Ash Gallagher

Ash Gallagher is a correspondent and multi-media journalist in Eastern Asia and the Middle East with over 15 years experience covering in-depth stories and collaborating visual media.

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Isolation highlights a mental health pandemic

From Iran to Italy to the US, the stigma of mental health, isolation and loss are snaking through communities across the globe.

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Isolation highlights a mental health pandemic

War-torn countries in the Middle East can't afford to battle coronavirus

With millions suffering from years of war and severely degraded medical facilities, countries at war cannot pay the price of a new frontline.

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War-torn countries in the Middle East can't afford to battle coronavirus

Doctors tell of their experiences and offer hope in a time of Covid-19

Frontline medics talk about how they are fighting the disease despite being short-staffed and overwhelmed by the growing number of patients around the world.

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Doctors tell of their experiences and offer hope in a time of Covid-19

Economic shutdown due to coronavirus offers environmental lessons

The spread of Covid-19 is pressuring the human race to look at another global calamity: climate change.

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Economic shutdown due to coronavirus offers environmental lessons

The poets of Baghdad, refuse to go quietly

Several Iraqi poets are putting their lives on the line and their mission goes beyond economic injustice.

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The poets of Baghdad, refuse to go quietly

My time with PMF fighters in Iraq: the proxy wars must stop

The proxy wars are being fought by countries over land that doesn't belong to them and its the Iraqis who are paying with their lives.

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My time with PMF fighters in Iraq: the proxy wars must stop

Christians in Iraq dwindle and struggle to survive

The numbers of Christians in Iraq have plummeted and those who claim to help ensure their survival, often don't even understand what they need.

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Christians in Iraq dwindle and struggle to survive

Mosul is still under rubble and a new power vacuum is emerging

Mosul is in a race against time. If the central government ignores the basic needs of the population and refuses to reconstruct the badly damaged city, the people of Mosul might once again look to groups that can fill the vacuum.

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Mosul is still under rubble and a new power vacuum is emerging

Who will heal Gaza's medical workers?

Gaza's doctors and nurses work in impossible conditions putting everyone's well-being above their own. Studies show that medical workers from Gaza require care, that they may never get.

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The military defeat of Daesh in Iraq has to be backed by political reforms

The only way to prevent a Daesh resurgence in Iraq is to integrate the poorest and most marginalised Iraqis into the economic and political structures of the country.

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The military defeat of Daesh in Iraq has to be backed by political reforms