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Vendors sell vegetables after heavy floods in the Hays region of Yemen's Hodeidah province. AFP

What is left after decade of conflict in Yemen?

Civil war has created one of world’s worst humanitarian crises

Israa Abu Mustafa teaches students inside a tent set up on the rubble of her house in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters

What is the future of Gaza’s children living without education?

Pupils are about to miss a second year of school because of the war

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to members of the press at David Kempinski Hotel in Tel Aviv on August 19, 2024. Blinken on August 19 urged Israel and Hamas not to derail negotiations that he said may be a "last opportunity" to secure a Gaza truce and hostage release deal. AFP.

What stands in the way of a Gaza ceasefire agreement?

As tensions simmer across the region, negotiations to end the war lose momentum

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensives, walk past sewage flowing into the streets of Khan Younis. Health authorities and aid agencies are attempting to avert an outbreak of polio in the enclave. AP

The challenges in containing a looming polio outbreak in Gaza

The virus has re-emerged 25 years after being eradicated in Palestine

Palestinian detainees held at a detention centre at Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. Photo: Breaking The Silence via AP

How Israeli prisons became 'a network of torture camps'

Palestinian detainees describe frequent beatings, forced starvation and humiliation during incarceration

French support at the Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris. AFP

France’s racial gap between the Olympics and reality

'We can’t breathe': How racism is pressuring Muslims and ethnic minorities to leave France

In Beirut, a street seller pushes his food cart past a billboard depicting Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Gen Qassem Suleimani, who served in the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr, all significant figures for the Axis of Resistance now deceased. Getty Images

The weight of Israel and Hezbollah’s warfare on life in Lebanon

How are rising tensions impacting people politically and economically?

People gather around a truck carrying the coffins of Hamas late political leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard, during a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, 01 August 2024. EPA.

What happens next after the Hamas and Hezbollah assassinations?

From stymied Gaza ceasefire talks to Iranian retaliation, the repercussions could be huge

A Houthi police car drives past fire and smoke following Israeli air strikes in Hodeidah, Yemen, on July 20. EPA

Israel's first attack on Yemen – what happens next?

The strike marked a major escalation between Israel and the Houthi rebels

Internally displaced Palestinians leave with their belongings following an evacuation order issued by the Israeli army, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 02 July 2024. EPA.

How Gazans are coping with constant uprooting

What does international humanitarian law say about the continuous cycle of displacement?

Protestors stand near a damaged car at a Turkish Military base check point during a protest against Turkey, in Atarib city, near Aleppo, Syria, 01 July 2024. Multiple protests in Turkey's controlled area in Northern Syria were held by Syrian protestors following riots between Syrian refugees and Turkish protestors in Kayseri city. Following claims of a child being sexually assaulted, violent protests targeted the Kayseri refugee community in Turkey. Numerous people have been placed under arrest in the wake of the incidents. Counterprotests in the areas of northern Syria under Turkish authority were sparked by the events. The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that 'it was wrong to use the sad events that took place in Kayseri after the crime, for which a judicial process was carried out against the suspect, as a material for provocations beyond the borders of Turkey'. EPA / BILAL AL HAMMOUD

What do Turkey’s warming relations with Syria mean for refugees?

Brewing anger in Turkey and political pressure spell uncertainty for Syrians

An Iraqi street vendor sells cold water on a sweltering hot day in central Baghdad. EPA

Beyond the Headlines: How extreme heatwaves are impacting daily lives

Correspondents in Cairo, Baghdad and Beirut talk about how living conditions have changed this summer

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People receive chemotherapy for cancer, provided free of charge at hospital run by the Syrian American Medical Society Foundation, in Idlib, Syria. EPA

Cancer patients fleeing war zones deprived of crucial support

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