Blood, sweat and tears: Maternal jus sanguinis in Lebanon During the first year of the Arab Uprisings, Lebanese women married to noncitizens …

By Dana Halawi

BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Syrian refugee Fatmeh fled to safety in Lebanon in 2011 after militants raided the family home, beat her up and tried to rape her. But her problems were far from over.

Two months after the attack Fatmeh - then aged about 12 - developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). "Her mental illness became obvious when she started walking down the streets while screaming and beating herself," said Lebanese psychotherapist Charelle Ghazal.

"She had regular nightmares of someone trying to rape her. She put knives under her pillow to protect herself. She was awake all night and slept during the day when her family was awake."

Iran's former Parliament speaker, Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri.

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Iran's reformists are cheering the results of the Islamic Republic's elections, held on Sunday in what was widely seen as a referendum on President Hassan Rouhani's more moderate policies that have ushered in an opening with the West.

Final election tallies showed that candidates on the reformist ticket — who espouse a political movement aimed at changing Iran's system to include more freedom and democracy — won 27% of the overall vote and gained roughly 30 parliamentary seats in the Tehran constituency, Reuters reported.

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Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and Lebanese bankers dismissed claims that Gulf nationals are withdrawing their deposits from Lebanon in a sign of solidarity with Saudi Arabia.