Oliver Mizzi

4 weeks ago | newarab.com | Oliver Mizzi

Around six million Syrians were made refugees following the outbreak of civil war in 2011 [BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images] A new Syrian organisation dedicated to searching for missing people was formed during a session of the UN's Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. The Association of Families of Missing Asylum Seekers (AFOMAS) will focus on discovering information about Syrians who disappeared while attempting to seek refuge abroad.

4 weeks ago | newarab.com | Oliver Mizzi

The coming of the end of Ramadan means the festival of Eid al-Fitr is near - but when exactly will Muslims celebrate this, and how is that determined? Moon sightingThe Islamic calendar is based on lunar phases, unlike the Gregorian calendar which follows the movement of the earth around the sun. For this reason, the beginning and end of each of the Islamic calendar's 12 months are determined by the sighting of the moon's new crescent.

4 weeks ago | newarab.com | Oliver Mizzi

Sudan's armed forces have been waging a war against the RSF militia since April 2023 [AFP via Getty Images] Sudan's civil war, which will reach its two-year anniversary in April, is in danger of drawing in its western neighbour Chad after a war of words erupted between members the two countries' governments. The spat is the latest development in a deterioration of relations between the two states since the start of Sudan's war in 2023.

1 month ago | newarab.com | Oliver Mizzi

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were forcibly disappeared during the country's 14-year conflict [Bakr Al Kasem/Anadolu via Getty Images] The head of the UN agency tasked with determining the fate of Syria's disappeared has handed over a preliminary project on the matter to Syria's foreign minister on Monday.

1 month ago | newarab.com | Oliver Mizzi