Al-Araby

Over 100 million people worldwide were forced to flee their homes in the last year, according to data revealed in a shocking new report from the UN refugee agency UNHCR. The sharp rise in people fleeing conflict, hunger and disease has gathered pace ov…

Bashar al-Assad’s regime and its backers are responsible for 91 percent of deaths since the start of Syria’s civil war in 2011, according to data by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR). 228,893 civilians were killed in the Syrian civil war from …

A cholera outbreak in Iraq has infected at least 13 people and scores more suspected cases have been sent for analysis, most from the northern Kurdistan region, health officials said Sunday. “Ten cases of cholera have been recorded in the province” of …

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis on Sunday in a second day of protest against a constitutional referendum called by President Kais Saied that his opponents say would cement his hold on power. The demonstration was organised by the Salvation Fro…

Seven were killed and dozens were wounded following clashes on Saturday between formations of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), in northern Syria, The New Arab’s Arabic language service Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported. Clashes erupted in the c…

One protester was shot dead and several injured as Sudanese security forces used tear gas and live rounds on protesters in Khartoum and across Sudan late this week, according to videos circulating on social media. 20-year old Mohamed Khalis was shot at…

Sunni political factions in Iraq will postpone discussions on recent developments in the country’s political crisis to persuade a main Shia figure to backtrack on a recent decision which saw his party resign from parliament. The Kurdistan Democratic Pa…

Police have arrested 120 people for breaking Iran’s segregation and morality rules at a party in the forest in the northern province of Mazandaran, state media reported Sunday. “Members of this illegal tour… were arrested by the morality police and a…

Several countries in the Gulf and Iran recorded the highest temperatures in the world on Saturday, as a new heat wave rolled over the Middle East and Europe. Cities in Iraq, Kuwait and Oman topped the list of hottest cities across the world on 18 June,…

Manchester United star footballer Marcus Rashford has filed a lawsuit against an Egyptian student for using racist language against him, according to Arabi 21. The Egyptian student’s lawyer Syed Salameh told a local TV channel that the English player h…