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One Gazan Girl’s Fight to Survive Extreme Hunger
ByBen Hubbard and Bilal Shbair December 26, 2025December 27, 2025

After Israel sealed Gaza’s borders, Hoda Abu al-Naja, 12, who suffered from celiac disease, spent months seeking the food and care she needed to combat malnutrition.

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Economic Conditions and Trends | Embargoes and Sanctions | internal-open-access-from-nl | International Relations | Iran | Iran-Israel War (2025- ) | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Khamenei, Ali | Pezeshkian, Masoud | Politics and Government | Shortages | United States | United States International Relations

Iran’s President Says He Can’t Make ‘Miracles’ to Solve the Country’s Woes
ByFarnaz Fassihi and Leily Nikounazar December 18, 2025December 18, 2025

Amid sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands.

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Food Aid | Foreign Aid | Gaza Strip | Hamas | Humanitarian Aid | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) | Israel–Iran War | Malnutrition | Peace Process | Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) | Shortages | United Nations | World Food Program

More Food Reaches Gaza, but It’s Still Not Enough
ByLiam Stack and Saher Alghorra October 28, 2025

Aid to the devastated territory has increased since the cease-fire took effect and prices have fallen. But many trucks going into Gaza are bringing food and commercial goods to sell that most people cannot afford.

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Children and Childhood | Civilian Casualties | Hamas | International Relations | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) | Israel–Iran War | Shortages | War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

Trying to Survive Gaza’s War-Torn Present, and Hoping for a Future
ByBen Hubbard, Bilal Shbair, Iyad Abuheweila, Saher Alghorra and Diego Ibarra Sanchez October 6, 2025

Two years of intense warfare in Gaza have left its people with a dismembered and disordered society. The destruction is vast and many Gazans have mental and physical wounds that could scar a generation.

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Trying to Survive Gaza’s War-Torn Present, and Hoping for a Future
By October 6, 2025October 7, 2025

Two years of intense warfare in Gaza has left its people with a dismembered and disordered society. The destruction is vast and many Gazans have mental and physical wounds that could scar a generation.

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Assets, Frozen | China | Economic Conditions and Trends | Electric Light and Power | Embargoes and Sanctions | Europe | International Atomic Energy Agency | International Relations | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | live-detached | Nuclear weapons | Pezeshkian, Masoud | Politics and Government | Russia | Security Council (UN) | Shortages | United States International Relations | Water

Iranians Brace for Economic Impact of New U.N. Sanctions
ByFarnaz Fassihi September 27, 2025September 28, 2025

Already suffering a 40 percent inflation rate and critical shortages of power and water, many in Iran expect conditions to get worse.

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Assad, Bashar al- | Civilian Casualties | Damascus (Syria) | Daraya (Syria) | Demonstrations, Protests and Riots | Infrastructure (Public Works) | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Shortages | Syria | Syrian Army | War and Armed Conflicts

In Syria, a City Shattered by War Asks for Its Sacrifice to Be Repaid
ByNeil MacFarquhar and Sergey Ponomarev August 31, 2025August 31, 2025

Millions of Syrians from destroyed places like Daraya feel they did everything possible to overthrow the Assad government, but they still await reconstruction aid.

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Conservation of Resources | Drought | Global Warming | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Levees and Dams | Pezeshkian, Masoud | Politics and Government | Reservoirs | Shortages | Tehran (Iran) | Water

Tehran Is at Risk of Running Out of Water Within Weeks
ByFarnaz Fassihi, Sanam Mahoozi, Leily Nikounazar and Arash Khamooshi July 26, 2025July 28, 2025

After a five-year drought and decades of mismanagement, a water crisis is battering Iran.

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Agriculture and Farming | Assad, Bashar al- | Diesel Power | Embargoes and Sanctions | European Union | Fires and Firefighters | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | International Relations | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Latakia (Syria) | Rain | Shortages | Syria | United Nations | War and Armed Conflicts | White Helmets (Syrian Civil Defense Volunteer Group) | Wildfires

Wildfires Scar Syria Anew
ByEuan Ward July 9, 2025

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the size of Washington, D.C.

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Agriculture and Farming | Assad, Bashar al- | Diesel Power | Embargoes and Sanctions | European Union | Fires and Firefighters | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | International Relations | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Latakia (Syria) | Rain | Shortages | Syria | United Nations | War and Armed Conflicts | White Helmets (Syrian Civil Defense Volunteer Group) | Wildfires

Wildfires Scar Syria Anew
ByEuan Ward July 9, 2025July 9, 2025

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the size of Washington, D.C.

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