenin’ is enough,” one resident said. “Everyone knows what it means.”
Palestinians in Gaza carry the keys from their homes destroyed by Israel, linking today’s genocidal war and displacement to the ongoing legacy of the Nakba
For the well-off few, buying an EV is the next step in a solar revolution that has helped Yemenis weather years of power outages and high fuel prices
As Fatah holds its Eighth Congress, insiders tell Mondoweiss that the dominant movement in Palestinian politics for over 50 years is in disarray. With Palestinians under threat on multiple fronts, the meeting may be the last chance to fix the crisis.
The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is the 17th since the disease was first identified 50 years ago.
Manenos Selanyika could only receive a symbolic burial. After more than a week, they gave up and decided to hold a symbolic burial at Lambo village near Mount Kilimanjaro.
Observers say that in Yemen, aid rules that distribute aid by households have encouraged recipients to create more households by marrying off their daughters while they are still girls.
Zeteo speaks to witnesses after Israeli settlers kill a 14-year-old Palestinian boy and a 32-year-old man in an attack on a boys school in the occupied West Bank.
While the vote was lauded as a step forward, it came in the context of an ongoing genocide and occupation and a recent law limiting which candidates can run.
As Israeli attacks displace families across Lebanon, women are struggling to access menstrual supplies, exposing a hidden crisis of poverty, stigma and neglect
At the centre of the week’s developments were the high-stakes negotiations in Islamabad, mediated by Pakistan and aimed at stabilising a temporary ceasefire.
The razing of villages and creation of a buffer zone separated by a Yellow Line show the ceasefire won’t stop Israel from entrenching its hold on south Lebanon
A Pakistan-brokered truce has halted the bombs and reopened the Strait of Hormuz, but soaring inflation & fears of renewed conflict have left citizens in limbo
It was more than a house of worship. Residents came to the community center for microloans, affordable healthcare, and to borrow books. It was the heartbeat of a neighborhood, and now locals are mourning its loss — and promising to rebuild.
What was once a simple staple has become a daily uncertainty & a source of fear for millions of people in Gaza who are struggling amid Israel’s war and blockade
Years after the fighting has ended, children in Syria are still paying the price for war, navigating villages and farmlands riddled with deadly explosives
In the Syrian capital, the sale of alcohol has become a flashpoint for wider discussions about regulation, social norms, and the limits of state power
Cyber experts have warned of psychological warfare after Lebanese residents received automated evacuation notices over the phone.
Cheap electricity turned Iran into an unlikely crypto mining hub. Now military strikes could threaten the power grid that powers it.
Yazidis in northeast Syria are fleeing yet again as renewed fighting in Aleppo triggers mass displacement, reviving trauma from ISIS’s 2014 genocide. Survivors face deep psychological scars, economic hardship, and persistent insecurity, with many fearing further violence, family separation, and the
Sudan’s humanitarian response is increasingly carried out by volunteer networks. But their efforts, built on small donations, cannot keep pace with rising need.
Every year, between late May and early June, something happens on the 43-mile road to the Catholic sanctuary of Popenguine, outside Dakar, that is unremarkable in Senegal and extraordinary almost anywhere else in Africa or the world: Muslim youth walk the route alongside their Christian peers.
For many residents unable to return to southern Lebanon amid Israel’s invasion and demolition campaign, satellite imagery has become the only way they can find out the state of their homes.
In conversations across Tehran over the past week, one theme recurs: under no circumstances should the outcome of the conflict be diluted by negotiations.
In a lakeside village in Kisumu County, women were forbidden from fishing. Until Rhoda Ongoche Akech defied the stigma.
Displaced families began returning to south Lebanon after a fragile 10-day ceasefire was announced, coming home to devastation after Israel’s deadly invasion
In Lebanon, an unprecedented campaign of DNA tests is being used to identify mangled bodies left trapped under rubble by Israel’s blitz.
Little news from inside Iran reaches the outside world. In this exclusive report for D+C, an Iran-based journalist describes daily life in the war-torn country, where military strikes and an internet blackout have cut people off from life-saving medicines, disrupted businesses and shattered livelihoods.
At least nine religious sites were demolished in Israeli-controlled explosions in the border villages of southern Lebanon.
The renewed possibility of targeting maritime assets, whether by missiles or drones, is raising fears of Israeli and US airstrikes on Hodeidah.
Despite brokering a ceasefire and hosting historic US–Iran talks, Pakistan faces a complex balancing act between rival alliances if no lasting deal emerges
We speak to Palestinian parents about the pain and grief of separation after their premature babies were evacuated abroad during the war, leaving families apart
When journalist Hiba Al-Tabai
I drove through the destroyed villages of southern Lebanon, speaking to several families who are risking their lives to stay in the area as Israel escalates its bombing and ground invasion.
Zeteo speaks to survivors of the deadliest day in the resumed war, after Lebanon saw more than 100 Israeli strikes in 10 minutes.
More than 250 killed as Israeli airstrikes pounded Beirut in minutes, overwhelming hospitals and marking the deadliest day in Lebanon since the invasion began
We speak to Jawad’s family about the toddler’s abuse by Israeli forces, his trauma after 10 hours in detention, and his father, who is still held in detention
Zeteo reports from the ground in Tehran to hear how some ordinary Iranians are feeling about the two-week ceasefire announcement.
The sudden threat of the "complete destruction" of their civilisation has triggered an unprecedented wave of terror and despair for Iranians.
“We are Iranians before anything else...and we do not see ourselves in what is being done in the name of Zionism,” said David, a Jewish shopkeeper in Tehran.
We speak to Jawad's family about the toddler's abuse by Israeli forces, his trauma after 10 hours in detention, and his father, who is still held in detention
Fertiliser prices are surging in Egypt amid Strait of Hormuz disruption, as war-driven energy shocks raise farming costs and fuel fears of a looming food crisis
Rahim Nadali, an official with Tehran’s IRGC unit, said the programme would assign children to tasks including patrolling and manning checkpoints.
Two Iranian footballers made opposite choices during a moment of crisis, revealing the cost of both freedom and return. Photo: Albert Perez / Getty Images
The lack of funding has left some 15,000 users of NGO programs scrambling for care in a public system that many fear to enter
From a high-risk US special forces operation deep inside Iranian territory to mounting pressure around the Strait of Hormuz, developments point to more war.
As Israeli attacks continued, communities baked, prayed & stayed on their land, preserving tradition despite displacement, destruction & fears of permanent loss
With grounded fleets and soaring fuel and ticket prices, the Iran war is threatening to redraw the map of global aviation
M orshed Alam, 28, calculates survival in liters and taka now. The ride-sharing motorcycle driver in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka used
Two Iranian players who sought asylum in Australia before changing their minds tell their story to Al Jazeera.
As the world marks Autism Awareness Month, Gaza’s autistic children face collapsed healthcare, lost therapy and repeated displacement, erasing years of progress
About half of all Iran’s ballistic missiles launched at Israel in this conflict have carried cluster warheads, turning one missile into dozens.
About half of all Iran’s ballistic missiles launched at Israel in this conflict have carried cluster warheads, turning one missile into dozens.
A Tehran-based journalist maps the human toll of the mass destruction US-Israeli strikes have caused on the country's health and education systems.
Real Reciclagem is a Mozambican cooperative—and support network—founded to help women recover economically from the pandemic.
Analysis: International conferences have come and gone, external actors are entrenched, and neither side shows any willingness to stop the fighting
Back in January, we reported on those in the music scene defying Iran’s cultural red lines. Now, living through war, we speak to them again about whether change in Iran still feels possible
Phones are flooding Gaza's markets, and families will go to any lengths to get them.
With thousands fleeing US-Israel airstrikes, hotels across Iran have become lifelines, but overcrowding and lack of support leave families struggling to survive
Over 2,000 academics in Lebanon and around the world signed an online petition to be submitted to UNESCO and the UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Over the days that followed, a distinct pattern emerged: strikes were no longer confined to military or intelligence sites but extended to civilian areas.
Many residents of Tehran were already suffering from harsh economic conditions before the bombs began to fall. Now, under the US-Israel’s deadly air strikes, Iran’s capital has become even more unforgiving as prices rise and livelihoods are impacted.
The mass arrests represent the most aggressive domestic security operation since the US-Israeli war on Iran began.
Amid empty bazaars and the constant threat of strikes, Iranians hold onto the rituals of Nowruz and Eid al-Fitr, refusing to let fear erase their holidays
A network of STEM academies once held up as a model for modern education is unraveling after the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. support, exposing the fragility of reforms built on external expertise.
In addition to the three casualties, eight others were wounded after fragments from an Israeli interceptor missile hit the salon.
Amid scarcity and displacement, a Gaza mother’s crochet dolls are a rare gift of Eid al-Fitr for children who have lost everything
In Morocco, where nearly 80 per cent of the call centre sector’s activity is tied to French clients, the ban is being received as a structural shock.
A moment of collective pride for Iran has been overshadowed by the escalating US–Israel war and questions over the players’ safety
As Ramadan comes to a close, families in Minab, Iran struggle to come to terms with the scale of death, one of the deadliest single attacks on children in memory.
Cinco millones de personas procedentes de África trabajan sobre todo en la construcción, la hostelería y el trabajo doméstico en los países de la región. La fluctuación del petróleo amenaza sus empleos
Military analysts say the US-Israeli war on Iran is one of the first modern conflicts in which AI systems play a central rather than a supporting role
Damage has been reported to 18 pre-hospital emergency bases and between 14 and 18 ambulances, along with several county health centres.
Reports from inside Greater Tehran Prison describe inmates going days without adequate food or water after an attack near the facility.
Israeli strikes on Tehran fuel depots unleashed toxic smoke and ’black rain’, raising fears of respiratory illnesses, polluted air and environmental damage
Twelve days in, few of America’s objectives in the war on Iran have been met, with Trump struggling to define a coherent endgame or exit strategy
The US-Israeli bombardments have already displaced more than 3 million people in Iran, but most Iranians can’t afford the costs of seeking safe haven.
The strike occurred within the site's UNESCO-designated buffer zone, intended to shield the monument from such risks.
As US‑Israel strikes hit Iran, blood donation centres see long queues, with citizens rushing to help hospitals cope with rising war casualties and a shortage
"By the time we finally packed our bags and locked the door, our fingernails were caked in chemical grime, and our lungs were burning just from breathing inside our own living room."
As you approach Iranian houses of worship, you’ll hear it: Locals striking their chests and rhythmically chanting laments to grieve the recent death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s death. Each movement carries a dual meaning — expressing both personal grief while signaling loyalty to both a religio
Inside the hospitals, severe pre-war shortages of equipment and staff have turned the wards into internal battlefields.
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