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An image grab from a video made released by the YPG shows security forces conducting searches at Al Hol. AFP Photo / YPG Press Office

Syria's Kurds snare senior ISIS recruiter in refugee camp search

Mobile phones and military uniforms seized as authorities crack down on extremist activities in Al Hol

MENAApril 01, 2021

Demonstrators protest against Lebanon's lockdown and ailing economy in Tripoli. Reuters

Lebanese security forces 'tortured and disappeared' Tripoli protesters

Human Rights Watch report says people were beaten in custody after anti-lockdown protests in January

LebanonMarch 31, 2021

Kurds in Lebanon gather on the Beirut coast to celebrate the spring welcoming a week late following a Covid-19 lockdown. Mahmoud Rida / The National

Lebanon's Kurds celebrate late Nowruz after Covid-19 delay

A week late, but still as joyful, Kurds took to Beirut's Corniche to celebrate

LebanonMarch 31, 2021

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends at a press conference in Berlin after a meeting with the German foreign minister. AFP

UN to pick Polish ambassador as next envoy to Lebanon, reports say

Antonio Guterres informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Joanna Wronecka

LebanonMarch 30, 2021

Members of Shiite movement Hezbollah hold a military parade in the town of Riyaq in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on February 13, 2021, marking the annual anniversary of "martyred " leaders. AFP

US military linguist faces life in prison for leaking secrets to Hezbollah

Love-struck woman pleads guilty to sharing classified information on intelligence sources in online relationship

LebanonMarch 28, 2021

Orphaned by ISIS, Abdullah from London wants to return home from Syria. Luke Pierce for The National

Orphaned in fall of ISIS, London teen in Syria jail wants return home

Abdullah was a child when his mother took the family to Syria. Gareth Browne meets a boy bearing the brunt of his parent’s choice

MENAMarch 16, 2021

Pope Francis visits the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in the predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh, in Nineveh province, some 30 kilometres from Iraq's northern Mosul in Iraq, on Sunday March 7, 2021. EPA

Pontiff's visit brings hope to town crushed by ISIS

Town of Qaraqosh was once largest Christian community in Iraq, then ISIS destroyed it. Pope Francis’s visit may boost the revival, residents tell Gareth Browne

IraqMarch 08, 2021

ERBIL, IRAQ - MARCH 07: Pope Francis arrives to the Franso Hariri Stadium on March 7, 2021 in Erbil, Iraq. Pope Francis arrived in Erbil, the final stop of his historic four-day visit, the first ever papal visit to Iraq. In his first foreign trip since the start of the pandemic, Pope Francis visited Baghdad, Najaf, Erbil and the cities of Qaraqosh and Mosul, which were heavily destroyed by ISIS. Although the trip is seen as an act of solidarity, the Vatican has been forced to defend the decision to go ahead with the papal visit amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as Iraq is currently seeing a spike in infection rates as it faces a deadly second wave of the virus. (Photo by Sima Diab/Getty Images)

Pope Francis in Iraq: Hope beats hate, peace beats war

The pontiff's message was of forgiveness, hope and perseverance as he toured northern Iraq

IraqMarch 07, 2021

A young woman whose suffered severe burns in a fire at a wedding in Al Hol camp on Sunday recovers in hospital in Al Hasakeh, Syria. Luke Pierce for The National

How a wedding in Syria's Al Hol camp ended in tragedy

Children were among four killed in a wedding party fire that left the bride and many guests in hospital

MENAMarch 01, 2021

Tar is seen on the beach in the aftermath of an oil spill that drenched much of the Mediterranean, in Tyre nature reserve, Lebanon. Reuters.

Oil spill threatens to be ecological disaster for Lebanon coast

Lumps of tar wash up on beach famous for nesting turtles

LebanonFebruary 26, 2021

Men receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine dose during a coronavirus vaccination campaign at Lebanon's American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital in Beirut. Reuters

World Bank official says Lebanon vaccine funding may be cut over cronyism allegations

Lebanon is set to receive $34 million for vaccines under the World Bank's Lebanon Health Resilience Project

MENAFebruary 23, 2021

An elderly woman receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 during a nationwide vaccination campaign, at Dar Al Ajaza Al Islamia Hospital (House of Muslim elderly) in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

UN warns of 'disturbing' period for Lebanon despite Covid vaccine distribution gathering speed

World Health Organisation has distributed over six million vaccines across the Middle East

LebanonFebruary 15, 2021

©2021 Tom Nicholson. 12/01/2021. Beirut, Lebanon. Dr Ousaima Dbouni, an infectious disease specialist at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital in southern Beirut, Lebanon, poses for a portrait. The country will go into a more severe lockdown on Thursday to curb a widespread increase in cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus. Tom Nicholson for The National

Inside Lebanon's ICUs, where just 20 per cent survive Covid-19

Tired, stressed and scared, doctors and nurses in Beirut plead with the public to help reduce case numbers

LebanonFebruary 15, 2021

Mohammed Jomaa saying goodbye to his brother Abed before flying to the US at the Beirut airport. Courtesy Mohammed Jomaa

Syrian family dreams of being reunited after Muslim ban

Refugees say their lives were put on hold after Trump's executive order

AsiaFebruary 07, 2021

Relatives of victims of the Beirut port explosion hold portraits of their loved ones during a vigil. AP

Beirut blast: Families' vigil for the dead

Six months after Beirut port blast killed more than 200, grief is still raw for families and friends of the dead

LebanonFebruary 06, 2021