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Israel Defense Minister Says Troops to Stay ‘Indefinitely’ in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza

Arab World  Israeli soldiers drive in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP)

Israel Defense Minister Says Troops to Stay ‘Indefinitely’ in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza

Israel's defense minister said Wednesday that Israeli forces would remain in self-proclaimed "security zones" established in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, without…

Arab World 24 June 2026, Syria, Damascus: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa receives Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp and Deputy Prime Minister David van Weel at the People's Palace in Damascus. (Syrian Presidency)

Syria’s Sharaa Appoints Lawmakers, Paving Way for New Parliament to Convene

Syrian authorities announced the names of 70 lawmakers on Wednesday appointed to a transitional parliament by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, paving the way to…

Arab World Abubakr Alsawi, right, waits during the exhumation of his brother Mohammed Alsawi, 73, who was killed in 2023 by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP)

Amnesty Says RSF Committed Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan

The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their attack on el-Fashir city between 2024…

Arab World  Palestinian man uses a sledgehammer on the rubble of destroyed buildings near a displacement camp in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 28, 2026. (AFP)

Source to Asharq Al-Awsat: 4 Issues at Cairo Talks Aim to Accelerate Gaza Ceasefire Implementation

Four “critical and decisive” issues are at the center of the latest round of Cairo-hosted negotiations aimed at accelerating the implementation of the Gaza…

Mohamed Mahmoud (Cairo)
Arab World Monday’s demonstration outside the Palace of Justice in Damascus called for criminalizing symbols of the Assad era (Facebook). 

Syria Drafts Law to Protect Victims’ Rights from Assad Era

Syria’s Ministry of Justice has completed a draft law aimed at protecting the rights of victims of the Assad era, preserving the historical record,…

Souad Jarous (Damascus)

Arab World A man rides a motorcycle in the village of Abdin, Daraa province, Syria, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Israeli Troops Face Resistance from Residents as they Push into a Town in Syria

As Israeli troops and vehicles entered the town of Abdin in southern Syria, residents blocked the roads with rocks, and some young men and boys threw stones to…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Debris lies at the site of a damaged branch of Al-Qard Al-Hassan, a financial institution linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah, in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes that hit several branches of the institution, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut suburbs, Lebanon, October 21, 2024. (Reuters)

US Imposes Broadest Sanctions Yet on Hezbollah’s Financial Institutions

The US Treasury announced on Tuesday that it was imposing sanctions on five financial entities and 16 individuals related to Hezbollah’s financial operations…

Asharq Al Awsat (Washington)
Arab World A photo released by Iraq’s judiciary shows cash and valuables that were hidden in the home of Deputy Oil Minister Ali Maarij al-Bahadly.

Iraq Seizes Millions of Dollars at Deputy Oil Minister’s Home

Iraqi authorities arrested Deputy Oil Minister Ali Maarij al-Bahadly, a US-sanctioned official accused of using his post to help Iran-linked networks smuggle…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
Arab World Displaced Palestinians gather to receive hot meals distributed by a charity kitchen in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on June 29, 2026. (AFP)

UN Chief Warns Cash Crunch Threatens Palestinian Refugee Agency

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday of the "increasingly precarious" situation of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees known as UNRWA, saying that…

Arab World Lebanese people drive a vehicle loaded with mattresses as they return to their village in the town of Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, 23 June 2026, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (EPA)

Hundreds of Thousands of Lebanese Head Home as Fighting Eases, Many Still Stranded

Some 400,000 Lebanese uprooted by war have returned to southern Lebanon, with more expected to follow in the coming week, a government minister said on Tuesday…

Arab World In this photo, released by the Lebanese Presidency press office, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, shakes hands with Adm. Brad Cooper, the top US military commander in the Middle East, at the presidential place in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, June 29, 2026. (Lebanese Presidency press office via AP)

Aoun Optimistic on ‘Best Possible’ Deal for Lebanon, Banks on US Role

In one phrase, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun answers critics of the framework agreement Lebanon and Israel signed late last week, an agreement he admits is …

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)
Arab World An Israeli military vehicle maneuvers on the Lebanese side of the Israel-Lebanon border, as seen from the Upper Galilee in northern Israel, 29 June 2026, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. (EPA)

In South Lebanon, Netanyahu Says Israel Will Stay as Long as Hezbollah ‘Threatens Us’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, vowing that his country's forces would stay in the area as long as…

Arab World A general view of buildings and the Great Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt, March 25, 2026. (Reuters)

9 Children Killed as Tricycle Plunges into a Canal in Egypt

A motorized tricycle plunged into a canal in southern Egypt on Tuesday, killing nine children and injuring two others, local officials said. The tricycle…

Arab World A car with bullet holes on it in a square in Khartoum, Sudan, June 11, 2026. (Reuters)

Sudan Army Says Retakes Key Town Near Chad

The Sudanese army said it had retaken Kulbus, a strategic town near the Chadian border, in what appeared to be its biggest battlefield gain in western Darfur…

Arab World Sudanese women make a wicker bowl at the al-Rahmaniyah camp for displaced people, near the city of El-Obeid in the South Kordofan region, on June 29, 2026. (Photo by AFP)

Countries Request Urgent UN Debate on Sudan's al-Obeid

The UN Human Rights Council has received a request for an urgent debate on the situation in Sudan's al-Obeid city, a spokesperson said on ⁠Tuesday. "That…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World  Egyptian youths play football in an open area beside a mountain near Cairo, Egypt, June 29, 2026, as the country follows the FIFA World Cup. (Reuters)

Egypt Moves to Step Up Fuel Supply Ahead of Rise in Power Demand This Summer

Egypt's ‌electricity and petroleum ministers met on Tuesday to coordinate fuel supply and grid management ahead of a summer in which power demand is…

Arab World A man holds an unexploded artillery shell that fell during reported overnight Israeli bombardment that hit the village of Abidin in Syria's southwestern Daraa province, close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on June 29, 2026. (AFP)

Arab League Secretary-General Condemns Israeli Attacks on Syria

Outgoing Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit strongly condemned on Tuesday the Israeli attacks and repeated incursions into Syrian territory, most…

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Arab World Hezbollah supporters block the old airport road in Beirut’s southern suburbs with burning tires on Saturday to protest the 2026 trilateral agreement signed by the United States, Israel, and Lebanon (AFP)

Lebanon’s Shiite Alliance United Against Israel Framework Deal, Divided Over Protests

Calls by Hezbollah supporters to take to the streets in protest against the US-sponsored framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel has drawn only a few…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Iraqi police personnel patrol in their vehicle along a street in Baghdad on June 28, 2026. (AFP)

Iraq Opens Special Account for Recovered Illicit Funds as Anti-Corruption Drive Expands

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi ordered on Monday the Finance Ministry to open a dedicated account for money recovered from illicit enrichment cases, as the…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
Arab World A Palestinian boy makes his way across rubble near a displacement camp in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on Sunday. Credit: AFP/EYAD BABA

Gazans Turn to Clay, Rubble to Build New Homes

While Gaza’s housing crisis remains catastrophic with cement and steel blocked by Israel from entering the Strip, some Palestinians are turning to improvised…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World Al-Alimi during his meeting with the delegation from Hunt Oil Company (Saba)

Yemen Seeks Resumption of US Investments in Energy Sector

The head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Rashad Al-Alimi, has met with a delegation from the American Hunt Oil Company, headed by the company…

Asharq Al Awsat (Aden)
Arab World Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa receives Iraqi FM Fuad Hussein in Damascus on Monday. (SANA)

Syria, Iraq Agree to Expand Cooperation in Energy, Security and Economy

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein visited Damascus on Monday on his first trip since there since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024. …

Arab World United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement during a media conference at the EU summit in Brussels, March 19, 2026. (AP)

UN Chief Slams ‘Relentless’ Israeli Settlement Expansion

UN chief Antonio Guterres has condemned the "relentless" expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, saying in a report seen Monday by AFP they are…

Arab World  Vehicles drive along the Al-Jumhuri street in central Baghdad on June 28, 2026. (AFP)

Iraq Sets September 30 Deadline for Pro-Iran Groups to Disarm

Iraq's government has given pro-Iran armed groups in the country until September 30 to disarm, coinciding with the end of the US-led anti-ISIS coalition's…

Arab World Relatives mourn the death of Amir Ahmad Jawad Jaber, a Palestinian teenager who was killed during an Israeli raid, at a hospital in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 29, 2026. (AFP)

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen in West Bank

Israeli forces fatally shot a 15-year-old Palestinian teenager during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as…

Arab World This handout photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency press office shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (R) shaking hands with Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), during a meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda on June 29, 2026. (Lebanese Presidency)

Lebanon President Says Determined to Deploy Army up to Israel Border

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told the US Central Command chief on Monday that he was committed to extending the state's control through its military up to…

Arab World The Muslim World League (MWL) logo

MWL Condemns Continued Israeli Attacks in the Region, Incursion into Syrian Territory

The Muslim World League (MWL) strongly condemned the continued Israeli attacks in the region, most recently the incursion into Syrian territory and the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World The agreement came during the high-level ministerial session chaired by Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Alfadley - SPA

Arab Water Ministers Agree on Roadmap for Secure Regional Water Future

Arab water ministers agreed to formulate a roadmap to enhance joint Arab action toward a secure water future for the region by reviewing key challenges and…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Bin Aziz said the relationship with Saudi Arabia goes beyond coordination and has become a genuine partnership on the ground (Saba)

Yemeni Military Chief: We Rebuilt the Army, Military Decision-Making Is Now Unified

Yemen's Chief of the General Staff and Commander of Joint Operations, Lieutenant General Sagheer bin Aziz, said the military leadership and decision-making…

Abdulhadi Habtor (Marib )