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Syria wheat [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Over 13 million acutely food insecure in Syria: UN

Over half of the population in Syria is now facing food insecurity, the UN said, renewing its calls for the crisis to be resolved.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 June, 2026
View of Saana cityscape, Yemen
Yemen
MENA
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Food supplies dwindle in Yemen after Hormuz closure

The New Arab Staff
30 May, 2026
Iran war poses new threat to harvests in hunger-stricken Sudan
Sudan
MENA
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Iran war poses new threat to harvests in hunger-stricken Sudan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 May, 2026
Trucks carrying aid packages from the World Food Program (WFP) drive through the town of Saraqib in the northwestern Idlib province
Syria
MENA
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UN food agency halves Syria food aid, halts bread subsidy

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 May, 2026
Residents of the Maacani Camp are struggling to survive in tents
Somalia
MENA
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Somalia faces malnutrition crisis as WFP warns of aid halt

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 May, 2026
Loubnan [Getty]
Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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Lebanon: Over 1 million expected to face acute food insecurity

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 April, 2026
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Yemen
MENA
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UN warns that 22 million at risk in Yemen amid funding shortages

The New Arab Staff
19 April, 2026
Egypt
food insecurity
Perspectives

How long will Arabs beg for their bread?

AB

Abdel Tawab Barakat

11 February, 2026
Syria wheat [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Syria: Food crisis concerns amid low wheat production, drought

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 August, 2025
Afghanistan malnutrition [Getty]
Afghanistan
World
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Afghanistan sees its 'sharpest surge' ever of child malnutrition

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 August, 2025
Palestinians, struggling with hunger due to Israeli embargo, wait in line to receive hot meals distributed by the charity organizations as Israeli attacks continue, in Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza on May 17, 2025.
Gaza
World
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UK chefs call on government to suspend arms to Israel

The New Arab Staff
23 May, 2025
umayyad mosque syria stampede
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Three killed, five injured in stampede at Syria’s Umayyad Mosque

The New Arab Staff
11 January, 2025
Women mourn Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza [Getty]
Gaza
MENA
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Israel kills 13 in Gaza, attacks Kamal Adwan hospital

The New Arab Staff
25 December, 2024
Palestinians, including children, living in the Nuseirat refugee camp wait with empty pots to receive food distributed by an aid organization as they are unable to meet many vital needs, including basic food supplies, in Gaza City, Gaza on November 08, 2024.
Gaza War
MENA
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Gaza's Palestinians 'turning into ghosts' as hunger intensifies

Rasha Abou Jalal
12 November, 2024
Israeli troops order Palestinian farmers and volunteers helping them to leave the field during the olive harvest season in the village of Qusra
Gaza War
MENA
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600,000 Palestinians at risk of hunger in West Bank, UN warns

The New Arab Staff
18 October, 2024
Sudan
Society
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Sudan’s soup kitchens offer a lifeline to thousands of civilians

The New Arab Staff

Mohamed Mostafa

26 June, 2024
South Sudan
World
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7 million face 'acute' food insecurity in South Sudan: UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 May, 2024
Gaza War
MENA
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Gaza: Over 1 million Palestinians 'food-insecure', OCHA says

The New Arab Staff
29 March, 2024
MENA malnourished: Food insecurity leaves 60 million Arabs hungry
food insecurity
Environment and Climate
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MENA malnourished: Food insecurity leaves Arab region hungry

Mohammed El Said

Mohammed El-Said

12 December, 2023
Water stress worsens food insecurity crisis in Arab states
Water Crisis
Environment and Climate
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Water stress worsens food insecurity crisis in Arab states

Mohammed El Said

Mohammed El-Said

26 September, 2023
Has Maghreb cuisine been left out of the Mediterranean diet?
food
Lifestyle
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Has Maghreb cuisine been left out of the Mediterranean diet?

madeline turner

Madeline Turner

06 September, 2023