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Israel's Megiddo prison
Israeli jail
MENA
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Palestinian journalist at risk of imminent death in Israeli jail

A detained Palestinian journalist has lost 40kg of weight since being held in Israeli jail, and also suffers from scabies, diabities and stomach ulcers.

The New Arab Staff
04 January, 2026
Israeli and international journalists protest in solidarity with journalists from Gaza and against their targeted attacks by the Israeli army at ''Beit Ha'Itona'i'' (Journalists' House) in Tel Aviv, Israel, on August 13, 2025
Israel
MENA
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Israel's far-right government to shutter Army Radio station

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 December, 2025
A general view of the front page of "Syrian Al-Thawra" newspaper in Damascus on December 1, 2025.
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria launches first official print newspaper since Assad fall

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 December, 2025
Black front pages of newspapers in Israel
Israel
MENA
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Fears Israeli press bill will target embattled Palestinian media

Oliver Mizzi
05 November, 2025
People mourn the loss of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Mutair killed in an Israeli attack at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza on October 20, 2025
Gaza War
MENA
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Global media group urges Israel court to grant Gaza access

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 October, 2025
A picture taken on January 16, 2022 shows the Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in Badr city, 65 kms east of the Egyptian capital Cairo,
Egypt
MENA
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Egyptian journalist faces secret trial over 'China spy' charges

The New Arab Staff
30 September, 2025
Ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Gaza War
World
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Warren among 17 US senators calling for press access in Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 August, 2025
Anas al-Sharif [Getty]
Gaza journalists
MENA
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Who was Anas al-Sharif, the journalist killed by Israel in Gaza?

The New Arab Staff
11 August, 2025
Israeli army's military vehicles are seen patrolling the area where its forces opened fire to civilians protesting occupation in Quneita, Syria on December 25, 2024
Israel
MENA
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Israeli forces intensify attacks on journalists in Syria

Matthew Hoare
11 August, 2025
krg-prison
Iraqi Kurdistan
MENA
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Imprisoned Iraqi Kurdish journalist Sherwani faces new charges

Dana Taib Menmy
31 July, 2025
Inspectors and police are raiding the Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 5, 2024, and are confiscating its equipment
Israel
MENA
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Bid by Israeli far-right to permanently ban Al-Jazeera stalls

The New Arab Staff
22 July, 2025
Clashes erupted in Istanbul Monday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an angry mob after allegations that a satirical magazine had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed, an AFP correspondent said.
Turkey
World
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Turkey detains cartoonists over drawing depicting prophets

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 July, 2025
Ferhat Mehenni president of the Movement for the Self Determination of Kabylia at a rally for the release of Boualem Sansal in Paris, France,
Algeria
MENA
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Algeria jails French journalist for 7 years over football report

Basma El Atti
30 June, 2025
Gaza_journalists
Gaza War
World
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The New Arab, over 120 organisations call for Gaza media access

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 June, 2025
Wendy McMahon at the 81st Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California
US affairs
World
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CBS News boss resigns amid tensions with Trump administration

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 May, 2025
Demonstrators hold copies of the newspaper BirGun during a protest in front of the Istanbul Justice Palace in Istanbul on February 9, 2025. Three journalists from the online version of left-leaning newspaper BirGun have been detained for questioning under anti-terror legislation over a story linked to Istanbul's chief public prosecutor, the paper said on February 9, 2025.
Turkey
World
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Two investigative journalists arrested in Turkey

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 April, 2025
Ekrem Imamoglu protest in Ankara, Türkiye
Turkey
World
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UN concerned over Turkish court's U-turn on journalists' jailing

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 March, 2025
Trump Gaza [Getty]
Donald Trump
World
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Trump freezes US-funded media outlets including Voice of America

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 March, 2025
Pictures of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh are hung across the facade of the building housing the Doha-based Al-Jazeera TV channel in the occupied-West Bank city of Ramallah on 2 January 2025. [Getty]
Al-Jazeera
MENA
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Widespread condemnation follows PA's closing of Al-Jazeera in WB

The New Arab Staff
03 January, 2025
Image of Palestinian journalist in the West Bank
Palestinian Authority
MENA
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Al-Jazeera slams ban by Palestinian Authority

The New Arab Staff
02 January, 2025
An Afghan street photographer (R) takes photographs of Taliban security personnel at the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop in Kabul on November 25, 2024.
Afghanistan
World
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More than 300 Afghan reporters suffer rights breaches: UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 November, 2024