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Israel's new prison rules place tighter restrictions on Red Cross visits to Palestinian detainees, raising concerns over independent oversight.
Israeli prison services
MENA
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'Network of torture camps': What Israel's new prison rules mean

Israel's new restrictions on Red Cross prison visits have raised fears that abuse of Palestinian detainees will go undocumented and unchecked.

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13 July, 2026
Palestinian artist Abu Karsheli paints a portrait of Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya on the rubble of the Italian Tower, which was destroyed in Israeli attacks in Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine, on June 27, 2026
Gaza
MENA
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Israel pushing Gaza's Abu Safiya 'closer to death', MAP warns

N.
06 July, 2026
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Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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Lebanon's temporary burials prolong families' grief amid war 

Farah Mansour
06 July, 2026
A vendor works on a smart phone at a market in the capital Baghdad's Sadr City suburb on November 5, 2023.
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq lawmakers to debate controversial cybercrime bill

Adel Al-Nawab
05 July, 2026
Palestinian artist Abu Karsheli paints a portrait of Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya on the rubble of the Italian Tower, which was destroyed in Israeli attacks in Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine, on June 27, 2026
Hussam Abu Safiya
MENA
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Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya's life in 'imminent danger'

Matthew Hoare
05 July, 2026
Israeli soldiers walk during a military operation in the town of Qalqiya, in the occupied West Bank on December 4, 2025
Israel
MENA
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Press group slams Israeli forces' 'violent assault' on CNN crew

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 March, 2026
Migrant worker activists demonstrated in front of the Saudi Arabian Embassy office in Jakarta, protesting the execution of a beheading sentence against Muhammad Zaini Misrin Arsyad (53) who works in a Saudi country.
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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UN body finds Saudi executions on drug charges 'inexcusable'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 March, 2026
Members of the Israeli security forces stand gard as buses transporting Palestinian prisoners leave the Kziot prison in the Negev desert on January 25, 2025
Palestinian detainees
MENA
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Jewish settlers gloat at shackled Palestinians in 'prison tour'

The New Arab Staff
25 February, 2026
Israel continues to carry out deadly assaults on Gaza on a daily basis
Gaza War
MENA
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Average of five people killed in Gaza every day since ceasefire

The New Arab Staff
22 February, 2026
Members of the Israeli security forces stand guard as buses transporting Palestinian prisoners leave the Kziot prison in the Negev desert on January 25, 2025
Palestinian prisoners
MENA
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Palestinian reporters face 'systematic abuse' in Israeli prisons

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 February, 2026
Iran execution [Getty]
Iran
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Iranian teen protester risks execution over policeman's killing: NGO

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 February, 2026
Jasim al-Shamsi
Syria
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Wife of Emirati dissident renews appeal over Syria disappearance

The New Arab Staff
09 February, 2026
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Human Rights Watch
World
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Exclusive: How report on Palestinian refugee return rattled HRW

The New Arab Staff
06 February, 2026
The 84-year-old now faces over 40 years behind bars [Getty]
Tunisa
MENA
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Tunisia: Rached Ghannouchi hit with longer prison sentence

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 February, 2026
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Kuwait
Society
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Who belongs in Kuwait? The story of citizenship stripped away

The New Arab Staff

Anwar Al-Rouqi

30 January, 2026
Iraqis demonstrate in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad against corruption and lack of services. [Getty]
Iraq
MENA
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Live suicide attempt in Iraq spurs debate on secret informants

Mohammad Ali
29 January, 2026
Daily Life In Polluted Air In Tehran, Iran
Iran
MENA
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Iran carries out two executions, days after threats from Trump

The New Arab Staff
24 January, 2026
Syria prison -- AFP
Syria
MENA
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Harrowing scenes from SDF-held prison show detained children

The New Arab Staff
20 January, 2026
Salman al-Khalidi has been outspoken on several issues [Screengrab/Instagram]
Kuwait
MENA
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Kuwaiti court sentences Salman al-Khalidi to 15 years in prison

The New Arab Staff
12 January, 2026
Kyaw Tint Swe (L), former Union Minister of Myanmar, attends the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, on January 23, 2020 in the lawsuit filed by The Gambia against Myanmar in which Myanmar is accused of genocide against Rohingya Muslims.
Myanmar
World
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Landmark Myanmar Rohingya genocide case to open at UN top court 

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 January, 2026
Anti-government protests are continuing across Iran [Getty]
Protests in Iran
MENA
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Iran crackdown fears grow as protests persist

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 January, 2026