Syria · Politics
Several detainees named in the June 2005 appeal were subsequently freed. Human Rights Watch reported that Ali al-Abdullah and Muhammad…
Updated October 30, 2026 · First published 2005
Kuwait · Politics
The fate of 315 people on the Kuwait missing-persons caseload remained unresolved, UN senior representative Mari Yamashita told the Security…
Updated October 30, 2026 · First published 2003
Kuwait · Politics
Kuwait and Iraq agreed to establish a joint working team following talks between Kuwait's crown prince and Iraq's prime minister…
Updated October 30, 2026 · First published 2004
Palestine · Politics
UNESCO sent technical-assistance missions to Nablus on 5–10 November and 7–12 December 2002 to support rehabilitation of Khan al-Wakalat. A…
Updated October 29, 2026 · First published 2002
Yemen · Politics
According to the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, Hussein al-Houthi was killed in September 2004. His father, Badr al-Din, then…
Updated October 30, 2026 · First published 2004
Middle East · Politics
On June 2, 2003, the U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general released findings on the detention of 762 noncitizens swept into…
Updated October 30, 2026 · First published 2001