Environmental crisis

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US-Israel war on Iran
Environment and Climate
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Poisoned skies over Tehran: Toxic smoke and black rain crisis

Israeli strikes on Tehran fuel depots unleashed toxic smoke and 'black rain', raising fears of respiratory illnesses, polluted air and environmental damage

Saeedeh Fathi
13 March, 2026
People walk past the "Cafe des Nattes" in the village of Sidi Bou Said on 27 January 2026, after the region was hit by Storm Harry. [Getty]
Tunisia
MENA
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Landslides come to Tunisia's Sidi Bou Said after storm

Meriem Belhiba
20 February, 2026
A view of Lavasan River, once considered one of Tehran's most water-rich rivers, which has largely dried up as other lakes and rivers reach critical levels due to the water shortages across Tehran, Iran on November 11, 2025
Iran
Environment
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Reservoirs half as full as last year in drought-hit Tehran

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 December, 2025
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Ethiopia
Environment
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Ethiopian volcano ash forces Indian carriers to cancel flights

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 November, 2025
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Tunisia
Environment and Climate
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Residents of Gabès rise up against decades of toxic pollution

The New Arab Staff

Intissar Gassara

04 November, 2025
Protesters carry placards and chant slogans as they march in the southern city of Gabes on October 21, 2025. (Photo by MOHAMED KHALIL/AFP via Getty Images)
Tunisia
Environment
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Hundreds protest in Tunis over worsening pollution crisis

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 October, 2025
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Iraq water scarcity
Environment and Climate
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Desertification threatens Iraq's ancient heartland and heritage

Dana Taib Menmy

Dana Taib Menmy

21 October, 2025
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Yemen
History
Culture
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As time runs out, Yemen fights to save its vanishing museums

The New Arab Staff

Nora Fahd

29 September, 2025
A fisherman sits in his boat near swathes of water hyacinth, a water-consuming invasive bloom which thrives and clusters in low flow waterways, blocking the area around the supporting beams of the al-Zaytun bridge on the Euphrates river in Nasiriyah, in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on September 9, 2025.
Euphrates River
Environment
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Invasive plants and bacteria threaten Iraq's Euphrates

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 September, 2025
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Cloud Seeding
Environment and Climate
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The rainmakers of Morocco: Cloud seeding and conspiracies

Basma El Atti

Basma El Atti

29 July, 2025
Jordan water crisis
Water Scarcity
Environment and Climate
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Habak: Jordan's first women-led hydroponics cooperative

The New Arab Staff

Huda Alhanayfah

22 July, 2025
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Arabian Gulf
Environment and Climate
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How oil spills are strangling the Arabian Gulf's biodiversity

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

08 July, 2025
Iraqi marshes
Iraq
Environment
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Iraq warns of water crisis before PM Al-Sudani's visit to Turkey

Dana Taib Menmy
07 May, 2025
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fishing
Environment and Climate
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The Turkish village facing the loss of its fishing traditions

The New Arab Staff

Gonca Tokyol and Ingrid Woudwijk

24 December, 2024
Lebanon environment Wasted Treasures
Lebanon-Israel conflict
Environment and Climate
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The organisations planning for Lebanon's environmental recovery

The New Arab Staff

Stefano Nanni

10 December, 2024
Palestinian farmers start to grow vegetables in tents they live in due to their limitations obtaining many vital needs, including basic food supplies as a result of Israeli attacks and blockades in Khan Yunis, Gaza on November 12, 2024.
Gaza famine
MENA
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Israel's munitions and attacks have poisoned Gaza's soil

Rasha Abou Jalal
20 November, 2024
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Spain
Environment and Climate
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How communities mobilised after the devastating Valencia floods

The New Arab Staff

Javier Jennings Mozo & Okba Mohammad

19 November, 2024
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environment
Environment and Climate
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Recent MENA climate disasters reveal the region's research gaps

Mohammed El Said

Mohammed El-Said

08 October, 2024
Yemen
Environment and Climate
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Israel's Hodeidah airstrike adds to Yemen's environmental crisis

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

27 August, 2024
Hammamet, Tunisia
Tunisia
Environment and Climate
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Coastal erosion batters Tunisia's sandy beaches

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

20 August, 2024
Sudan
Environment and Climate
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Sudan's flood crisis worsens amid ongoing war and aid shortages

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

12 August, 2024