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  • Yemeni radio station helps youth express opinion, engage on difficult issues

    Members of FM Shabab record a show in front of a studio audience. [Photo courtesy of FM Shabab]

    April 20, 2013

    FM Shabab 88.8 seeks to provide a neutral and objective space where Yemeni youth can discuss topi...

  • Yemen bans recruitment of children into security forces

    A young Yemeni soldier sits behind sandbags at a post near Change Square in Sanaa. [Marwan Naamani/AFP]

    November 30, 2012

    Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi urged all tribal and provincial parties and militias to a...

  • Seeking solutions to poverty among Egyptian youth

    Residents walk through an impoverished area of Egypt. [Waleed Abu al-Khair/Al-Shorfa]

    September 21, 2012

    Egyptian researchers and academics said solutions to poverty among young people include promoting...

  • Bahrain approves law on children's rights

    Twins pose while taking shelter from the sun as they join thousands of protesters gathering in the Pearl Square in 2011. [Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters]

    August 13, 2012

    Bahrain's new legislation protecting children addresses healthcare, nutrition, education and prev...

  • Yemen summer camps seek to empower youth against extremism

    Boys attend a class at a school in southern Yemen. [Khaled Abdullah Ali al-Mahdi/Reuters]

    July 24, 2012

    Over 200 summer camps and youth centres aim to counteract the threat of terrorism among the youth...

  • Bahrain launches national reconciliation foundation

    Suhail Ghazi al-Qusaibi announces the launch of a new foundation that seeks to promote tolerance. [Mohammed al-Jayousi/Al-Shorfa]

    July 02, 2012

    A new foundation promises to promote dialogue and discourage young Bahrainis from being drawn to ...

  • Bahraini camp promotes social responsibility in the Arab world

    Participants at a volunteer camp in Bahrain practice administering first aid. [Mohammed al-Jayousi/Al-Shorfa]

    May 09, 2012

    Organisers of a volunteer camp sought to encourage young Arabs to become active in charity work.

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A torn poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad hangs in the northern Syrian city of al-Raqa on March 5th following days of fierce fighting. [Mohammad al-Hussein/AFP]

Jabhat al-Nusra's rise in Syria: testimonies from inside

Residents of Syria's al-Raqa and Tal Abyad describe difficulties and tensions in the area since Jabhat al-Nusra moved in.

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  • Violence renews across Syria, day after 140 deaths

    A day after at least 140 people were killed across Syria, including 58 civilians, violence continued afresh, the Syrian Observatory for Human Right...

  • Iraq violence kills at least 7

    Violence in Iraq on Saturday (May 18th) killed at least seven people, a day after at least 51 people were killed across the country, police and med...

  • Iraq launches programme to rehabilitate al-Qaeda inmates

    The Iraqi Justice Ministry on Saturday (May 18th) launched a special programme to rehabilitate al-Qaeda inmates before their release from prison....

  • Rocket attack kills 3 Iraqi soldiers

    Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and four others were wounded -- one seriously -- on Saturday (May 18th) in a rocket attack in southern Mosul, Iraq...

  • Yemen halts national dialogue to condemn youth killings

    The presidency of Yemen's national dialogue conference on Saturday (May 18th) suspended the sessions of the conference's working groups for one day...

  • Three bombs dismantled in Baghdad

    Iraqi police have disabled three cars rigged with bombs in different areas across Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Saturday (May 18th)....

  • Iraqi police arrest 6 wanted men

    Iraqi security forces have arrested six wanted men, two of whom are suspected of involvement in attacks on a football stadium in 2009 that killed n...

  • Kuwaiti charity aids 1,000 Syrian families in Lebanon

    Kuwait's Al-Rahma Charity is providing urgent humanitarian aid to hundreds of displaced Syrian families in Lebanon in a bid to alleviate their suff...

  • Media freedom conference kicks off in Jordan

    The second annual "Forum for Media Freedom Defenders in the Arab World" kicked off Saturday (May 18th) in Amman....

  • Saudi woman climbs Everest, making history

    Saudi Raha Moharrak, 25, has reached the summit of Everest, the BBC reported Saturday (May 18th)....

  • UN: Over 1.5 million have fled Syria

    More than 1.5 million Syrians have fled their homeland, the UN Refugee Agency said Friday (May 17th)....

  • Iraq explosions claim 51 lives

    A series of explosions killed and injured dozens of people across Iraq on Friday (May 17th), Iraqi officials said....

  • Yemeni security forces foil Marib oil pipeline attack

    Yemeni security forces have thwarted an attack on a main oil pipeline in Marib province and identified two of those involved in the attempt, the Ye...

  • Egypt police shut Rafah crossing to protest abductions

    Egyptian police closed the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Friday (May 17th) in protest at the kidnapping of colleagues in the Sinai peninsula, ...

  • Iraqi clerics urge citizens to give zakat with care

    A number of mosque preachers on Friday (May 17th) urged citizens across Iraq to make sure their zakat payments reach those who really deserve them ...

  • Iraqi police thwart suicide attack in Ninawa

    The Iraqi police said Friday (May 17th) it foiled an attack targeting a market that sells birds in Ninawa province....

IRAQ NEWS MAWTANI

  • An Iraqi man pulls a cart up a hill through Baghdad traffic. [Karim Sahib/AFP]

    Smart traffic project aims to ease Baghdad jams

  • Iraqi students of all levels are preparing for their final exams. [Saif Ahmed/Mawtani]

    Students and officials prepare for final exams in Anbar

  • Iraqi security forces learned about this weapons cache from members of an 'Islamic State of Iraq' cell. [Saif Ahmed/Mawtani]

    Iraqi forces capture 'Islamic State of Iraq' cell in Anbar

  • The dome of Imam al-Hadi shrine in Samarra was badly damaged in 2006 in an attack led by an al-Qaeda affiliate, according to Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the national security advisor at the time. [Dia Hamid/AFP]

    Iraqi officials: Extremist groups seek to fuel sectarian conflict in Syria

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