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Israel is holding Syrians at the Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank and subjecting them to the same abuse as Palestinians [Getty]
Syria
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Israel holding dozens of Syrian prisoners in harsh conditions

Israel is holding dozens of Syrians including teenagers in its jails in abusive conditions, without informing their families of their fate

The New Arab Staff
21 January, 2026
- US President Donald Trump greets Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025.
Gaza War
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World leaders seal Gaza deal after Israel-Hamas hostage swap

The New Arab Staff
13 October, 2025
Malcolm Ducker
Gaza flotilla
World
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'Please get dad home': UK family urges Sumud activist's release

Sofia Aboudari
05 October, 2025
Saydnaya
Syria
MENA
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Outrage after Syria detains Prisons Museum co-founder Amer Matar

Paul McLoughlin
25 September, 2025
Artists, students from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Damascus, and relatives of missing persons paint black-and-white portraits of detainees whose fate remains unknown
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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UN agency hands over project to find missing Syrians to new govt

Oliver Mizzi
19 March, 2025
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric gestures during an interview with AFP in Geneva
Syria
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Red Cross: determining fate of Syria's missing 'huge challenge'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 January, 2025
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Saydnaya Prison
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The families of Syria’s missing detainees refuse to give up hope

Alex Martin Astley
12 December, 2024
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MENA
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Why are Israelis on strike and how did Netanyahu respond?

The New Arab Staff
02 September, 2024
Yemen
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Exclusive: Yemenis go on hunger strike over detention in Russia

The New Arab Staff
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Arabic edition
14 August, 2024
Daraa province has been a hotbed for lawlessness and banditry since the time of the Assad regime [Getty]
Syria
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Syrians celebrate release of activist Rita Al-Aqbani in Suweida

The New Arab Staff
14 June, 2024
The prisoners were released to the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia [Getty archive image]
Gaza War
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50 detained Gaza men released by Israel with signs of torture

The New Arab Staff
13 June, 2024
WHO officials investigate the site of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza
Gaza War
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Shocking photo shows medics rounded up by Israel at Al-Shifa

The New Arab Staff
16 May, 2024
Syria
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Assad regime 'levelled' mass graves: Saydnaya Detainees

William Christou
02 February, 2024
Detained Palestinians
Gaza War
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Israeli forces round up, abuse Palestinians in Gaza stadium

The New Arab Staff
26 December, 2023
US forces held 100,000 Iraqis prisoner between 2003 and 2009 [Getty]
Iraq
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HRW says US failing to compensate Iraq Abu Ghraib survivors

The New Arab Staff
25 September, 2023
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Iran
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Iran Guards detain dual national for organising unrest

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 September, 2023
Egyptian prisoners
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Inspection of Egypt’s prisons demanded after leaked videos

Nabila El-Gaafary
14 September, 2023
Iran
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Iran moves four US prisoners to house arrest: family

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 August, 2023
Tunisia
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Tunisia: Opposition demands prisoner release in new protest

The New Arab Staff
16 July, 2023
UN General Assembly
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UN General Assembly creates body to probe fate of Syria's missing

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 June, 2023
Syria
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Families await vote on new UN body to trace Syria's missing

The New Arab Staff
28 June, 2023