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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
Ahmed Maher
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
Ahmed Maher
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
Ahmed Maher
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
Ahmed Maher
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed receives Mustafa Al Kadhimi, Prime Minister of Iraq, in Abu Dhabi. Image: MOPA
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
Ahmed Maher
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.
Turkey’s feminists demand accountability after surge in women murdered

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

MENAApril 01, 2021
Ahmed Maher
The aircraft carrier 'Charles de Gaulle' is in Abu Dhabi for few days before continuing mission Clemenceau 21. Victor Besa/The National
'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
Ahmed Maher
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
Ahmed Maher
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
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
Ahmed Maher
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
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
Ahmed Maher
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
Ahmed Maher
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
Ahmed Maher
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
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
Leen Alfaisal
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
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
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
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
Ahmed Maher
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