#refugees
UPDATE: UNHCR says it didn’t review new law assigning asylum applications to govt instead of UN agency
For the first time, the government will handle processing and registering asylum seekers.
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#Gaza
Israel kills 25 in classrooms of Khan Younis shelter, eyewitnesses describe ‘headless children’ pulled from rubble
The school, affiliated with UNRWA, sheltered around 150-180 families in Khan Younis.
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#Syria
Scenes from liberated Homs
On December 7, my eyes are fixed on the TV screen and the stream of breaking news banners. The factions advanced. The factions retreated. What is happening? Where were we,…
Sarah Abiad
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#Syria
Scenes from the Damascus regime’s collapse: ‘Something out of dreams’
At noon on Saturday, an unfamiliar scene unfolded on the outskirts of the Syrian capital as armed opposition factions advanced from the south of the country toward Western Ghouta —…
Tammam Saimouah
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#Sisi and media
Advertising magnate Tarek Nour named head of UMS
Nour, a longtime leader in the media industry, was selected after months of speculation.
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#Syria
Assad no more: The 10 days that changed everything
What had been long unthinkable is now a reality. And it came to pass in just 10 days. That reality is that, after more than five decades, the Assad family’s…
Najih Dawoud
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#United States
On the democratic socialist vision for the US: Interview with Jacobin Founding Editor Bhaskar Sunkara
Mada Masr sits down with Sunkara to discuss democratic socialism at this historical juncture.
Mahmoud Hadhoud
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#labor law
New labor law, same pro-business bias
A decade after initiating the process to draft a new labor law, the government announced on November 6 that the bill had finally been completed after incorporating several amendments. The…
Beesan Kassab
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#2023-2024 Lebanon war
‘When you arrive in Sur, there’s a sense of life returning to you:’ Lebanon’s residents return home amid joy and heartbreak
In the final hours before the ceasefire came into effect, Israel conducted an aggressive campaign of airstrikes across Lebanon
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#Gaza
Hospital director injured in Israeli drone strike on Beit Lahia medical facility
Israeli forces bombed the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia on Saturday night, injuring hospital director Hossam Abu Safiya and other medical…
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#2023-2024 Lebanon war
Families remain in Deir Mimas as Israeli forces attempt advance | Day 10 in battle of Khiam | Israeli tanks strike Lebanese military checkpoint in Sur | Hezbollah strikes Tel Aviv
Several families in a south Lebanese town near the Litani River are facing the oncoming advance of Israeli forces seeking, once again,…
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#Warraq
Police detain 7 residents of Warraq island, assaults residents protesting against island’s siege
Security forces began arresting people at the Tuesday night protest
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#2023 Sudan War
Sudan Nashra: RSF floods villages in Gezira | Clashes intensify in Fasher | Sudan split on Russian veto
The RSF has maintained its brutal campaign against civilians in Gezira
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#2023-2024 Lebanon war
Four soldiers in Lebanese military killed after Israeli attack on Sarafand injures over 10 civilians
The impact of Israel’s airstrike which targeted a military intelligence post, also damaged homes.
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#inciting protest charges
After protesting lack of road maintenance, 5 Matareya residents detained on suspicion of inciting demonstrations
After police arrested a number of Matareya residents who had protested for local authorities to conduct maintenance on an accident-ridden local road,…
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#2023 Sudan War
RSF accused of poisoning hundreds in besieged Hilaliya, eastern Gezira | Tens of thousands displaced from Gezira to eastern Sudan
Nearly 500 people have died in recent days in the Gezira State city of Hilaliya, which has been under siege since October…
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#Sisi and media
Shakeup to state-dominated media landscape underway
Management of Egypt’s state-dominated media is in the midst of a shakeup, 10 sources working in media institutions tell Mada Masr. Nearly all media outlets in the country are either…
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#Gaza aid
Israel misses US deadline for boosting Gaza aid, US says it does not intend to pursue consequences
Last month, the United States gave Israel a 30-day deadline to significantly increase the aid entering the Gaza Strip. Israel missed the…
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#climate change negotiations
COP29 launches in Azerbaijan aiming to renew climate financing goal unmet for majority of past decade
Monday marked the start of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, where representatives from around the world are…
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#National Security Agency
After targeted surveillance, car theft, journalist Rasha Azab awaits authorities’ response
Journalist Rasha Azab has accused the interior minister and the head of the National Security Agency of orchestrating recent threats against her…
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