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Israel Strikes a Charity Kitchen and a Tent in Gaza, Killing at Least 9

Arab World  Palestinians walk next to a tent camp for displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip in west of Gaza Strip, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP)

Israel Strikes a Charity Kitchen and a Tent in Gaza, Killing at Least 9

At least nine Palestinians were killed Wednesday in two separate Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza, medics said. One strike hit a group of Palestinians…

Arab World Palestinian children wave white flags during an anti-Hamas protest, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025. (AFP)

UN Says Israel’s Blockade of Gaza Causes Shortage of Maternal Health Supplies

The United Nations Population Fund said Israel’s ongoing aid blockade into Gaza is creating a critical shortage of maternal health supplies. They include…

Arab World Palestinians gather to protest against the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, 26 March 2025. (EPA)

Gaza Hospital Director Ordered Held Another 6 Months

Lawyers representing a Gaza hospital director detained in an Israeli raid late last year say an Israeli court has extended his detention for another six months…

Arab World Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at the presidential palace in Khartoum. (Sovereignty Council/X)

Sudan’s Burhan Declares Khartoum’s Liberation from RSF

The Sudanese army drove its rival Rapid Support Forces from most of Khartoum city, residents said on Wednesday, as army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan toured the…

Arab World Palestinians walk amid the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive at Al-Shati camp, Gaza City, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP)

Netanyahu Says Israel Could Seize Territory in Gaza if Hostages Not Freed

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated threats on Wednesday to seize territory in the Gaza strip if Hamas failed to release the remaining hostages…


Arab World A Yemeni man inspects the damage in the Al-Rasul Al-Aazam cancer and oncology hospital's unfinished building, a day after it was hit in a US strike in Yemen's northern Saada province on March 25, 2025. (AFP)

US Warplanes Carry Out 17 Strikes in Yemen 

Houthi media in Yemen reported Wednesday at least 17 strikes in Saada and Amran, blaming the United States for the attacks. The group's Ansarollah website…

Arab World A member of Syria's security forces mans a gun in the back of a truck during the funeral of three people killed in Israeli strikes a day earlier, in the southern town of Daraa on March 18, 2025. (AFP)

Syria Is at a Crossroads: It Can Return to Violence or Transition to Peace, Says UN Envoy 

Three months following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, Syria is at a crossroads, the top UN envoy for the country said Tuesday. Geir Pedersen…

Arab World Fighters loyal to the army patrol a market area in Khartoum on March 24, 2025. (AFP)

Sudan Aid Groups Say 54 Killed in an Airstrike Blamed on the Military in Darfur 

Aid groups in Sudan said on Tuesday at least 54 people were killed in a military airstrike on a local market in the country’s western region. The strike on…

Arab World Palestinians attend an anti-war protest and against Hamas in a rare show of public anger against the group that rules the territory, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP)

Palestinians Protest Hamas in a Rare Public Show of Dissent in Gaza

Thousands of Palestinians marched between the wreckage of a heavily destroyed town in northern Gaza on Wednesday in the second day of anti-war protests, with…

Arab World Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/AFP)

Trump’s Nominee for Ambassador to Israel Avoids Direct Answers on West Bank Annexation

Mike Huckabee, facing a US Senate hearing for his confirmation as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel, is facing close questioning from Democrats on…

Arab World Members of Syria's security forces. (Idlib Governorate)

Damascus Arrests Drug Trafficker Linked to Maher al-Assad, Others Held Over Tadamon Massacre

Security forces in the Damascus countryside announced the arrest of Shadi Adel Mahfouz, describing him as one of the individuals involved in recent attacks on…

Arab World From right to left: Rouhi Mushtaha, Saleh al-Arouri, Ismail Haniyeh, Khaled Meshaal, and Khalil al-Hayya (Hamas-affiliated media)

Who Remains in Hamas’ Political Bureau after Numerous Killings?

Israel has intensified assassinations targeting senior members of Hamas' political bureau in Gaza, posing a major challenge for the group to fill…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World US President Donald Trump has ordered a decisive military offensive against the Houthis, vowing to deploy “lethal force” to eliminate the group. (Reuters)

US Strikes Target Houthi Hideouts in Sanaa, Saada

The US military campaign ordered by President Donald Trump against Yemen’s Houthi group entered its tenth day, following a series of concentrated strikes on…

Ali Rabih (Aden)
Arab World A Sudanese soldier on the bloodstained steps of the presidential palace in Khartoum, two days after the military recaptured it (The New York Times)

Inside Sudan’s Presidential Palace in Khartoum…Fresh Blood and Destruction

At the battle-scarred presidential palace in the heart of Sudan’s shattered capital, soldiers gathered under a chandelier on Sunday afternoon, rifles and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Khartoum )
Arab World A man searches for salvageable items amid the rubble of a house hit by Israeli bombardment at the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on March 25, 2025. (AFP)

Israeli Strikes Kill 23 in Gaza, Military Expands Evacuation Orders

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 23 Palestinians on Tuesday, local health officials said, as the Israeli military expanded evacuation…

Arab World Israeli army tanks and a bulldozer drive through the Abu Diab military post on March 19, 2025, on the southern outskirts of the Syrian border town of Quneitra, which locals say had Russian forces' presence before the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)

Netanyahu Believes Confrontation with Türkiye in Syria is 'Inevitable'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding security consultations to discuss concerns over Turkish influence in Syria following the fall of Bashar…

Asharq Al Awsat (Tel Aviv) Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Arab World Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian co-director of "No Other Land," is checked at a hospital in Hebron, a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers in the village of Susiya in Masafer Yatta, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP)

Israel Releases Oscar-Winning Palestinian Director after He Was Attacked by West Bank Settlers

Israeli authorities released an Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was detained by the army after being attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West…

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Arab World People inspect the damage around a building after US airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, 24 March 2025. (EPA)

US Airstrikes Targeting Yemen’s Houthis Kill at Least 2 People

US airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthis pounded sites across the country into early Tuesday, with the group saying one attack in the capital killed at least…

Arab World A visitor examines the weight of a gold bar at the Banque du Liban Currency Museum (Banque du Liban website).

Lebanese Central Bank Rejects Proposals to Invest Gold Reserves

The sharp rise in the market value of Lebanon’s gold reserves has sparked renewed debate over their potential use to support the country’s financial recovery…

Ali Zeineddine (Beirut)
Arab World People evacuate the town of Kuya in the western countryside on the Syrian border with Israel, after Israeli forces shelled the town, Syria, 25 March 2025. (EPA)

Israel Kills Six in Southern Syria, Syrian Ministry Says

An Israeli attack killed six people in southern Syria on Tuesday, Syria's foreign ministry said, after the Israeli military said its troops had clashed with…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Sudan-paramilitary-Rapid-Support-Forces-RSF-soldiers-in-Khartoum-18-June-2019. Reuters

Sudan War at 'Turning Point' but No End in Sight, Analysts Say

Sudan's army has recaptured the presidential palace from rival paramilitaries and is pushing ahead to wrest full control of the capital, but analysts warn that…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Sudanese Assistant Deputy Commander in Chief General Yasir al-Atta. (SUNA)

Crisis Looming between Sudan, Two Neighbors

South Sudan and Chad have condemned threats made by a top Sudanese general, warning of the risk of regional escalation. In a speech on Sunday evening,…

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)