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Syrians detained in Israeli prisons and families search for answers
Palestinian Prisoners Day
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144 Palestinian Prisoners' Day events held across 19 countries

A global campaign marks Palestinian Prisoners Day with 144 events held across 19 countries worldwide in coordinated international solidarity actions.

Katia Youssef
17 April, 2026
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Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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Red Cross calls consecutive Lebanon strikes 'gravely concerning'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 April, 2026
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Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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Red Cross 'outraged' by 'death and destruction' in Lebanon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 April, 2026
Mourners attend the funeral of Youssef Assaf, a Lebanese Red Cross volunteer killed during a rescue mission in southern Lebanon, in Tyre on 11 March 2026. [Getty]
Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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Lebanon buries first Red Cross paramedic killed by Israel

Rita El Jammal
11 March, 2026
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Gaza War
MENA
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Israel receives body of one of final four Gaza captives

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 November, 2025
People gather around vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, on October 26, 2025.
Israel
MENA
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Israel bans Red Cross visits to detained Palestinians

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 October, 2025
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric gestures during an interview with AFP in Geneva
Gaza City
MENA
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Red Cross head says mass evacuation of Gaza City 'impossible'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 August, 2025
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Suweida
MENA
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First Syrian Red Cross aid convoy enters Druze-majority Suweida

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 July, 2025
Islam Qala crossing on July 4, 2025.
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World
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A million more Afghans could be sent back from Iran: Red Cross

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 July, 2025
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Sudan civil war
MENA
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Red Cross concerned by drone attacks on infrastructure in Sudan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 April, 2025
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Gaza War
MENA
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Red Cross urges unhindered aid access to flood-hit Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 January, 2025
Gaza War
MENA
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Red Cross Rafah hospital almost full after Gaza mass casualties

The New Arab Staff
18 July, 2024
Sudan war
MENA
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Aid workers 'cannot access' areas of war-hit Sudan: Red Cross

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 July, 2024
Gaza War
MENA
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Red Cross says 22 killed in shelling near Gaza office

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 June, 2024
Palestinian prisoners / Qassam Muaddi
Palestine
MENA
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ICRC accused of 'inaction' on Palestinian prisoners

Qassam Muaddi
13 February, 2024
Gaza War
MENA
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Red Cross chief calls for political solution on Gaza visit

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 December, 2023
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Yemen
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Amat Alsalam Al-Hajj: Fighting to free Yemen's abductees

Rose Chacko

Rose Chacko

27 October, 2023
Sudan
MENA
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Red Cross warns of refugee disaster on Sudan-Chad border

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 May, 2023
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
MENA
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WHO, Red Cross seek aid access amid Sudan fighting

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 April, 2023
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Health
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Syria's water system at risk of collapse after quake

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 March, 2023
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MENA
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Syria 'prone to disease outbreak' after quake: Red Cross

The New Arab Staff
17 February, 2023