Middle East

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• Syrie : Toujours près de 7.000 enfants « piégés » dans les camps du nord-est, dont une centaine de Français
  22 décembre 2022, par siawi3

  L’ONG Save the Children appelle à ce que « davantage soit fait pour leur rapatriement »

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  22 août 2020, par siawi3
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  9 décembre 2020, par siawi3
• Saudi Arabia allows adult women to live independently without male guardian approval
  14 June 2021, by siawi3

  The decision had come after high-profile attempts by women to escape their guardians despite a string of reforms. “A passport will be granted to any Saudi national who submits an application,” said a government ruling published in the official gazette Umm al-Qura. �Families can no longer file lawsuits against their daughters who choose to live alone.�

• Turkey’s Erdogan converts another former church into mosque
  22 August 2020, by siawi3

  The decision to transform the Kariye Museum into a mosque came just a month after a similarly controversial conversion for the Unesco World Heritage-recognised Hagia Sophia. Both changes reflect Erdogan’s apparent efforts to galvanise his more conservative and nationalist supporters at a time when Turkey is suffering a new spell of inflation and economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus.

• ‘Striking from the Margins’ Avoids Trying to ‘Fix’ West Asia—or What Is Known As the ‘Middle East’
  13 January 2022, by siawi3

  Several competing entities influence the economic, social and political infrastructure of West Asia. The most important are the countries in the region, specifically those that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council, as well as non-member countries like the United States, who have a vested interest in the maintenance and development of certain programs and countries in the region. The value of Striking from the Margins is its subtle refusal to put forth a heavy-handed, neoliberal proposal on how to “reform” West Asia. Instead, it offers proper context for readers to take a step back, thoughtfully assess the situation and envision new ways to embark on such a difficult development process.

• Freed activist Ramy Shaath: ’Egypt is becoming a republic of fear’
  2 February 2022, by siawi3

  Activist Ramy Shaath spent over 900 days in an Egyptian prison, accused of terrorism but never charged. Now freed, he says people in his country are “afraid to talk”.

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  26 décembre 2019, par siawi3
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  28 janvier 2020, par siawi3
• Liban : Le Hezbollah intervient dans les manifestations
  26 octobre 2019, par siawi3

  Au Liban, des partisans du Hezbollah sont descendus dans la rue pour se démarquer du mouvement populaire de contestation. Ils chassent des manifestants d’une route et brûlent leurs tentes.

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