Skip to main content
News
News Menu
Show — News Menu
Hide — News Menu
MENA
World
Economy
Energy
Health
Environment
Sports
Offbeat
All News
MENA
Live Story
Mounting casualties in Sudan's Al Fasher as battles rage
World
Live Story
Austria to unblock funds for UNRWA
MENA
Live Story
BBC Tel Aviv remark sparks backlash over 'bias'
Analysis
Analysis Menu
Show — Analysis Menu
Hide — Analysis Menu
Analysis
In-depth
Inside MENA
All Analysis
In-depth
Live Story
Why have the Al-Fajr Forces joined the fight against Israel?
Analysis
Live Story
Why the US is unable to restrain the UAE in Sudan
Analysis
Live Story
How Israel is defying Biden's 'red line' on Rafah
Opinion
Opinion Menu
Show — Opinion Menu
Hide — Opinion Menu
Voices
Perspectives
Narrated
Unfiltered
All Opinion
Perspectives
The students who camped for Palestine
Unfiltered
Yuval Noah Harari's odyssey into a parallel Zionist universe
Voices
Nakba yesterday, Nakba today: My grandmother's two keys
Features
Features Menu
Show — Features Menu
Hide — Features Menu
Culture
Society
Book Club
Lifestyle
Interviews
Environment and Climate
All Features
Society
Live Story
Palestinians in Rafah struggle to figure out where to go
Culture
Live Story
From Abdul to Leila: Reconnecting with memory through poetry
Society
Live Story
How two Yemeni women are revolutionising Taiz's food scene
Investigations
Podcast
Video
Publish date
And
Sort by
Relevance
Most Recent
TRENDING NOW
hostages
hostages
MENA
Live Story
Hamas frees two elderly Israeli women hostages
The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 October, 2023
MENA
Live Story
Israel army says Gaza hostage count now 222 as bombing upped
The New Arab Staff
23 October, 2023
MENA
Live Story
9 more hostages killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza: Hamas
Sally Ibrahim
14 October, 2023
World
Live Story
Gulf War 'hostages' to take legal action against UK govt, BA
The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 September, 2023
MENA
Live Story
Iran frees two jailed French citizens
The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 May, 2023
World
Live Story
France says five citizens held in Iran
The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 October, 2022
MENA
Live Story
'Hero' Lebanon hostage-taker turns self in after bank drama
The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 August, 2022
MENA
Live Story
Israel's Lapid seeks 'new approach' to besieged Gaza
The New Arab Staff
11 July, 2022
World
Live Story
Taliban's release of British national rested all on 'words'
Rosie McCabe
23 June, 2022
MENA
Live Story
France calls for release of two French citizens held in Iran
The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 May, 2022
MENA
Live Story
Yemen: UN urge Houthi rebels to release staff held hostage
The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 May, 2022
In-depth
Live Story
Anoosheh Ashoori and Evin University
Hugo Goodridge
Rosie McCabe
22 April, 2022
MENA
Live Story
SDF hunt down IS militants after prison siege
The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 January, 2022
MENA
Live Story
'Hostages rescued' as SDF retakes IS-occupied prison
William Christou
26 January, 2022
MENA
Live Story
Iran nuclear: Deal 'unlikely' without release of US citizens
The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 January, 2022
MENA
Live Story
FM says UK wants to pay off 'legitimate debt' it owes Iran
The New Arab Staff
09 December, 2021
Pagination
View More
![Israel has been indiscriminately bombing Gaza since a surprise Hamas attack last week [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1723532667.jpg?h=3f82fd9e&itok=2M46GCMv)
![SDF forces said they had retaken control of Ghwayran prison [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2022-01/GettyImages-1237999378.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=jOcVpuJw)
