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Best of Qantara.de 2021
Top ten most-read articles on Qantara.de
Every year in December, the team at Qantara.de takes a look back at the articles that proved most popular with our readers. This year is no different. Here is a run-down of the stories that mattered most to you in 2021. Happy New Year to all our readers!
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Arab world
Conflict and climate change drive Syria's water crisis
Northeastern Syria is experiencing its worst drought in nearly 70 years, with rising temperatures and erratic weather exacerbated by tensions with Turkey. Daniela Sala, Bart von Laffert and Shaveen Mohammad report
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Syria
Deadly intrigue: The destruction of The White Helmets
James Le Mesurier founded the organisation that raised money for the White Helmets in the Syrian war. An intrigue drove the emergency foundation to ruin – and Le Mesurier to his death.
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Syria
Idlib: Collapsing Turkish lira makes life harder than ever
The Turkish lira is in freefall – with devastating consequences for people in the Syrian region of Idlib. 46-year-old Khadija needs two jobs to provide for her family
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Russia, Israel and the Syrian conflict
Curbing Iran's influence
Russia and Israel are pursuing a common interest in Syria: they both want to combat Iranian expansionism. By Markus Bickel
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Amal's journey through Europe
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Syria and the Arab world
Assad's return to the fold
Despite Syria's lengthy civil war, dictator Bashar al-Assad is now being courted by many governments in the Middle East as if nothing ever happened. The reasons for this vary. By Thore Schroeder
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Amal's journey through Europe
The aim of "The Walk" theatre project is to draw attention to the fate of unaccompanied minors – and takes a 3.5-metre doll, intended to represent a Syrian refugee girl, across Europe. By Claudia Dehn
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The world through Tala's eyes
"Tala'vision" – sadly poetic
Winner of the Student Oscar: a little girl in a bombed-out flat in Syria. The television is her only window to the world – but even this is taken away from her. Nikolas Fischer watched the impressive film
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Middle East
Arabs ease Assad's isolation as U.S. looks elsewhere
While Bashar al-Assad is still shunned by the West, which blames him for a decade of brutal war in Syria, a shift is under way in the Middle East, where Arab allies of the United States are bringing him in from the cold by reviving economic and diplomatic ties. By Maha El Dahan
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Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey and Egypt
A new dawn for diplomacy in the Middle East?
International relations are shifting across the Middle East as regional powers adapt to America's retrenchment and China's growing influence. Although the region could become the site of another great-power competition, it also has a chance to pursue diplomatic openings and new security arrangements. By Fawaz A. Gerges
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Berlin's Human Rights Film Festival
"Captains of Zaatari" – the unshakeable power of dreams
Berlin's annual Human Rights Film Festival closed at the weekend. One entry to the festival was the documentary "Captains of Zaatari". Its Egyptian director Ali El Arabi focuses on young refugees from Syria, who dream of escaping their dismal life in the Zaatari refugee camp with the help of football. Rene Wildangel reports for Qantara.de