air pollution

Daily Life In Polluted Air In Tehran, Iran
Iran
Environment
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Tehran breathes relief as pollution eases after weeks of alert

Rainfall has come as a temporary respite amid an unprecedented drought crisis, but it won't fix Iran's environmental woes.

The New Arab Staff
09 December, 2025
The mobilization comes after a surge in cases of respiratory problems, poisonings, and illnesses affecting students at a middle school located near the phosphate processing plant, sparking anger among a population exposed to chemical risks for more than fifty years.
Tunisia
Environment
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Dozens arrested in Tunisia anti-pollution protests: activists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 October, 2025
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environment
Environment and Climate
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How South Asia’s toxic skies have become a silent killer

Nilosree Biswas

Nilosree Biswas

20 December, 2024
Commuters ride along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on 18 November 2024
Pakistan
Environment
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Smog drops from hazardous to unhealthy in Pakistan's Lahore

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 November, 2024
Thick smoke billows over buildings following an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on October 19 [Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images]
Lebanon
MENA
Live Story

Israeli airstrikes are causing a dangerous 'smog soup' in Beirut

Rosabel Crean
01 November, 2024
Mosul- Sulfur
Iraq
Environment
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Iraqi govt takes emergency measures against sulphur pollution

Dana Taib Menmy
13 October, 2024
COP28
Environment
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COP28 host UAE choking from its own 'toxic' air pollution: HRW

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 December, 2023
COP28
MENA
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As Dubai hosts climate talks, its air pollution soars

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 December, 2023
UAE
Environment
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Oil pollution from UAE 'putting health of millions at risk'

The New Arab Staff
29 November, 2023
Air pollution
Israel
Perspectives

Israel's environmental violations feed its apartheid regime

Hala Yacoub

Hala Yacoub

13 July, 2023
India smog
India
Environment and Climate
Live Story

How North India's air pollution crisis is affecting health

Anisha Mansuri

Anisha Mansuri

17 January, 2023
Lahore
World
Live Story

Smog-hit Pakistan city cuts school days to protect pupils

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 December, 2022
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Iran
Environment
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Iranian schoolchildren stay home due to air pollution spike

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 November, 2022
Europe
World
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Air pollution surges as heatwave sweeps across Europe

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 July, 2022
air pollution
World
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Pollution cuts life expectancy by 8 years in India: report

The New Arab Staff
14 June, 2022
Lebanon
MENA
Live Story

Smog smothers Beirut at the start of Spring

William Christou
07 April, 2022
World Health Organization
Environment
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Poorer countries most exposed to air pollution, WHO finds

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 April, 2022
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Egypt, UN agree to develop eco-friendly industrial zones

Thaer Mansour
20 January, 2022
Water scarcity, desertification, pollution, and rising sea levels threaten the GCC's environmental security [Getty Images]
GCC
Environment and Climate
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Tip of the iceberg: GCC's environmental worries pile high

The New Arab Staff

Sabena Siddiqui

01 July, 2021
iran pollution
Iran
MENA
Live Story

Iran, pressured by blackouts and pollution, targets Bitcoin

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2021
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US sanctions
Environment
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Air pollution in Iranian cities reaches 'hazardous' levels

The New Arab Staff
16 January, 2021