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Tessa Fox

Tessa Fox

Tessa Fox is a freelance journalist, photographer and filmmaker focusing on conflict, humanitarian affairs and human rights in the Middle East. Previously based in Palestine and Turkey, she is now based in Beirut, primarily covering Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.

Latest from Tessa Fox

The Slow UN Earthquake Response in Northwest Syria is Costing Lives

The Slow UN Earthquake Response in Northwest Syria is Costing Lives

The urgent need for heavy machinery is passing fast. As the days go on, it will turn from a rescue mission to a retrieval mission, because most people, tragically, will have suffocated or succumbed to injury or freezing cold.

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Desertification in an Iraqi Bread Basket

Desertification in an Iraqi Bread Basket

The Basra region has been the bread basket of Iraq. But because of salinization of lands, decrease of water flow into rivers due to upstream damming, climate change and pollution, farmers are increasingly unable to farm. People dependent on fish and buffaloes in the marshlands are in competition for food.

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