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Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri holds a press conference following his meeting with President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda Presidential Palace, east of the capital Beirut, on December 19, 2025.

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Beirut signs deal to send 300 Syrian prisoners home

Lebanon and Syria sign an agreement to transfer more than 300 Syrian prisoners from Lebanese jails to serve their sentences in Syria.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

06 February, 2026

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Russia strikes Kyiv as hundreds more POWs exchanged with Ukraine

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

24 May, 2025

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Palestinian Prisoners Day

On Palestinian Prisoner Day we must recognise past victories

Wael El Gaube

17 April, 2025

People walk past a mural created by artist Isaac Campbell in Georgetown that features US women's basketball star Brittney Griner and other Americans detained abroad as part of the Bring Our Families Home Campaign in Washington, DC on December 8, 2022

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Dual national prisoners head home in Abu Dhabi US-Russia swap

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

10 April, 2025

Masked Palestinian militants stand next to one of the coffins on stage, with an altered portrait of Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu in the background, before handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.

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Israel reviewing reports Hamas gave Red Cross hostage remains

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

22 February, 2025

183 Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel on Saturday but many were rushed to hospital due to the abuse and neglect they suffered [Getty]

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Gaza govt slams ‘double standards’ over released captives

The New Arab Staff

09 February, 2025

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Gaza ceasefire deal

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Hamas sends defiant message to Netanyahu during captive exchange

The New Arab Staff

08 February, 2025

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Israel to withdraw from central Gaza following prisoner exchange

The New Arab Staff

08 February, 2025

Senior Hamas official Zaher Jabarin, the chairman of the group's consultative council Mohammed Ismail Darwish, known as Abu Omar Hassan, and the Palestinian movement's senior official Khaled Mashaal

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Hamas says ceasefire disputes with Israel resolved

The New Arab Staff

18 January, 2025

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Zelenskyy 'ready' to exchange N. Korean soldiers for Ukrainians

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

13 January, 2025

Iran

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Iran prisoner says Sweden left him behind after exchange deal

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

19 June, 2024

Iran

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Iran, Sweden free prisoners in Oman-mediated swap

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

15 June, 2024

Russia-Ukraine war

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Russia and Ukraine exchange POWs after UAE mediation

The New Arab Staff

04 January, 2024

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Israel rejects Gaza prisoner exchange deal proposed by Hamas

The New Arab Staff

02 January, 2024

Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons are hostages, too

Basil Farraj

15 December, 2023

A truce between Hamas and Israel has held for seven days [Getty]

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Hamas open to truce extension as US urges Gaza 'safe' zones

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

01 December, 2023

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Israel 'using own Arab citizens as trading chips with Hamas'

The New Arab Staff

30 November, 2023