Washington Post
May 15, 2018
Gaza buries its dead as death toll from protests at fence with Israel rises to at least 60
May 15, 2018—GAZA CITY — Gaza residents buried their dead Tuesday as the death toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces at the Gaza...
!a Deutsche Welle 1
May 14, 2018
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi trails in preliminary election results
Early counts show Muqtada al-Sadr has become the unexpected frontrunner. The cleric led the insurgency against US troops after 2003 and...
Rudaw
May 14, 2018
Afrin: A landscape of unprecedented Arabization
Civilians fleeing the city of Afrin in northern Syria walk at the mountainous road of al-Ahlam while heading towards the check point in...
Haaretz
Apr 27, 2018
Israel Admits: Plan to Relocate Asylum Seekers Has Collapsed, No Way to Forcefully Deport Africans
April 24, 2018—Israel has admitted in court on Tuesday that its plan to relocate African asylum seekers has fallen through and that...
Arab News 1
Apr 26, 2018
Transition government, elections to follow weapons decommissioning: New UN envoy's road map for
File photo showing Houthi militia fighters attending a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, April 26, 2018. (AFP) LONDON: The UN special envoy to Yemen...
Al Jazeera
Apr 26, 2018
Syria's Yarmouk camp: From a 'war on stomachs' to 'annihilation'
Activists describe scenes of besieged camp in southern Damascus as Syrian forces attempt to drive ISIL out. Activists say Yarmouk has...
Michiel Leezenberg | Middle East Centre Blog
Apr 25, 2018
ANALYSIS: State-Society Relations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: A Mythical Abstraction?
Bazaar in Erbil, 2010. Credit: Martijn Munneke The Kurdistan Region of Iraq defies easy categorisation and demonstrates various...
Jon Sharman, Ghaida Ghantous
Apr 24, 2018
Yemen: 'At least 20 killed including bride' after airstrike by Saudi-led coalition hits wedd
A Yemeni stands in front of a graffiti protesting US military operations in war-affected Yemen, in Sana'a, Yemen. According to reports,...
The Daily Beast
Apr 22, 2018
Where Facebook’s Fake News Has Deadly Consequences
Freedom of speech came to Iraq with the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. But Iraqis have been blindsided since then...
Genocide Watch
Apr 19, 2018
What it Means to be an African Migrant Deported From Israel
Meles Ghirmay remembers every moment leading up to his deportation from Israel. "I was hopeful and thinking that they would give me a...
Middle East Eye
Apr 19, 2018
Saleh loyalists turn guns on Houthis as Yemen lurches into new conflict
Supporters of Ali Abdullah Saleh fight first battle with Houthis since former president died at Houthi hands in Sanaa last year. Houthi...
International Crisis Group 1
Apr 19, 2018
Crisis Group raises Syria threat level to critical on its Trigger List early-warning platform
On the evening of 7 April 2018, the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma was subjected to an apparent chemical weapons attack. Military...