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      The pan-Arab body held a virtual session hosted by the UAE and led by the Head of the Arab Parliament and Speaker of the Federal National Council, Saqr Ghobash. Victor Besa / The National
      Arab Parliament says Jerusalem crisis not a ‘real-estate dispute’

      Speakers condemn eviction threats against East Jerusalem families and attacks on Al Aqsa worshippers

      GulfMay 12, 2021
      Sudanese women march in Khartoum to mark International Day for Eliminating Violence against Women, in 2019. AFP
      Sudan's women flogged in public by young men 'inspired by’ violent social media campaign

      Drive to punish women who dress ‘immodestly' has led to street attacks and a warning from women about an assault on hard won freedoms

      MENAMay 05, 2021
      Najlaa suffers from leukaemia and the radiation therapy and chemotherapy have made her body frail and always needs a companion in her movement. Courtesy Salem El Rayyes
      'There’s nothing in Gaza': the cancer patients whose lives depend on Israeli permits

      Patients in Gaza and their companions have to navigate a complicated Israeli 'exit system' to get desperately needed treatment in occupied East Jerusalem

      WorldApril 24, 2021
      Pekka Haavisto has been mandated by the EU High Representative Josep Borrell to embark on a second mission to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Victor Besa / The National
      EU's Ethiopia envoy warns of Tigray radicalisation and refugee crisis

      Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto has vast experience in conflict resolution in Africa

      AfricaApril 07, 2021
      Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed receives Mustafa Al Kadhimi, Prime Minister of Iraq, in Abu Dhabi. Image: MOPA
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      Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi visits UAE

      Al Kadhimi seeks stronger ties with Gulf to boost trade and economic co-operation

      IraqApril 05, 2021
      A protester wears a face mask written 'Apply Istanbul Convention' as she shouts slogans while Turkish riot police block the way during a protest against Turkey's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on March 31, 2021.
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      Turkey’s feminists demand accountability after surge in women murdered

      Campaigners concerned that President Erdogan's authoritarian style encourages domestic violence

      MENAApril 01, 2021
      The aircraft carrier 'Charles de Gaulle' is in Abu Dhabi for few days before continuing mission Clemenceau 21. Victor Besa/The National
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      'Charles de Gaulle' aircraft carrier arrives in Abu Dhabi

      French nuclear-powered warship in quarantine as its Rafale jets prepare to continue US-led fight against ISIS in Syria and Libya

      GulfMarch 26, 2021
      An Iraqi protestor gestures in front of security forces during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment in the southern city of Basra. AFP
      Iraq corruption: how officials make millions in ‘cash for jobs’ schemes

      ‘The National’ reveals how graduates are resorting to paying thousands for government jobs only to be fired months later

      MENAMarch 26, 2021
      epa08673114 Jobless graduates wear hard hats and fluro vests during a protest near the green zone in central Baghdad, Iraq, 16 September 2020. Thousands of university graduates and jobless continue their protests against the lack of job opportunities and basic services, near the heavily fortified Green Zone which houses the Iraqi government offices in Baghdad. EPA-EFE/AHMED JALIL *** Local Caption *** 56346531
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      Beyond the Headlines: Cash for jobs in Iraq's government

      Ahmed Maher speaks to graduates who paid for jobs but were let go soon after

      Beyond the HeadlinesMarch 25, 2021
      Members of the Syrian civil defence try to put out several trucks and freight vehicles on fire in the aftermath of air strikes at a depot near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Syria and Turkey in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province. AFP
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      Renewed strikes in northern Syria threaten to stoke Turkey-Russia tensions

      An attack on a hospital in Atareb on Sunday killed seven civilians

      MENAMarch 22, 2021
      In one of the most heavily armed countries in the world, there are no safeguards to know the end-use of weapons sold in the local market in Idlib. The National
      Idlib, Syria: from olive oil producer to arms bazaar

      One weapons dealer 'The National' spoke to estimated that at least 30 per cent of the breadwinners in the province trade in arms

      MENAMarch 20, 2021
      TOPSHOT - A handout picture released by the official Facebook page for the Syrian Presidency on October 22, 2019, shows Syrian soldiers cheering President Bashar al-Assad during his visit to al-Habit on the southern edges of the Idlib province. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited government troops on the front line with jihadists in Idlib, his first visit to the northwestern province since the start of the conflict. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Syrian Presidency Facebook page " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / AFP / Syrian Presidency Facebook page / - / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Syrian Presidency Facebook page " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
      How Bashar Al Assad saved his regime and won a failed state

      Bashar Al Assad's brutal response to the 2011 uprisings led to a Pyrrhic victory, says Syria analyst Michael A Horowitz

      MENAMarch 18, 2021
      More than 300,000 people have died in the past 10 years of Syria's war. Eleven million have been displaced and many other casualties remain undocumented. Reuters
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      Syria's decade of civil war: 10 turning points

      To many observers, the Syrian war may seem like a blur of violence and suffering but some pivotal events stand out

      MENAMarch 15, 2021
      Jordanian security forces keep demonstrators away from Al Salt government hospital on March 13, following the deaths of Covid-19 patients from a lack of oxygen supplies. AFP
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      Jordan's Al Salt hospital death toll increases to nine

      The depletion of oxygen supplies that resulted in the deaths lasted for two hours

      MENAMarch 14, 2021
      Arab foreign ministers holding the 155th ordinary session at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, 03 March 2021. EPA
      Engaging Syria divisive at Arab League even after a decade of war

      Ten years after Damascus was ejected from the Arab League over the war, regional countries are deeply divided on whether to open diplomatic dialogue

      MENAMarch 12, 2021
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