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Palestinian protesters lift the national flag during a demonstration near Qalandia village in the occupied West Bank, on January 20, 2023, to protest Israeli plans to expand the Atarot settlement industrial zone and to construct a new settlement in the area.

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Israel advances waste treatment project in West Bank

The Jerusalem Governorate says a planned Israeli waste-to-energy project in Qalandia risks displacement, pollution and violations of international law.

Assiah Hamed

07 June, 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

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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

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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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Ethiopian volcano ash forces Indian carriers to cancel flights

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

26 November, 2025

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Tunisia

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Residents of Gabès rise up against decades of toxic pollution

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

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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

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As time runs out, Yemen fights to save its vanishing museums

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

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Invasive plants and bacteria threaten Iraq's Euphrates

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

10 September, 2025

Morocco rain and climate

Environment and Climate

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The rainmakers of Morocco: Cloud seeding and conspiracies

Basma El Atti

29 July, 2025

Jordan water crisis

Environment and Climate

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Habak: Jordan's first women-led hydroponics cooperative

Huda Alhanayfah

22 July, 2025

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Environment and Climate

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How oil spills are strangling the Arabian Gulf's biodiversity

The New Arab

08 July, 2025

Iraqi marshes

Iraq

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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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Environment and Climate

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The Turkish village facing the loss of its fishing traditions

Gonca Tokyol and Ingrid Woudwijk

24 December, 2024

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Lebanon-Israel conflict

Environment and Climate

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The organisations planning for Lebanon's environmental recovery

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.

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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

Javier Jennings Mozo & Okba Mohammad

19 November, 2024