Middle East

Tam Hussein discovers that, whatever Lakhdar Brahimi says, the battle raging is far from an equal one.

Filed in: Conflict Syria

Tam Hussein meets Ahmed, a young man with a clear calling and an uncertain future.

Filed in: Conflict Religion Syria

Saleyha Ahsan on the grassroots NGOs providing humanitarian care in Syria, despite lack of support from major development agencies.

Filed in: Conflict Development Development (Aid) NGOs Refugees Syria United Kingdom

Nick Harvey from Doctors of the World writes of the daily fear and violence faced by people caught up in the conflict.

Filed in: Conflict Syria Violence

Noreen Sadik fears that time is running out for Ayman Sharawana and Samer Issawi, refusing food in Israeli prisons.

Filed in: Human Rights Israel Palestine Prisons

Noreen Sadik meets the only injured person taken from Gaza to Israel for treatment in November – a nine-year-old girl.

Filed in: Children Conflict Israel Palestine Violence War and Peace

They may be losing popularity in Gaza, but Hamas are a force to be reckoned with – even by Israel. Louisa Waugh reports.

Filed in: Israel Palestine Politics

No money, no carbon, no passport: Emma Fordham on Earthian, who rejected his identity then set off from London to Iraq.

Filed in: Economics Iraq Peace United Kingdom

As the picking season draws to a close, Noreen Sadik meets farmers affected by Israeli repression.

Filed in: Israel Palestine

Becoming a ‘non-member state’ needs to bring practical as well as symbolic change says Frank Barat.

Filed in: Democracy Israel Palestine Politics UN

Felicity Arbuthnot asks what threat children pose to the Israeli state.

Filed in: Children Israel Palestine Violence