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Black flags over Idlib: The jihadi power grab in northwestern Syria

9 August 2017

Syria’s largest opposition-held region is now in extremist hands. It could get worse still.

Investigations

Occupied labour: The treadmill of Palestinian work in Israel
2 August 2017
Palestinians are forced to work in Israel to get a better pay cheque – but at what cost?
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Unwelcome stranger: An African asylum seeker in Israel
31 July 2017
Watch the story of Anwar, a Sudanese anti-government activist who fled Darfur and sought safe haven in Israel

The Iraqi siege you’ve never heard of
25 July 2017 Feature
Martinets, migrants, and militants: The drawn-out saga of Libya and the ICC
24 July 2017 Analysis
Aid credibility at stake as donors haggle over reporting rules
21 July 2017 Investigations

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Mobile magistrates are Iraq's new frontline fighters
18 July 2017
In Khalid al-Shimari, Iraq has a one-man army. But he’s not fighting IS, he’s tackling bureaucracy
News

Cholera vaccine plan for Yemen scrapped
12 July 2017
Yemen’s cholera outbreak may have spread too far and too fast for vaccines to make a dent
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Starving civilians and suicide bombings: The terrible truth of liberating Mosul
6 July 2017
The battle for Mosul approaches a horrifying end
Opinion

EU needs to offer work visas to migrants
28 June 2017
Could a European “coalition of the willing” offering migrants legal channels be closer than it seems?
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Saddam-era basement bunkers: A ‘double-edged sword’ for Mosul civilians
28 June 2017
As the battle for Mosul draws to a bloody conclusion, basements can be both saviours and killers
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How the Lebanese school system is segregating refugees
27 June 2017
So-called ”second shift” education is supposed to give Syrian refugees in Lebanon a better start, but is it sowing division?

Aleppo militias become major test for Assad
22 June 2017 Analysis
Disturbing civilian death trends in Iraq-Syria air war: A researcher’s view
20 June 2017 Opinion
EXCLUSIVE: Largest ever stock of cholera vaccine headed for Yemen
20 June 2017 News
Cholera can kill quickly. In Yemen, it’s taking one life an hour
12 June 2017 Feature
The battle for Raqqa begins
6 June 2017 Analysis
Turkey expels Syrians working for Danish NGO
2 June 2017 News

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