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News coverage is essential in times of armed conflict and journalists should not be targeted, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF) following Turkey’s airstrikes on Syrian Kurdistan on 20 November, which killed news agency reporter Issam Abdallah in Al-Malikiyah (Derik) and injured TV reporter Mohammad Al Jarada in Kobani.

The host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup portrays itself as an open nation where media may work "freely without interference." But DW's fact check shows that this is not the case.

Well-known local reporter Atef Al Saidi was fatally shot by a sniper while covering clashes with militants linked to Islamic State in the city of Daraa, in southern Syria. He is the second journalist to be killed in the course of their work this year in Syria.

AL-MUKALLA: A Yemeni woman has attempted suicide inside a Houthi-held jail in Sanaa after being exposed to “severe” physical and psychological maltreatment by her captors, a Yemeni human rights activist told Arab News on Sunday, an incident that has once again brought attention to the inhumane conditions in Houthi detention facilities.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Younis Abdel Salam, a journalist who disappeared in August 2021 in Sanaa, in the northern part of Yemen that is controlled by Houthi rebels. The Houthi intelligence services now acknowledge holding him.

3 Min Read BEIRUT (Reuters) - The World Bank threatened on Tuesday to suspend its multi-million dollar financing for Lebanon’s COVID-19 vaccinations over politicians jumping the line. FILE PHOTO: A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund - World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo Local media and officials said some lawmakers got shots in parliament on Tuesday while other Lebanese in the p...

The World Bank threatened on Tuesday to suspend its multi-million dollar financing for Lebanon's COVID-19 vaccinations over politicians jumping the line.

The World Bank threatened on Tuesday to suspend its multi-million dollar financing for Lebanon's COVID-19 vaccinations over politicians jumping the line.

The massive, 48-meter-high silos absorbed much of the explosions impact, effectively shielding the western part of the city from the blast that completely destroyed thousands of buildings

Beirut silos at heart of debate about remembering port blast by Sarah El Deeb, The Associated Press Posted Dec 10, 2020 1:26 am EDT Last Updated Dec 10, 2020 at 1:42 am EDT Rubble, spilled grains remain around towering silos gutted in the massive August explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. A heated debate is underway in Lebanon over the fate of the towering silos with some arguing the gutted silos could collaps...