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Conflict and Peace: Middle East

Israel: 'Connecting Daughters' at the Oasis of Peace

In March 2013, a multi-cultural group of women journeyed from the south of Jordan into Palestine and Israel, being hosted along the way by women working for…

The 9,000 unsung heroes working on both sides of Syria's front line

There are not many unsung heroes in the Syrian war, but Khaled Erksoussi and his 9,000 Red Crescent volunteers have got to be among them, says Robert Fisk

Iraqi Football: Re-Establishing Sport, Rebuilding Pride and Denouncing Denominationalism

There is a lot of emphasis on training youth in Iraq and providing them with tools to help their battered country... There have been football training…

Jo Berry & Ex-IRA Bomber Inspire Peace Activists in Palestine

Jo told us about the inner power one must have to be able to listen to the enemy’s story... Although he has met with Jo for over 12 years now, Pat still feels…

Libya’s displaced Tawergha threaten unilateral return

Two years on from the start of the Libyan revolution, one major humanitarian issue awaits resolution: the internal displacement of around 60,000 Libyans…

1325 - Israel's Inspirational Women Making Peace

Irit Hakim reports from 1325 Women Making Peace Meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel: The concept of the meeting, as Shlomit Lir put it, was that we can use the social…

Cairo rape video highlights plight of women protesters

Egyptian activists have released shocking footage purporting to show the gang rape of a woman in Tahrir Square. There were a spate of attacks on female…

Syrian refugee women exploited in Egypt

Lina Al Tiby, a Syrian activist living in Cairo, runs a support network for Syrian women refugees; helps them adapt to life in Egypt; and tries to persuade…

Fleeing Syria - The Refugee Children of Shatila, Beirut

With the flood of Palestinian refugees fleeing the brutal civil war in Syria, the people of Shatila are struggling to accommodate dozens of families...…

Syria: Women playing greater role in refugee camps

Fatima Tirmanini and Malika Moussa are two female candidates hoping to get elected to the administrative council that will look after the refugees. The…

Israel Election: When peace isn't part of the equation

It is just hours before Shabbat - the holy Jewish day of rest that begins a few minutes before sunset each Friday - and Ruchie Avital and her husband Yishay…

Winter storm brings devastation to Syria and neighbours

The worst winter storm in two decades has hit the eastern Mediterranean this week, bringing destruction and death to Syria and its neighbours who are already…

Hidden tragedy - Five Syrian refugee children killed in tent fire

Five Syrian children, aged between 1 and 6, died at a hospital in Turkey where they had been taken for treatment after a fire broke out in their tent near the…

The plight of Syria's child refugees in Jordan

Selling packets of crisps under the sun between wind-blown tents at Za’atari refugee camp in northern Jordan, Samir recalls the days he was able to attend…

Aid Worker Diaries: 'Schizophrenic life' in Syria

In Syria, life can be schizophrenic at times. I was travelling with colleagues outside Damascus one day. We were riding in office vehicles, and on one side of…

Fear grips civilians as war moves closer to Syrian capital

As Syrian rebel fighters edge closer towards central Damascus, displaced families who first flocked to the capital to escape the civil war elsewhere fear they…

Why the war has taken its toll on Iraqi women

Continuing sectarian violence and a struggling economy in Iraq have put extra pressure on women – with 400,000 widows in Baghdad alone and 24% of women…

OXFAM: Lift the blockade on Gaza for good

A ceasefire has been called - families in Israel and Gaza are safer. Relaxation of the crippling blockade, which has trapped people in poverty for so long, is…

Damascus bridal protest ends in prison

A ‘wedding of freedom’ in the Syrian capital Damascus last week ended with the four ‘brides’ being hustled off by security forces. The current whereabouts of…

A message to Israel's leaders: Don't defend me – not like this

As she listens to the rockets mortar bombs raining in her yard, a resident of Kibbutz Kfar Aza asks the government to rethink its operation on the Gaza Strip