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Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in Overnight Raid Near West Bank’s Tulkarm

Arab World  A military bulldozer operates during an Israeli raid in Deir al-Ghusun, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, May 4, 2024. (Reuters)

Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in Overnight Raid Near West Bank’s Tulkarm

Israeli forces killed at least three Palestinians in an overnight raid in a village near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, according to…

Arab World Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Reuters)

Türkiye: Iran’s Behavior Hinders Counterterrorism Efforts

Türkiye voiced discontent with Iran’s treatment of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), designated as a terrorist group by Ankara. Turkish Defense Minister…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Arab World Students listen to a professor during a class at Sanaa University in Sanaa, Yemen August 12, 2017. Reuters file photo

Houthis’ Offer of an Education for US Students Sparks Sarcasm by Yemenis

The Houthi's offer of an education for US students suspended from US universities after staging anti-Israeli protests, sparked a wave of sarcasm by ordinary…

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Arab World A house lies in ruins in the border village of Kfarshuba in southern Lebanon, following an Israeli strike on April 27, 2024 , amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas in Gaza. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)

Lebanon: Israeli Military Conducts Attack Simulation Drill on Northern Front

The Israeli army, in a sudden development, conducted on Friday a simulation of an attack operation on the northern front while intermittent exchange of…

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Arab World Houthi supporters are silhouetted while attending a protest against the US and Israel, and in solidarity with the Palestinian people, in Sanaa, Yemen, 03 May 2024. (EPA)

Houthis Threaten to Take ‘Ships War’ to Mediterranean

The Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen warned on Friday they will begin targeting ships sailing in the Mediterranean as part of what they described as the…

Ali Rabih (Aden)

Arab World Sudan's General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan salutes as he listens to the national anthem after landing in the military airport of Port Sudan on his first trip away following the crisis in Sudan's capital Khartoum since an internal conflict broke out, in the city of Port Sudan, Sudan, August 27, 2023. (Reuters)

Burhan Agrees to Declare State of Emergency in Khartoum

Acting governor of Khartoum Ahmed Othman Hamza announced on Wednesday that army commander and head of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had agreed…

Arab World  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 1, 2024. (AFP)

Blinken Tours Kerem Shalom Aid Crossing as Tank Fire Rings Out from Gaza

Tank fire echoed from the Gaza strip on Wednesday as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited an aid inspection point, where he heard from Israeli…

Arab World Palestinians walk among destroyed buildings as they return to Khan Younis after the Israeli military pulled out troops from the southern Gaza Strip, 30 April 2024. (EPA)

Hamas Official Says Blinken Ceasefire Comments Are Attempt to Pressure the Group

Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is blaming the delay of a Gaza ceasefire agreement on the…

Arab World Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces party, gestures as he speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Maarab east of Beirut, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP)

Geagea Says Hezbollah’s Fighting with Israel Has Harmed Lebanon

The leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces blasted the Shiite group Hezbollah for opening a front with Israel to back up its ally Hamas, saying it has harmed…

Arab World Egyptian workers are seen in front of the new headquarters of Egypt's parliament in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

Egypt Denies Claims of Violations in Prisons

Egypt denied claims made by the Muslim Brotherhood group regarding what it said were "violations" inside one of the Egyptian prisons. In a statement issued by…

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Arab World  French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne speaks during a press conference at the Pine Palace, which is the residence of the French ambassador, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP)

French FM Makes Unscheduled Cairo Stop as Gaza Truce Talks Intensify

France's foreign minister arrived in Cairo on Wednesday on an unscheduled stop during a Middle East tour as efforts to secure a truce between Israel and Hamas…

Arab World In this photo provided by the Ministry of Defense (MoD), a Sea Viper missile is  launched from HMS Diamond to shoot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (LPhot Chris Sellars/MoD Crown copyright via AP)

US Military Destroys Houthi Uncrewed Surface Vessel in Yemen

The US military said in a statement that it destroyed on Tuesday an uncrewed surface vessel in an area of Yemen controlled by the Houthis. According to the…

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Arab World Hezbollah members are seen at a military drill during a media tour in Armata, Lebanon. (Reuters)

Proliferation of Arms among ‘Resistance’ Factions Fighting Israel Adds to Lebanon’s Security Fears

The military activity of five Lebanese and Palestinian factions in southern Lebanon has raised concerns in Lebanon over the post-war phase when the country…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)
Arab World US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press at the port of Ashdod in southern Israel on May 1, 2024. (AFP)

Blinken Urges Israel and Hamas to Move Ahead with a Ceasefire Deal, Says ‘Time Is Now’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders Wednesday in his push for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, saying "the time is now" for…

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Arab World Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United Nations, Al-Harith Idriss (AP)

Sudan Accuses UK of Obstructing UN Session to Deliberate 'Complaint Against UAE'

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday strongly protested Britain’s intervention at the UN Security Council, saying the UK delayed discussion on Sudan's…

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Arab World  Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch (File/AAWSAT)

Moroccan Government Approves Wage Increase of 1,000 Dirhams

The Moroccan government has approved to a wage increase of 1,000 Dirhams per month and a tax reduction of up to 500 Dirhams in the public sector. Most…

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Arab World An Israeli soldier looks on at a scene, after it was reported that people were injured, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near Arab al-Aramashe in northern Israel April 17, 2024. REUTERS/Avi Ohayon/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Residents of Northern Israel Brace for Possible All-out War with Hezbollah

Eli Harel was an Israeli soldier in his early thirties when he was sent into Lebanon in 2006 to battle fighters from the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah in a…

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Arab World Destroyed buildings in Khan Younis after the Israeli military pulled out troops from the southern Gaza Strip, 30 April 2024. (EPA)

UN Chief Says ‘Incremental Progress’ toward Averting Gaza Famine

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said there has been incremental progress toward averting "an entirely preventable, human-made…

Arab World This undated photo released early Tuesday, April 30, 2024, by the US military's Central Command shows construction off a floating pier in the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza Strip. (US military's Central Command via AP)

US-Built Gaza Aid Pier to Be Ready within Days, Says Cyprus

US forces were expected to complete a floating pier on Gaza's coast later this week, allowing more aid deliveries into the besieged Palestinian territory, the…

Arab World US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press in front of truck with humanitarian aid bound for Gaza at the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organization in Amman, Jordan, April 30, 2024. (Reuters)

Blinken Says He Will Press Netanyahu on Gaza Aid Measures

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that he will discuss with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu measures that Israel still needs to take to…

Arab World European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during a formal sitting on the 20th anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 24 April 2024. (EPA)

EU's Von Der Leyen to Unveil Aid for Lebanon to Stop Refugee Flows, Says Cyprus

The European Union will offer economic aid for Lebanon when the head of the bloc's executive and the Cypriot president jointly visit Beirut on Thursday, a…

Arab World A demonstrator brandishing a Palestinian national flag walks past Israeli troops, during confrontations with them following a protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the occupied-West Bank, in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the Jewish settlement of Kedumim, on June 9, 2023. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Palestinians Throw Stones at EU Diplomats’ Car in West Bank Protest Over War

A group of Palestinian students disrupted a meeting of European Union diplomats in the West Bank on Tuesday and attacked some of their cars with stones,…

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Arab World Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 13, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (AFP)

Netanyahu Vows to Invade Rafah ‘with or without a Deal’ as Ceasefire Talks with Hamas Continue

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of…

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KSrelief Launches 25th Volunteer Program in Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has launched its 25th volunteer program in the Zaatari refugee camp for Syrian refugees, in…

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Arab World FILE PHOTO: Razor wire lies near an abandoned house, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near Israel's border with Lebanon in northern Israel March 19, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo

France Shares More Proposals with Israel over Southern Lebanon

French officials shared on Tuesday proposals made to Lebanese authorities to defuse tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, Foreign Minister…

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Arab World Rubble litters the area around a house which was hit overnight by an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Shebaa near the border on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)

UNICEF: At Least 8 Children Killed, 75 Injured in Conflict along Lebanon Border

At least eight children have been killed and 75 injured in Lebanon in the ongoing conflict along the country’s border with Israel, UNICEF has said. Out of 90…

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Arab World FILE - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Gaza City, March 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

China Says Hamas and Fatah Made 'Encouraging Progress' in Talks in Beijing

Representatives of rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah made “encouraging progress” in recent talks in the Chinese capital on promoting reconciliation,…

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Arab World US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-US Strategic Partnership discussing the humanitarian situation in Gaza, at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretariat in Riyadh on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)

Blinken Heads to Jordan to Push Gaza Aid

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed Tuesday to Jordan where he will discuss ways to boost aid deliveries into Gaza and quietly thank the kingdom for…

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Arab World Hannibal Gaddafi. (EPA)

Libya Demands Improvements after Leaked Photos Show Tiny Cell of Moammar Gadhafi's Son in Beirut

Leaked photographs of the son of Libya’s late Moammar Gadhafi and the tiny underground cell where he has been held for years in Lebanon have raised concerns in…

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