August 2020

Patrick Cockburn’s section summaries help a poorly edited book of reprinted articles Turkish and Russian armoured vehicles on joint patrol of the M4 Motorway on the western outskirts of the city of Saraqib in the Idlib…

The Middle East “will never forget and will never forgive this hypocritical behavior” by the UAE, Turkey said Former State Department official David Tafuri, American-Israel communications strategist Joel Rosenberg,…

With the UAE becoming the third country to enter into a peace agreement with Israel, MEE looks at some of the past successes and failures in negotiations Israeli Premier Menachim Begin, right, and Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat…

A young child is carried by an official as migrants, believed to have been picked up from boats in the Channel, are processed by Border Patrol officers in the port of Dover, on the south-east coast of England on August 9, 2020…

UNICEF/Souliman A five-year-old child carries an empty jerrycan in the Al Hol camp in northeastern Syria. The camp houses nearly 40,000 children from more than 60 countries. The UN…

Eight children under five died in Al Hol camp within five days, as health and nutrition services have rapidly declined. The spike in under-five mortality was recorded between 6 – 10 August, and is more than three times higher than the…

The top U.S. general overseeing military efforts across the Middle East said Wednesday that he worries a massive refugee camp in northern Syria holding families of former Islamic State fighters could be a breeding ground for future…

A young child walks barefoot at al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria, July 22, 2019. Photo: AFP Eight children under five years of age have died within days in a northeastern Syria camp hosting thousands of relatives of…

The controversial American journalist who sued the US government for putting him on a “kill list” in war-torn Syria, was arrested yesterday by a Sunni Islamist militant group in rebel-held Syria, sparking outrage both in the Middle East and…

Tice was detained at checkpoint near Damascus in August 2012 while covering Syrian conflict In 2018, US authorities announced $1m reward for information leading to Tice's recovery (AFP/File photo) US President Donald…