Unemployment

Palestinian, Turkish ethnic mixture persists over times

Many Palestinians from Gaza are leaving the besieged enclave for Turkey in search of better living conditions.

Hadeel Al Gherbawi | Palestine | Jan 17, 2022

This photograph taken on May 14, 2014, shows a Gaza-Turkey solidarity flag projected on a wall of Ankara Castle in Ankara.

Lebanon's elderly population devastated by crash

As one of the 16 countries in the world that don’t offer social security, older people in Lebanon are spending their last years struggling and depending on aid groups to survive.

Andrea Lopez-Tomas | Lebanon | Dec 7, 2021

Protests break out in Syrian city controlled by jihadist faction

Protests erupted in Idlib against the Syrian Salvation Government, affiliated with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, amid high inflation and deteriorating living conditions.

Khaled al-Khateb | Syria | Oct 21, 2021

Gasoline prices are displayed in Turkish lira at a gas station in the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, on June 15, 2020.

UAE spends big to boost private sector workforce

The United Arab Emirates will spend $6.5 billion in incentives for its citizens to take work in the private sector and stop waiting for public jobs.

Hussein Nagah | Gulf | Sep 21, 2021

The Takeaway: Iranian foreign policy under Raisi takes shape

Also: Shapiro appointment welcomed in Israel; Gantz meeting doesn’t help Abbas’ popularity; "Saudization" of labor gets slow start; Turkey’s targeted killings in Syria; Sextortion in Egypt; More … in about 1,300 words.

Andrew Parasiliti, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Joe Snell | Iran | Sep 1, 2021

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi speaks before parliament in the capital, Tehran, on Aug. 25, 2021.

Lebanon implements ration card program as economic crisis worsens

The Lebanese parliament approved a law to fund ration cards for the most vulnerable families, while ending subsidies.

Dario Sabaghi | Lebanon | Jul 10, 2021

A picture taken in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on May 29, 2020, shows the food products that constitute a ration, part of a relief campaign to help families in need across Lebanon.

Gazan women turn to social media to promote home businesses

Amid the bad economic situation, high unemployment rates and the stifling ongoing Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, many Gazan women have turned to social media to market their homemade products and goods.

Taghreed Ali | Palestine | Jun 6, 2021

A Palestinian woman displays a mannequin wearing homemade jewelry during an exhibition entitled "Products of our women" in Gaza City on March 16, 2014.

Work in Gulf means short-term gains, transient lifestyle

Tax-free incomes offered to migrant workers who play a decisive role in developing Gulf economies are regarded as compensation for no formal route to citizenship or social security.

Sebastian Castelier | Gulf | May 26, 2021

Nepalese migrant workers queue to receive official documents in order to leave Nepal from the Labor Department in Kathmandu on January 27, 2014. Nearly 200 Nepali migrant workers died in Qatar in 2013, figures that highlight the grim plight of laborers in the Gulf nation.

Kurdish journalists in Iraq criticized after Iranian immolates himself on camera

The asylum seeker from Iran told the Kurdish media outlet Rudaw that he has no work.

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | May 19, 2021

An Iraqi Kurdish man walks past a fountain in front of Arbil's Citadel in the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, on April 15, 2021.

Young Syrians flee regime areas for Turkey

Dozens of young men from areas controlled by the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) cross daily smuggling routes to the areas under the Syrian opposition to reach Turkey and flee to Europe to escape conscription in the Syrian army.

Sultan al-Kanj | Syria | May 11, 2021

A displaced Syrian boy stands next to Turkish military vehicles near the town of Batabu on the highway linking Idlib to the Syrian Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, on March 2, 2020.

Idlib residents resort to virtual coins to make ends meet

Residents of the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria have resorted to digital currency to make some money by using only a cellphone connected to the internet.

Mohammed Hardan | Syria | Apr 20, 2021

Abu Walid warms his living room with a pistachio-powered heater in Tal al-Karama village, in northwestern province of Idlib, Syria, Dec. 6, 2019.

Turkey lifts veil on unemployment data, revealing bigger army of jobless

A new, broader set of labor statistics has exposed a big gap between Turkey’s official unemployment rate and the actual joblessness in the crisis-hit country.

Mustafa Sonmez | Turkey | Mar 16, 2021

Youth unemployment reaches alarming level in Turkey

The unemployment rate among young people in Turkey is estimated to have reached about 40%, experts say, warning of social unrest and political repercussions.

Menekse Tokyay | Turkey | Feb 2, 2021

Death toll mounts as Iraqi Kurdish protests continue

The unrest in Iraq's northern Sulaimaniyah province has left at least nine people dead.

Al-Monitor Staff | Iraq | Dec 10, 2020

Egypt’s immigration, endowments ministries cooperate in fight against illegal immigration

The Egyptian Ministry of Immigration has signed cooperation protocols with the Ministry of Endowments and the church as part of efforts to combat illegal immigration.

Baher al-Kady | Egypt | Oct 30, 2020

Unemployment

Palestinian, Turkish ethnic mixture persists over times

Many Palestinians from Gaza are leaving the besieged enclave for Turkey in search of better living conditions.

Lebanon's elderly population devastated by crash

Protests break out in Syrian city controlled by jihadist faction

UAE spends big to boost private sector workforce

The Takeaway: Iranian foreign policy under Raisi takes shape

Lebanon implements ration card program as economic crisis worsens

Gazan women turn to social media to promote home businesses

Work in Gulf means short-term gains, transient lifestyle

Kurdish journalists in Iraq criticized after Iranian immolates himself on camera

Young Syrians flee regime areas for Turkey

Idlib residents resort to virtual coins to make ends meet

Turkey lifts veil on unemployment data, revealing bigger army of jobless

Youth unemployment reaches alarming level in Turkey

Death toll mounts as Iraqi Kurdish protests continue

Egypt’s immigration, endowments ministries cooperate in fight against illegal immigration

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