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News Articles: Middle East

Mashael al-Shuwaihan, who sits on the board of Kuwait's Women's Cultural Society, speaks during an interview, at a protest outside Kuwait's National Assembly in Kuwait City on Feb. 7, 2022. Her placard reads: "Freedom and equality for women are constitutional pillars."

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  • Middle East

As Kuwait cracks down, a battle erupts over women's rights

Conservative politicians are increasingly pushing back against a burgeoning feminist movement and what they see as an unraveling of the country's traditional values.

February 21, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Hussein Raad, a 22-year-old college student, gets his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at Zayoona Mall in Baghdad.

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  • Global Health

Iraq has enough doses of COVID vaccine for everyone. But many Iraqis don't trust it

The vaccination rate is only 17%. People are scared and skeptical for many reasons. Now government health workers are trying to up the numbers. One strategy: vaccination booths in the mall.

February 17, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
In this image provided by the White House, President Biden and Vice President Harris and members of the president's national security team observe from the White House Situation Room on Wednesday the counterterrorism operation responsible for removing from the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of the Islamic State group.

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  • Middle East

Biden says ISIS leader is dead after U.S. operation

A senior administration official said that during the raid, Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi "detonated a blast ... killing himself and several others, including his wife and children."

February 03, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Granitz and
  • Brian Naylor
People check a destroyed house after a U.S. military operation in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, on Thursday. U.S. special forces carried out what the Pentagon said was a successful, large-scale counterterrorism raid. Local residents and activists said civilians were also among the dead.

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  • World

What is known about the ISIS leader who died during a U.S. raid in Syria

The leader of the Islamic State group who died during a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria was largely a mystery, with almost no known photos, never appearing in public or in the group's videos.

February 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A screenshot of the trailer for the new Netflix film, Perfect Stangers.

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  • Movies

How a new Netflix film exposed a simmering tension in Egyptian society

Netflix's first ever Arabic language film, Perfect Strangers, sparked controversy in Egypt. In doing so, it highlighted a tug of war happening inside the country.

February 03, 2022
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By:
  • Michael Levitt,
  • Ari Shapiro,
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Amnesty International has labeled Israel an apartheid state over its policies toward Palestinians. The Israeli government rejects the accusation. Here, Agnes Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International, speaks during a news conference as activist Orly Noy (right) looks on in Jerusalem.

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  • Middle East

Israel is an apartheid state, Amnesty International says

"The Israeli government is committing the crime against humanity of apartheid against Palestinians," the rights group said. Israel's foreign ministry says the new Amnesty report is anti-Semitic.

February 01, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Chinese lecturer Zhiwei Hu speaks to students in the Chinese language department at Salahaddin University in Irbil, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2021.

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  • Middle East

Iraqi Kurds are learning Mandarin to take advantage of jobs from Chinese companies

Dozens of contracts signed in recent years ensure China's growing footprint, even as major Western companies, including the U.S., plot their exit.

January 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccine clinic bus at the Grand Bazaar of Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.

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  • Middle East

Iran is undergoing a mass vaccination campaign as omicron looms

Iran has found a rare, if fleeting, respite from the anxiety and trauma of the pandemic.

January 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A Yemeni fighter backed by the Saudi-led coalition fires his weapon during clashes with Houthi rebels on the Kassara frontline near Marib, Yemen, Sunday, June 20, 2021.

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  • Middle East

Yemen's Houthis have launched two attacks against the U.A.E. — here's why

The attacks underscore how Yemen's civil war, which has ground on for over seven years, can flare into a regional danger.

January 25, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Special Representative for Afghanistan Nigel Casey, right, shakes hands with Taliban representative Amir Khan Muttaqi, center, ahead of a meeting in Oslo, Norway, Monday.

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  • Middle East

Afghanistan's Taliban have started their first talks in Europe since takeover

Taliban representatives will be certain to press their demand that nearly $10 billion frozen by the United States be released as Afghanistan faces a precarious humanitarian situation.

January 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
This satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows the aftermath of an attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels on an Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. fuel depot in the Mussafah neighborhood of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.

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  • Middle East

UAE says it has intercepted 2 missiles from Yemen's Houthis

The missile fire further escalates tensions across the Persian Gulf, which previously had seen a series of assaults near Emirati soil.

January 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A man inspects the wreckage of a building after it was damaged in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.

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  • Middle East

Yemen has lost internet after Saudi-led airstrikes

NetBlocks said the disruption began around 1 a.m. local and affected TeleYemen, the state-owned monopoly that controls internet access in the country.

January 21, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Israeli police have used spyware from controversial Israeli company NSO Group to hack the cell phones of Israeli citizens without judicial oversight, according to an Israeli newspaper.

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  • Middle East

Israeli police used spyware to hack its own citizens, an Israeli newspaper reports

According to a report in Israeli media, Israel has hacked activists, mayors and other Israeli citizens without judicial oversight using spyware from the controversial NSO Group.

January 18, 2022
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
In this satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC, smoke rises over an Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. fuel depot in the Mussafah neighborhood of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

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  • Middle East

Photos show the aftermath of the fatal Abu Dhabi attack

The images by Planet Labs PBC show smoke rising over an Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. fuel depot in the Mussafah neighborhood of Abu Dhabi on Monday.

January 18, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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  • National Security

Watchdog warned months before U.S. pullout Afghanistan's air force would collapse

American authorities had been alerted that Afghanistan's air force did not have the capabilities to survive after a U.S. withdrawal.

January 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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