
Sara Jabakhanji
Senior Writer
Sara Jabakhanji is a Toronto-based senior writer assigned to cover news developments in the Middle East, including the war in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. She has worked in CBC bureaus in Ottawa, London and Toronto. You can reach her at sara.jabakhanji@cbc.ca.
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Fear of famine looms after all Gaza bakeries run out of flour amid month-long Israeli blockade
Bakeries in the Gaza Strip shuttered Tuesday after running out of flour and diesel to operate, as a month-long Israeli blockade on food and aid entering the territory remains in place.
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As Ramadan comes to a close, Palestinians say finding and affording food in Gaza a challenge
As Muslims in Gaza prepare to mark Eid this weekend and the end of the holy month of Ramadan, families say they're barely making ends meet with no food entering the territory for nearly a month.
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As Palestinians look for shelter, some pitch their tents next to landfill in Gaza City
Palestinians in Gaza say they have nowhere to go as Israel's renewed offensive forces thousands to leave their homes and once again face displacement in the war-ravaged territory.
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Afghans in Pakistan face 'intensified abusive tactics,' report says, as deportation deadline looms
A new report says that Afghan refugees are facing "intensified abusive tactics" in Pakistan amid ongoing pressure for deportation of illegal foreigners and Afghan citizen card holders.
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Palestinians scramble to hospitals after Israeli airstrikes hit homes, encampments across Gaza
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza scrambled to get their loved ones to hospitals, saying there was no warning before a wave of deadly Israeli airstrikes hit in the early hours of Tuesday, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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UN report accuses Israel of 'genocidal acts,' sexual and gender-based violence in Gaza
A new United Nations report says Israel used sexual and gender-based violence as a war strategy in Gaza, and carried out "genocidal acts" against Palestinians through the systematic destruction of women's health-care facilities.
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Violent clashes between Syria's government, Assad loyalists left hundreds dead. Here's what to know
Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed president Bashar al-Assad swept its western coastal region.
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Gaza desalination plant could run out of clean water after Israel cuts off power supply
Palestinians in Gaza could be out of clean drinking water in a matter of days after Israel cut off its electricity supply to the territory, which drastically slashed operations at a water desalination plant.
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The Assad regime detained these 6 Syrian children with their parents in 2013. Where are they now?
Hassan Al-Abbasi, who lives in Ottawa, has been searching for his sister's six children in orphanages across Syria, after she was detained nearly 12 years ago by the ousted Assad regime alongside her husband, secretary and six children.
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Medical officials in Gaza sound the alarm after 6 infants die from cold weather
At least six infants have died from cold-related injuries over the past two weeks in the Gaza Strip, local medics say, due to a lack of adequate shelter and heating.
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