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Lebanon-Israel conflict

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South Lebanon’s medics brave Israeli attacks to heal the wounded

Doctors and nurses in southern Lebanon risk their lives every day to keep hospitals running amid ongoing Israeli attacks and mass displacement

Safaa Ayyad

18 March, 2026

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Syria

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Post-Assad, can Syria’s health sector recover as sanctions ease?

Jagoda Grondecka

26 February, 2025

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Israeli troops in Gaza infected by deadly fungi, one dead

The New Arab Staff

26 December, 2023

Cholera in Syria

northwest Syria

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Cholera outbreak in northwest Syria spirals into catastrophe

Mouneb Taim

10 November, 2023

A glimmer of hope for cancer patients in northwest Syria

Syria

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A glimmer of hope for cancer patients in northwest Syria

Alex Croft

01 November, 2023

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Israeli restrictions hinder Palestinians' access to healthcare: World Bank

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

18 September, 2023

Egyptian regulations crush Yemeni dreams of medical tourism

Egypt

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Egyptian restrictions dash Yemeni dream of medical tourism

Safa Naser

10 August, 2023

Sudan

Sudan

Environment and Climate

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Sudan braces for rainy season as humanitarian disaster looms

Darshan Dalal

15 June, 2023

Dr. Aso Faeq Salih examines a one year-old boy affected by multiple birth defects, including a heart condition. (Abigail Bobo)

Iraq

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Heart disease: A death sentence for Iraqi newborns

Lyse Mauvais

16 February, 2023

Relatives of cancer patients stage a demonstration demanding pharmaceutical supplies outside the building of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut, Lebanon

Lebanon

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A 'genocide' against cancer patients in Lebanon

Dana Hourany

07 June, 2022

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In Yemen's civil war, decaying hospitals on life support

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

19 March, 2022

A woman wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands in front of a graffiti painted on Lviv emergency hospital wall, to thanks the medical staff and healthcare fighting against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus on June 30, 2020. -

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Lviv's child cancer patients are in a race against time

Nino Orto

14 March, 2022

Morocco

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Morocco: Medical staff under attack in struggling sector

The New Arab (From the Arabic Edition)

02 March, 2022

Cancer in the Arab World: An emerging health risk

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Cancer in the Arab world: An emerging health risk

08 February, 2022

Lebanese mother-to-be Rana Mneimneh waits for her turn at a clinic providing free consultations in Beirut on September 18, 2020

Lebanon

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Pregnant women in Lebanon face malnutrition amid crises

Rodayna Raydan

26 January, 2022

Sudan

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Sudan doctor's strike new blow to health system on its knees

The New Arab (From the Arabic Edition)

20 January, 2022

The shortages of medication in Lebanon are threatening the treatment of tens of thousands of people, many of whom have taken to social media in a desperate plea to source the drugs they require.

Lebanon

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Lebanon's lifting of medical subsidies threatens millions

Clément Gibon

06 January, 2022