Last week in the Middle East, drone and missile attacks by the Houthis took a heavy toll on civilians in Yemen, while fighting significantly subsided in Yemen’s Marib governorate. Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition carried out a large number of airstrikes in the Sadah governorate.…
Last week across the Middle East and North Africa, a lull in events was observed in the first week of June. In Yemen, morality-related events in connection to the selling, consuming, or making of alcohol were reported.…
Last week in the Middle East, political violence increased in Yemen, while Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia also continued to increase for the second week in a row. In Syria, the regime positions in Homes were attacked by suspected Islamic State (IS) militants.…
During the past month, a tumultuous Ramadan came to an end, but incidents of religious restrictions did not abate. Eid Al Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan, started with the shutting down of two prominent mosques in Yemen and Iraq.…
Last week in the Middle East, the overall level of violence remained low in Yemen, although a slight increase in fighting was reported in Al Jawf, Hodeidah, and Marib. Meanwhile, demonstrations broke out in Syria, mainly in Dar’a province, against the Syrian presidential elections.…
In the last two weeks in the Middle East, an 11-day military conflict broke out between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip, while Arabs and Jews engaged in political violence inside Israel and throughout the occupied West Bank.…
Ten years since the start of the war in Syria, conflict dynamics vary across each region of the country. This report maps the latest conflict developments, with a focus on the northwestern, southern,and eastern regions of Syria, including the impact of ongoing Israeli airstrikes.…
Religious celebrations and events of important religious significance last week were met with repression, leading to violence across the Middle East and North Africa. In Egypt and Palestine, celebrations of Christian Orthodox Easter were limited, and at times suppressed due to coronavirus restrictions.…
Last week in the Middle East, protests were held in several countries in support of Palestinians as tensions escalated in East Jerusalem. Clashes were reported at the Al Aqsa mosque and in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.…
ACLED has completed a review of the Lebanese news outlet El Nashra in a monthslong effort to improve coverage of political violence and protest throughout Lebanon. The data release has resulted in the addition of over 2,000 events to the ACLED dataset, accounting for approximately a fourth of the total events recorded between 2016 and 2021 across the country.…
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