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Syria
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Syria detains three generals amid anti-Assad campaign

Syria has detained three Assad era generals accused of war crimes committed during the country’s bloody conflict

The New Arab Staff
07 September, 2026
Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians are increasing on a weekly basis in the occupied West Bank
Occupied West Bank
MENA
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Palestinian family jailed after reporting settler attacks

The New Arab Staff
13 April, 2026
Israeli soldiers stand on a street during an Israeli army raid in the northern West Bank city of Nablus
Occupied West Bank
MENA
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Israeli forces raid West Bank cities as Ben-Gvir storms al-Aqsa

The New Arab Staff
12 April, 2026
Kuwait [Getty]
Kuwait
MENA
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Kuwait arrests 24 amid 'terror financing' probe

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 April, 2026
Istanbul [Getty]
Turkey
MENA
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Nearly 200 arrests in Turkey after attack on Israeli consulate

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 April, 2026
Rima Hassan
France
World
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French pro-Palestine MEP Rima Hassan arrested over X post

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 April, 2026
Iranian security forces are cracking down on forces of dissent amid the war
Iran
MENA
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Iran kills 'militants', arrests dozens in security crackdown

The New Arab Staff
28 March, 2026
Iranian security forces are cracking down on alleged spies and collaborators across the country
Iran
MENA
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Iran arrests dozens for alleged espionage amid wartime crackdown

The New Arab Staff
14 March, 2026
Police car in Bahrain. Bahraini police car. (Photo by: ruelleruelle/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
US-Israel war on Iran
MENA
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Bahrain detains four for allegedly spying for Iran

The New Arab Staff
13 March, 2026
Tehran [Getty]
US-Israel war on Iran
MENA
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Iran arrests nearly 200 people over US-Israel war: rights group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 March, 2026
TFF [Getty]
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey orders 29 more detained in widening betting probe

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 December, 2025
An Israeli soldier stands beside an armored vehicle near Beita in the occupied West Bank on July 5, 2025.
Occupied West Bank
MENA
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Nearly 100 Palestinians detained in Israel's West Bank raids

The New Arab Staff
10 December, 2025
Chaima Issa, a prominent human rights activist and leader of the National Salvation Front, an opposition coalition, poses for photos as she attends a press conference organized by the Coordination of the Families of Political Prisoners in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 7, 2025
Tunisia
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Tunisia arrests opposition figure Issa to enforce jail term

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 November, 2025
Shaibani [Getty]
Syria
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Syria denies reports of handover of Uyghurs as FM visits China

The New Arab Staff
17 November, 2025
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Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon arrests 32 people suspected of spying for Israel

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 October, 2025
Israeli forces raided the town of Sarda near Ramallah [Anadolu/Getty]
West Bank
MENA
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Israel launches wave of raids after West Bank crossing incident

The New Arab Staff
19 September, 2025
Police arrested dozens of people in Parliament Square [Getty]
United Kingdom
World
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Dozens arrested at London protest in support of Palestine Action

The New Arab Staff
06 September, 2025
Veiled Iranian mourners wave the country's flags during a funeral for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, Iranian nuclear scientists, and civilians who are killed in Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 28, 2025, during the Iran-Israel ceasefire.
US-Israel war on Iran
MENA
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Iran unleashes 'wave of repression' after Israel war: activists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 July, 2025
IDF Military Drone Unit seen training with drones near Kibbutz Merom Golan, on the Syrian border in northern Golan Heights on June 26, 2025.
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Israel launches Syria raids, detains several for 'interrogation'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 June, 2025
Assad arrests [Getty]
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria arrests Assad cousin involved in drugs in border ambush

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 June, 2025
Fatih Akin [Getty]
Turkey
MENA
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Top director Akin slams Turkey's 'mobster' leaders over arrests

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 May, 2025