Red Crescent

Suweida requires a major increase in humanitarian aid
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria restricts authority of humanitarian organisations

Under the decision, any memoranda of understanding or agreements with international organisations now require prior approval from the Syrian foreign ministry.

Noor Malhem
02 April, 2026
Minibuses carrying Palestinians wishing to return to the Gaza Strip line up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing
Gaza War
MENA
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Limited passage resumes at Gaza-Egypt border crossing

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 March, 2026
Paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) hold placards during a protest to denounce the death of their colleagues in Israel's ongoing war on Gaza
Occupied West Bank
MENA
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Palestinian child killed after stepping on mine in West Bank

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 February, 2026
Palestinians who lose their relatives mourn during the funeral of four people, including children, who lost their lives in Israeli artillery attacks despite the ceasefire
Gaza War
MENA
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Wave of Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 21 amid West Bank raids

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 February, 2026
The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, follows a three-hour phone call between Rajab and dispatch callers with the Palestine Red Crescent Society
Hind Rajab
World
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Gaza film 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' nominated for BAFTA award

The New Arab Staff
27 January, 2026
migrants
MENA
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23 migrants missing, two dead off Tunisia coast

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 June, 2021
Vaccination [GETTY]
World Health Organisation
MENA
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Qatar Red Crescent to launch $100 million vaccination project

The New Arab Staff
12 April, 2021
Red Crescent
Syria
MENA
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Red Crescent worker killed in Syria attack

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 September, 2020
Yemen aid - Getty
Yemen war
MENA
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Two aid workers kidnapped, killed in Yemen

The New Arab & agencies
21 March, 2020
Tunisia migrant boat - Getty
Tunisia
MENA
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Dozens more bodies found after Tunisia migrant boat sinks

The New Arab & agencies
12 July, 2019
Tunisia migrant shipwreck - Getty
Tunisia
MENA
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Bodies of pregnant migrant, toddler found off Tunisia coast

The New Arab & agencies
08 July, 2019
Zarzis - GETTY
Tunisia
MENA
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Migrants stranded off Tunisia agree to return home: NGO

The New Arab & agencies
19 June, 2019
Refugees Boat
Tunisia
MENA
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Tugboat carrying 75 refugees stranded for 10 days

The New Arab & agencies
09 June, 2019
Refugees Boat
Tunisia
MENA
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60 migrants drown off Tunisia: Red Crescent

The New Arab
11 May, 2019
Rukban aid - Getty
Syrian war
MENA
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Aid reaches isolated Syrian refugee camp after 3 months

The New Arab & agencies
06 February, 2019
Migrants Tunisia
UNHCR
Society
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Tunisia struggles to host refugees saved at sea

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab & agencies

15 September, 2018
yemen aid [getty]
Yemen
MENA
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Qatar donates $1m to war-ravaged Yemen

The New Arab
29 May, 2018
Abdullah Alkhamesi
Yemen
MENA
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Yemen Red Crescent founder dies after being denied treatment

The New Arab
02 September, 2017
West Bank clashes [Getty]
Red Crescent
MENA
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More than 900 Palestinians wounded in al-Aqsa clashes

The New Arab
24 July, 2017
Israel soldiers Ramallah West Bank
Red Crescent
MENA
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Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces

The New Arab & agencies
26 January, 2017
train crash
Red Crescent
MENA
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Iran train-collision kills dozens, rescue underway in subzero temperatures

The New Arab
25 November, 2016