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Israeli-Backed Group Kills a Senior Hamas Police Officer in Gaza, Threatens More Attacks

Arab World Palestinians walk along a road amid destroyed buildings in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 10, 2026. (AFP)

Israeli-Backed Group Kills a Senior Hamas Police Officer in Gaza, Threatens More Attacks

An Israeli-backed Palestinian group said on Monday it had killed a senior Hamas police officer in the southern Gaza Strip, an incident which Hamas blamed on …

Arab World (From left) Nizar Awadallah, Khalil al-Hayya and Mohammad Ismail Darwish during a meeting with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei last February 2025. (Khamenei's website/AFP)

Hamas Postpones Election of Political Bureau Chief Indefinitely

Senior sources within Hamas said the movement has decided to postpone the election of the head of its political bureau, which had been scheduled to take place…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World People walk down a street as a car drives by following a ceasefire which ended days of fighting between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters in the Kurdish-majority Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, of the northern city of Aleppo on January 11, 2026. (AFP)

Syrian Army on Alert after SDF Armed Groups Detected East of Aleppo

The Syrian army went on alert on Sunday after detecting armed groups aligned with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) east of Aleppo city. In statements to the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus)
Arab World Governor of Yemen's Hadhramaut governorate Salem al-Khanbashi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Hadhramaut Governor to Asharq Al-Awsat: Saudi Stance Was Decisive, Situation Is Calm

Governor of Yemen's Hadhramaut Salem al-Khanbashi stressed that the situation in the governorate was returning to normal in wake of the recent developments and…

Abdulhadi Habtor (Mukalla (Yemen))
Arab World Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Dr. Rashad al-Alimi. (Saba)

Yemen's Al-Alimi Urges Limiting Possession of Weapons to State to Focus on Confronting Houthis

Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Dr. Rashad al-Alimi said on Sunday that his country has entered a new decisive phase in restoring…

Ali Rabih (Aden)

Arab World  Smoke rises after Israeli strikes following Israeli military's evacuation orders, in Chehour, southern Lebanon November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Ali Hankir

Israel Army Issues Evacuation Warning for Lebanon Village ahead of Strikes

The Israeli army issued an evacuation warning on Sunday for the village of Kafr Hatta in southern Lebanon ahead of air strikes on Hezbollah targets in the area…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World File Photo: Some shops reopen despite extensive damage (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Sudan PM Announces Govt Return to Khartoum from Wartime Capital

Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris announced on Sunday the government's return to Khartoum, after nearly three years of operating from wartime capital of Port…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Smoke rises as protesters gather amid evolving anti-government unrest at Vakilabad highway in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, released on January 10, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS

Iran Protest Death Toll Rises as Alarm Grows over Crackdown 'Massacre'

At least 192 protesters have been killed in Iran's biggest movement against the Islamic republic in more than three years, a rights group said Sunday, as…

Asharq Al Awsat
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)

Israeli Fire Kills Three People in Gaza, Tension Rises

Israeli fire killed at least three Palestinians in two separate incidents across ​the enclave, local health authorities said, as tension rises over continued…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Sadrist movement leader Moqtada al-Sadr (Sadrist media)

Iraq’s Sadr Accepts Defectors’ Return, Signals Force to Rivals

Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Shiite National Current, has offered what amounts to an amnesty to a group of former followers who had broken away…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
Arab World Bishara Bahbah stands between US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance (Bahbah’s X account)

Bahbah Says ‘Board of Peace’ to be Announced Tuesday, ‘Gaza Committee’ to Follow

The head of Arab Americans for Peace and a mediator on Gaza, Bishara Bahbah, said on Saturday that information he has received indicates US President Donald…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World Minister of State and Governor of Aden Abdulrahman Sheikh al-Yafei takes the constitutional oath on Saturday before the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi. Saba

Calm Prevails in Yemen’s Liberated Areas after Dissolution of Southern Transitional Council

Security calm prevailed across Yemen’s liberated areas on Saturday, a day after the leadership of the Southern Transitional Council announced the dissolution…

Asharq Al Awsat (Aden)
Arab World A US navy F-18 Super Hornet lands on the flight deck on the USS Nimitz, off the coast of Busan, South Korea, 27 March, 2023. Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

US Military Launches ‘Large-Scale’ Strikes Against ISIS in Syria

The US military carried out “large-scale strikes” against multiple ISIS targets in Syria, the Central Command (CENTCOM) forces affirmed on Saturday. The…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus)
Arab World Sheikh Mohammad Mahdi Shamseddine during an event with Amal Movement military commander Akel Hamiyeh (Getty). 

Mohammad Mahdi Shamseddine to Shiites: Integrate Into Your States

Asharq Al-Awsat begins publishing an extended text in the form of a dialogue held in 1997 between the late Sheikh Mohammad Mahdi Shamseddine, then head of…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Arab World  01 January 2026, Palestinian Territories, Nablus: Israeli forces raid shops in the central market and opened fire toward a residential building, detaining several Palestinians in the Old City of Nablus in the West Bank. (dpa)

Video Shows Masked, Armed Men Beating a Palestinian in the Occupied West Bank

Dozens of masked men armed with sticks attacked a plant nursery and beat and injured a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, according to people who saw the…

Arab World Somalis demonstrate in support of their country’s territorial unity in Mogadishu on January 7, 2026. (AP)

Unified Arab, Islamic Stances ‘Tighten the Noose’ on Israel’s Moves in Somaliland

Arab and Islamic positions continued to express a firm rejection of Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as an independent state, reaffirming Somalia’s unity and…

Ahmad Jamal (Cairo)
Arab World The Israeli flag, with part of the Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim visible in the background in the occupied West Bank on August 14, 2025. (Reuters)

Israel Scales Back from ‘Major Strike’ on Hezbollah, Opts for ‘Limited Attacks’

Informed sources in Tel Aviv said the Israeli strike on Lebanon on Friday was the response chosen by the military following remarks by Prime Minister Benjamin…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)

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Arab World A general view shows the destruction in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza (AFP)

Mladenov Shuttle Talks between Israel and Ramallah Hasten Gaza Administration Committee

Nickolay Mladenov, the man chosen to serve as the director-general for US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace in Gaza, discussed arrangements for the…

Mohamed Mahmoud (Cairo)
Arab World A member of Yemeni government forces mans a machine gun on a pick-up truck while on patrol outside the headquarters of the Central Bank of Yemen in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, 08 January 2026. (EPA)

Southern Transitional Council Dissolution Paves Way for Calm South Yemen Talks

As Yemen’s government, led by the Presidential Leadership Council, moves to consolidate military and security authority in the south under the defense and…

Waddah Aljaleel (Aden)
Arab World TOPSHOT - Residents of Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsud area evacuate their neighborhood after warnings from the Syrian army that called on civilians to get out of harms way, following the refusal of Kurdish fighter forces to leave Aleppo, on January 9, 2026. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Syrian Authorities Transferring Kurdish Fighters from Aleppo to Northeast

Syrian authorities on Saturday began transferring Kurdish fighters from the country's second city Aleppo to areas they control in the country's northeast,…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) shakes hands with Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Youssef Raggi (R) at the Foreign Ministry in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 09 January 2026. (EPA)

Lebanon FM Urges Iran to Find ‘New Approach’ on Hezbollah Arms

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi on Friday urged his visiting Iranian counterpart to find a "new approach" to the thorny issue of disarming the Iran…

Arab World  Palestinians inspect damaged tents at a displacement camp following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP)

Hamas Says Israeli Strikes on Gaza ‘Cannot Happen without American Cover’

A Hamas official said Friday that Israeli strikes on Gaza "cannot happen without American cover", the day after Israeli attacks killed at least 13 people…

Arab World A view of Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the West Bank, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (AP)

Germany Calls on Israel to Halt E1 Settlement Plan

Germany calls on Israel to halt its controversial ​E1 settlement project, said a foreign ministry spokesperson in Berlin on Friday, warning that construction…

Arab World Lebanese army soldiers and paramedics inspect the wreckage of a car that was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in the town of Qanarit, near the coastal city of Sidon in southern Lebanon on January 8, 2026. (AFP)

Israel Army Says Struck Hezbollah Targets in ‘Several Areas’ of Lebanon

Israel's military said it struck Hezbollah targets in several areas of Lebanon on Friday, a day after the Lebanese army said it had completed the first phase…

Arab World Soldiers are seen outside the headquarters of the Southern Transitional Council in Aden, Yemen. (Reuters)

Yemen's STC to Dissolve Itself

Yemen's Southern Transitional Council and its institutions will be dismantled effective Friday. The move paves the way for participation in the southern Yemen…

Arab World People protest against Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP)

Hundreds in Somalia’s Capital Protest Israel’s Recognition of Breakaway Territory of Somaliland

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Somalia’s capital to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, waving Somali flags and…

Arab World A French peacekeeper of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stands by munitions formerly used by Iran-backed Hezbollah at a position that was held by the group in the Khraibeh Valley in el-Meri in south Lebanon on August 27, 2025. (AFP)

Israel Casts Doubt on Hezbollah Disarmament South of the Litani

Israel on Thursday voiced skepticism over the Lebanese Army’s announcement that its plan to seize weapons from southern Lebanon has reached an advanced stage,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar speaks during a meeting with Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto (not pictured), in Budapest, Hungary, October 27, 2025. (Reuters)

Chinese Envoy Visited Israel and Ramallah This Week, Ministry Says

A Chinese envoy visited Israel and Ramallah ​this week and met senior officials from both sides, China's foreign ministry said in statements on ‌Friday. …

Arab World Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Al-Shaibani (R) receives European Council President Antonio Costa (C) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, during an official visit to the People's Palace in the Syrian capital Damascus on January 9, 2026. (AFP)

Visiting EU Leaders Pledge to Support Syria’s Recovery After Years of Civil War

Senior officials from the European Union visited Syria for the first time Friday and met with Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the latest sign of…