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Group Reports ‘Unprecedented Surge’ in Approvals for West Bank Israeli Settler Homes

Arab World An Israeli army soldier hangs a wooden beam carrying an Israeli flag banner atop the Ayoub Abdel-Basit al-Tamimi family home, which was allegedly taken over by Israeli settlers overnight, in Hebron city near the Israeli settlement area of Tel Rumeida in the occupied West Bank on March 24, 2025. (AFP)

Group Reports ‘Unprecedented Surge’ in Approvals for West Bank Israeli Settler Homes

An Israeli anti-settlement group says there has been an “unprecedented surge” in approvals for new settler homes in the occupied West Bank since US President…

Arab World A Palestinian man walks along a corridor of the damaged surgical building of the Nasser Hospital, a day after it was targeted by Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 24 March 2025. (EPA)

EU Says Resuming Talks on the Gaza Ceasefire Is the Only Way Forward

“Violence feeds more violence,” European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday at a briefing in Jerusalem, where she met with Israeli Foreign…

Arab World Smoke rises from Israeli bombardment west of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 24, 2025. (AFP)

UN to Reduce Staff in Gaza and Blames Israel for a Strike That Killed Its Employee

The United Nations said Monday it will “reduce its footprint” in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last week, killing one…

Arab World Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Gaza City, March 24, 2025. (Reuters)

Thousands Trapped in Rafah as Israel Says Won’t Stop Until Hamas No Longer Controls Gaza 

Thousands of people are trapped in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after Israeli forces encircled part of it on Sunday, Palestinian officials said…

Arab World A cache of various weapons and ammunition was found hidden inside an abandoned well in the village of Al- Madabaa’ in eastern rural Homs (Syrian Interior Ministry). 

Syrian Authorities Arrest Coordinator Between Assad Regime and IRGC

Syrian authorities have arrested a high-ranking officer closely associated with Maher al-Assad, commander of the Fourth Division and brother of the ousted…

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Arab World Defense Minister Abdel Majeed Saqr at the iftar with members of the Air Defense Forces on Sunday. (Egyptian Military Spokesman)

Egypt’s Defense Minister Urges Air Defense Forces to Maintain Peak Combat Readiness

Egyptian Defense Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Abdel Majeed Saqr called on the country’s air defense forces to maintain rigorous training…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World An army soldier walks in front of the damaged Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after it was taken over by Sudan's army Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo)

Egypt Supports Unity of Sudanese State, Institutions

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Sunday said Cairo supports the Sudanese state and its national institutions, and is keen on preserving Sudan’s unity…

Ahmed Younes (Kampala) Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World A general view of Jenin camp during an Israeli raid, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta

MSF: West Bank Palestinians in 'Extremely Precarious' Situation

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) denounced on Monday the "extremely precarious" situation of Palestinians displaced by the ongoing Israeli military operation in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Palestinians rush an injured girl away from the site of Israeli strikes on a makeshift displacement camp in central Gaza City on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Egypt Makes New Proposal to Restore Gaza Truce as Israeli Strikes Kill 65

Egypt has floated a new proposal aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, security sources told Reuters on Monday, as Palestinian health authorities said…

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Arab World A man inspects the damage at a site of a reported US strike in Houthi-held Sanaa late on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

US Airstrikes Targeting Yemen's Houthis Kill at Least 1 Person, Wound Others

US airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi militias pounded sites across the country into Monday, with the group saying the one attack in the capital killed at…

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Arab World The meeting, held Sunday in Cairo, included Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. (Foreign Ministry of Egypt) 

Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee Calls for Immediate Ceasefire, Gaza Reconstruction

The Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee, in a high-level meeting with European representatives, urged the immediate resumption of ceasefire negotiations in Gaza…

Fathiya al-Dakhakhni (Cairo)
Arab World FILED - 24 April 2019, Yemen, Sanaa: A Yemeni boy receives a cholera vaccination during a house-to-house immunization campaign. Photo: Hani Al-Ansi/dpa

UN, ICRC and MSF Warn of Humanitarian Consequences in Yemen Due to Recent Military Escalation

International organizations have raised the alarm about malnutrition in several Yemeni regions and warned of the consequences of the recent military escalation…

Mohammed Nasser (Taiz)
Arab World Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri speaks during a parliament session to discuss and approve budget in Beirut, Lebanon September 16, 2022. (Lebanese Parliament/Handout via Reuters)

Berri to Asharq Al-Awsat: Israel Luring Lebanon into Normalizing Relations

Israel’s retaliation to rockets fired towards it from Lebanon on Saturday is part of its efforts to lure the country into normalizing relations. Israel is…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
Arab World Palestinians try to put out a fire at the emergency department of the Nasser hospital after it was hit in an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Hamas Politburo Member Killed in Israeli Strike on Nasser Hospital

Israel’s military struck the largest hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday night, killing two people, including a member of Hamas political bureau, wounding…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Army soldiers walk in front of the damaged Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after it was taken over by Sudan's army Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo)

Paramilitary Shelling Kills 3 in Omdurman after Sudan Army Gains

Three civilians were killed Sunday in an artillery attack by paramilitaries on Omdurman, part of Greater Khartoum, a medical source told AFP, two days after…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World General view of destroyed buildings in North Gaza, as seen from the Israel-Gaza border, March 23, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Israeli Military: Division Deployed in Lebanon Now Preparing for Gaza

The Israeli military said on Sunday that one of its divisions that had operated in Lebanon was preparing for possible activity in Gaza. "Following the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (Reuters)

Iraqi Foreign Minister: We Are Not Part of the ‘Axis of Resistance’

A day after Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei stated that Iran does not have proxies in the region, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein declared that Baghdad…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)

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Arab World Palestinians search through the rubble of a building at the site of an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Israeli Strikes Kill 26 in Gaza, Including Senior Hamas Political Leader

Israeli strikes across the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 26 Palestinians overnight into Sunday, including a Hamas political leader and several women and…

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Arab World FILED - 17 January 2025, Lebanon, Baabda: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun speaks during a press conference at Baabda Palace. Photo: Marwan Naamani/dpa

Aoun Condemns Attempts to Drag Lebanon Anew into Violence

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned on Saturday Israel’s attempts to drag Lebanon once again into the endless “spiral of violence”, following Israeli…

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Arab World The border between Egypt and Israel. (Reuters)

Egypt Rejects Israeli Claims of Relocating Gazans to Sinai

Egypt on Friday dismissed as "baseless" claims by Israeli media that it plans to relocate 500,000 Palestinians from Gaza to its North Sinai province that…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World Families, including children, in al-Hol camp await transfer to Iraq – camp administration

Iraq Counts Citizens in Syria’s Al-Hol, Plans Reintegration Efforts

Iraq said around 16,000 of its citizens remain in Syria’s al-Hol camp, which houses families linked to ISIS. Ali Abdullah, an official at the National…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Displaced Palestinians sit next to tents at a camp set up in a garbage dump in the Yarmouk area of ​​Gaza City, the Gaza Strip, 21 March 2025, after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders for the northern areas of the city. (EPA)

UK, France, Germany Urge Gaza Ceasefire, Ask Israel to Restore Humanitarian Access

The governments of Germany, France and Britain called for an immediate return to a ceasefire in Gaza in a joint statement on Friday that also called on Israel…

Arab World Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant (Reuters)

ICC ‘Ready to Freeze’ Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant

Former Israeli Supreme Court president Aharon Barak said on Friday that the UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) is ready to freeze its arrest warrants…

Asharq Al Awsat (Tel Aviv)
Arab World Smoke billows from the site of Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the area of the southern Lebanese village of Yohmor on March 22, 2025. (AFP)

Truce Shaky as Israel Strikes Lebanon in Response to Rocket Fire

Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, endangering a shaky…

Arab World Lebanese soldiers seen at the border with Israel. (Reuters file)

Lebanon Demands Halt to Israeli Ceasefire Violations to Ensure Success of ‘Working Groups’

The formation of “working groups”, as demanded by Washington, continues to stall in Lebanon due to Israel’s violations of the US-sponsored ceasefire. The US…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
Arab World A weapons cache in the Homs countryside. (Syrian Interior Ministry)

Syrian Security Forces Intensify Operations against Remnants of Ousted Regime

Syrian security forces have intensified their operations against remnants of the ousted regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Reports said they arrested Abdul…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus)
Arab World Sudan's army soldiers celebrate after they took the Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo)

Sudan’s Army Says It Seized Key Buildings in Khartoum after Retaking the Republican Palace

Sudan ’s military on Saturday consolidated its grip on the capital, retaking more key government buildings a day after it gained control of the Republican…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World The pro-Iran factions in Iraq have for weeks been toning down their rhetoric and hostile activity after coming under international pressure and given the American strikes against the Houthis. (Reuters file)

Sources: Qaani Warns Iraqi Factions against Provoking the Americans

Trusted sources informed Asharq Al-Awsat that commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Forces Esmail Qaani has warned Iraqi armed factions “against…

Ali Saray (Baghdad)
Arab World Smoke rises from a position at a neighborhood following US airstrikes in Sana'a, Yemen, 19 March 2025. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

Israeli Military Says it Intercepted Missile Fired from Yemen; Houthis Claim Responsibility

The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen on Friday, one day after shooting down two projectiles launched by Houthi militants. Yemen…

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