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Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri
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Lebanon, Syria to soon reach agreement on detainees: Deputy PM

'Positive' meetings were held in Beirut on Tuesday between Syrian and Lebanese officials, centred on resolving the fate of Syrian detainees in Lebanese prisons

Mohamad Karkas
Rita El Jammal
15 October, 2025
T Hoxha
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Dr Asim Qureshi

Asim Qureshi

01 September, 2025
The release comes as the Syrian government faces growing pressure to deliver justice for the Latakia killings
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria frees 300 prisoners for Eid, including ex-Assad officers

The New Arab Staff
09 June, 2025
Dozens of Syrians take part in a protest in front of the Lebanese Embassy in Damascus on April 25, 2025, demanding the release of Syrian detainees held in Lebanon's Roumieh Prison. (Photo by Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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MENA
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Syrian protesters call on Lebanon to release detainees

The New Arab Staff
26 April, 2025
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Islamophobia
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UK: Muslim inmates more likely to be faced with violence in jail

The New Arab Staff
17 April, 2025
A Group Of Syrian Women Organized A Sit-in In Front Of The Presidential Palace In Damascus, demanding the new government press the Lebanese government to release Syrian detainees, on December 30, 2024.(Photo by Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon preparing to repatriate hundreds of Syrian inmates

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 March, 2025
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United States
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Using prisoners to put out LA wildfires is a case for abolition

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Black Lives Matter UK

29 January, 2025
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Crisis in Iraqi prisons: overcrowding and widespread abuses

Dana Taib Menmy
01 January, 2025
Syrians search for their relatives with posters in Damascus
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Over 112,000 forcibly disappeared by Assad regime likely dead

The New Arab Staff
28 December, 2024
Posters have covered public buildings and monuments in Damascus, including the Marjeh Square monument [Getty]
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Photos of missing Syrians cover Damascus in tragic plea for info

The New Arab Staff
21 December, 2024
Travelers walk with their luggage to the departures hall of the Al-Masnaa eastern Lebanese border crossing with Syria on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Hassan JARRAH / AFP) (Photo by HASSAN JARRAH/AFP via Getty Images)
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanese released from Assad jail after 33 years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 December, 2024
Prisoners from Gaza recently released by Israel have appeared shocked, emaciated, and brutalised [Getty]
Israel
MENA
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Israel gives 'starvation' level of food to Palestinian prisoners

The New Arab Staff
27 June, 2024
France
World
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Iran accuses France of 'interfering' over detained nationals

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 May, 2024
Palestine
MENA
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Israel detains 142 Palestinian women and girls from Gaza

The New Arab Staff
11 December, 2023
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MENA
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Palestinian girl due to be released in swap returned to jail

The New Arab Staff
27 November, 2023
Dozens of Israelis began a 5-day march from Tel Aviv that will culminate in a rally outside the Israeli PM office in West Jerusalem, to demand the Israeli gov't to agree to a prisoner swap deal.
Gaza War
MENA
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Israeli protesters increase pressure for prisoner swap deal

Ibrahim Husseini
15 November, 2023
Bahraini Shia women protest
Bahrain
MENA
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Bahrain sentences 13 'political prisoners' for protest

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 September, 2023
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World
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Escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife arrested in London

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 September, 2023
Iran
MENA
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Sweden urges Iran to free national held for over 500 days

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 September, 2023
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Bahrain
MENA
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HRW calls for 'urgent steps' amid Bahrain jail hunger strike

The New Arab Staff
02 September, 2023
Bahrain
MENA
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'At least 500' prisoners on hunger strike in Bahrain

The New Arab Staff
18 August, 2023