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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureKunduz to Kandahar: two explosions, one wounded community
In Afghanistan, attacks on Shia worshippers escalate, bringing further trauma to a fractured society
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: NewsUK tells trapped Afghan interpreters to escape on their own
Ministry of Defence criticised for ‘morally indefensible’ suggestion that former embassy workers should make...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTunisia’s president has given himself unprecedented powers. How will he use them?
Kais Saied has stressed his loyalty to ‘the suffering people’ – in his upcoming state budget we’ll find out if he meant it
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisDeadly clashes in Beirut show Lebanon is a country of no accountability
At least six killed and dozens injured in outbreak of heavy gunfire that will also create further obstacles to port...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDid democracy in Tunisia fail or did it never succeed?
The appointment of the Arab world’s first woman prime minister in Tunisia cannot hide the country’s dismal economic...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureSeven years in camps: Life for the abandoned victims of IS
Many thousands of displaced Yazidi survivors are still living in unbearable conditions in Iraq, with no foreseeable way out
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionEducating the host: It's not just refugees who need ‘integration’ programmes
Teaching local hosts the experience of war and forced displacement would help to publicly challenge hate speech and...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureTo be an Afghan child worker in Iran
More than a million Afghan children are trying to make their way in Iran. What could smooth the path for them?
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureIn search of a COVID-19 vaccine in Yemen
Conspiracy theories, misinformation and Houthi refusals to vaccinate people in areas under their control mean that...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InterviewCan art change the world? An interview with Hanan Toukan
In her new book, Toukan investigates the relationship between Western funding and contemporary art in Beirut, Amman...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureEscape from Kabul: a government official’s story
An Afghan government official narrates the story of his escape from Kabul in the midst of the chaos surrounding the...
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionAre the fortunes of Turkey’s AKP on the wane?
Turkey’s AKP represents one side of a deeply divided nation, but there are signs of shifts in the country’s...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureBefore Kabul, a Yemeni city was taken over by Al Qaeda. This is its story
Five years after its liberation, the city of Mukalla still suffers from the scars left by a year of darkness
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhy an IMF loan is not the solution to Lebanon’s economic crisis
With 82% of Lebanon’s population living in poverty, the country is in desperate need of political and economic reform
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisAs the West cuts aid lifelines, Afghanistan’s real crisis looms
The world must take action now to prevent a deep and lasting humanitarian crisis. But what, if anything, can be done?
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe Afghan woman activist still determined to educate girls
With the future of women’s rights and girls’ education in doubt under Afghanistan’s new Taliban regime, Zarlasht...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: NewsHow the West is failing Afghan women under threat
The evacuation effort has been patchy at best – but it’s not too late to step up assistance
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionAuthoritarian, corrupt, and more of the same. Lebanon has a new government
The challenge facing the country's new ministers is formidable – but at first look, it seems unlikely that they’ll...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDespite all the international attention, Afghan refugees are not welcome
Nobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human rights as rights for all humans
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe deadly legacy of 20 years of US 'War on Terror' in Iraq
The occupation of Iraq drained the country’s resources and left a legacy of economic crisis, energy shortages,...