Middle East Weekly Roundup: Tunisia torture hearings, Libya’s monkey mayhem, Tal Afar tensions
Embed from Getty Images Mothers of Tunisian torture victims at a hearing of the Truth and Dignity Commission last week in
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Aleppo
De-stigmatizing mental health in the Middle East’s conflict zones
In times of conflict, humanitarian organizations aim to meet the “basic needs” of those in crisis. But too often
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Middle East Weekly Roundup: Turkey media crackdown, climate summit in Morocco, Syrian rebels’ reversal
Bahrain Bahrain hosted counter-terrorism drills for the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes Bahrain as
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Middle East Weekly Roundup: Lebanon’s new leader, Egypt’s currency crash, the battle for Mosul
Egypt The Egyptian pound lost nearly half its value as the Egyptian government decided to let the currency float. The
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Middle East Weekly Roundup: Syrian rebel offensive, outrage in Morocco, missile near Mecca
Algeria Saudi Arabia and Qatar asked Algeria to join in its fight against the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. Several
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The war on Syria’s hospitals
Embed from Getty Images In late September, the largest hospital on the rebel-held side of Aleppo was bombed by Syrian
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Kerry: On Syria, Russia needs to set an example, not ‘unacceptable precedent’
US Secretary of State John Kerry strongly condemned the breakdown of the recent ceasefire in Syria before a meeting of
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