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All 3 Missing Indian Seafarers Dead after US Strike on Tanker Off Oman

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An F-35B Lighting II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, prepares to take off from the flight deck of America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 13, 2026. (US Navy photo)

All 3 Missing Indian Seafarers Dead after US Strike on Tanker Off Oman

All three missing Indian seafarers have died after a US military strike on a tanker in the Gulf of Oman, ⁠Indian Shipping Minister ⁠Sarbananda Sonoma said on…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Arab World Lebanese army remove the rubble of a house that was destroyed in the recent clashes between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops in Dibbine village, southeast Lebanon, Friday, June 5, 2026, a day after Israeli forces withdrew. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israeli Military Says Two 'Launches' Fall near Israeli Troops in Southern Lebanon

The Israeli military said on Thursday that two "launches" were identified falling adjacent to an ‌area where ‌Israeli troops ‌are ⁠operating in…

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Arab World People gather at the site of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut’s Southern Suburbs, Sept. 29, 2024 (AP/File photo)

Report: Alleged Spy’s Escape in Lebanon Exposes Israel’s Shadow War on Hezbollah

As Israeli warplanes pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs last March and residents fled in panic, one man found his opportunity. Amid the chaos, he slipped out…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World One of the meetings in the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) (Knesset website)

Arab Parliament Speaker Condemns Knesset Approval of Bill on Palestinian Tax Revenues

Arab Parliament Speaker Mohamed Al-Yamahi condemned the Israeli Knesset's approval of a bill allowing broader seizure of Palestinian tax revenues, saying the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Smoke rises after Israeli settlers reportedly set fire to agricultural fields surrounding the village of Taybeh, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 10, 2026. (AFP)

Israeli Settlers Impeded Firefighting Near West Bank Village, Palestinians Say

Israeli settlers obstructed Palestinians putting out a large blaze near a Christian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank late on Tuesday, a local priest…


Arab World Palestinians are seen at a school sheltering displaced people in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on Tuesday. (AFP)

Asharq Al-Awsat Publishes Palestinian Factions’ Amendment to 8th Clause of Gaza Agreement

Mediators of Gaza’s fragile ceasefire, along with Palestinian factions, are counting on US President Donald Trump’s administration to press Israel to accept…

Arab World Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during his meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Cairo in December 2024 (Egyptian Presidency)

Attacks on Gulf States...an Obstacle to Egypt-Iran Rapprochement

After two years of steadily improving ties that appeared to be moving toward the restoration of full diplomatic relations, Egypt and Iran now seem to be facing…

Hisham Elmayany
Arab World A French peacekeeper with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stands on a hill overlooking Kfarkela, a Lebanese border village near Israel in southern Lebanon, on August 20, 2025. (AP)

UN Rights Chief Sending Lebanon Mission to Collect Evidence on Abuses since War Erupted

The UN rights chief said Wednesday he would send a mission to Lebanon to collect evidence on alleged rights abuses since the war began between Hezbollah and…

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Arab World Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty during his participation in the Korea-Africa Summit earlier this month (Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

Egypt Moves to Postpone African Summit in El Alamein Over Ebola Concerns

An Egyptian official source said there is a move toward postponing the African Union's Mid-Year Coordination Summit, which had been scheduled for the end of…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World A paramedic runs in front of burned cars that were attacked in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Israeli Strikes on South Lebanon Kill 12

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 12 people on Wednesday, a Lebanese medical source said, as state media reported Israeli strikes across the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World An Israeli flag and a flag of the Golani Brigade fly on Beaufort Castle, as seen from Marjayoun, southern Lebanon, June 1, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Israel Detains Two Individuals from Lebanon for Questioning

The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it had detained two people who approached troops in southern Lebanon and taken them to Israel for questioning. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World FILED - 30 October 2025, Türkiye, Ankara: FILE PHOTO - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Türkiye, speaks at the presidential palace. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

Erdogan: Israel's Attacks on Syria, Lebanon Threaten Türkiye Too

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israel's attacks on Syria and Lebanon had reached a point where they also threaten Türkiye,…

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Arab World People rest outside the Kremlin on a warm summer day in downtown Moscow, Russia, 05 June 2026. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

Russia Says it is Discussing 'Reformatting' of Military Facilities in Syria

Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that cooperation with Syria was developing very actively and that Moscow was discussing with Damascus a "possible…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World An aerial view shows the Bedouin hamlet of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP)

Amnesty Accuses Israel of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of West Bank Bedouins

Amnesty International accused Israel on Wednesday of conducting an "ethnic cleansing" campaign against Bedouin and herding communities in the occupied West…

Arab World The Egyptian-made Jabbar 150 drone, produced by Amstone International Group, on display at the EDEX defense exhibition on Dec. 3, 2025 (Reuters)

Israeli Concerns over Egypt’s Jabbar 150 Drone

Israeli media has recently raised concern over the Jabbar 150 drone, the latest Egyptian weapons system, despite having been unveiled nearly six months ago. …

Mohamed Mahmoud (Cairo)
Arab World A Houthi fighter stands guard during a sectarian rally in Sanaa, Yemen, 04 June 2026. (EPA)

Houthis Use ‘Espionage’ Charges against Relief Agencies to Cripple Humanitarian Aid in Yemen

The Iran-backed Houthi group’s campaign against United Nations personnel and aid workers has become a major factor deepening Yemen’s humanitarian crisis and…

Mohammed Nasser (Aden)
Arab World 27 January 2024, Yemen, Gulf of Aden: The Marlin Luanda vessel on fire in the Gulf of Aden after it was reportedly struck by an anti-ship missile fired from a Houthi controlled area of Yemen. (Indian Navy via ZUMA Wire/dpa)

British Army: Guards on Cargo Ship off Yemen’s Aden Exchange Fire with Gunmen in Small Boat

Guards on board a cargo ship off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden exchanged fire Wednesday with gunmen in a small boat on Wednesday, the British military…

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Arab World A child searches for plastic at a garbage dump in Gaza City (AP)

‘Storing Weapons, Not Surrendering Them’: Gaza Factions and Mediators Reach Consensus

Three Palestinian sources said Tuesday that representatives of Gaza’s factions meeting in Cairo and mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and Türkiye have agreed on…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World Members of Asaib Ahl al-Haq take part in a Quds Day march in Baghdad on July 1, 2016. (AP)

War Fears Cloud Iraq’s Drive to Bring Arms Under State Control

The issue of weapons outside state control has returned to the center of Iraq’s political and security scene after Akram al-Kaabi, secretary-general of Harakat…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Arab World 05 February 2025, Jordan, Amman: A view of numerous buildings in the city center. (dpa)

Jordan Military Says Shot Down 5 Missiles from Iran

Jordanian forces intercepted five missiles launched from Iran on Wednesday, the army said, as Tehran and Washington exchanged retaliatory strikes after the…

Arab World Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the southern city of Tyre on June 9, 2026. (AFP)

Eight Killed in Israeli Strike on Lebanon’s Tyre

Israel struck the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, in an escalation that adds strain to efforts to…

Arab World  Lawyers Antonio Mulvay, left, and Willis Otieno, center, who are part of the legal team filing a law suit against Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on behalf of Sudanese torture victims, speak to the media in Nairobi, Tuesday June 9, 2026. (AP)

First War Crimes Complaint Against Sudan’s RSF Filed in Kenya

Victims of alleged atrocities linked to the war in Sudan on Tuesday asked prosecutors in Kenya to investigate allegations of torture and sexual violence by…

Arab World A Palestinian woman stands amid debris at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 7, 2026. (AFP)

Rival Palestinian Factions Discuss Gaza Disarmament

Members of Palestinian factions including Hamas agreed in principle for Gaza's armed groups to hand over parts of their arsenals to a yet-to-be-created, ad hoc…

Arab World Men attempt to extinguish a fire in a field in the Palestinian town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank on June 6, 2026, after a reported arson attack by Israeli settlers according to local officials. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

UN Inquiry Finds Israeli Forces Shield Settlers during Attacks on Palestinians

Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks that have killed, injured and displaced Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World This handout photograph taken and released on June 9, 2026 by Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) shows Pakistan's Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir (R) speaking with General Rodolphe Haykal, Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces during their meeting in Rawalpindi. (Photo by Handout / Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) / AFP)

Pakistan, Lebanon Army Chiefs Meet as Middle East Mediation Drags On

The heads of the Pakistani and Lebanese armed forces agreed to boost cooperation on Tuesday as they met in Pakistan with peace talks over the Middle East war…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World  Lebanese army soldiers carry the coffin of captain Elie Khoury, who was killed on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral procession in Kfar Jarra, southern Lebanon, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP)

Lebanon Caught between US, Iran in Reclaiming its Independent Decision-making

Iran’s attack on Israel in retaliation to Israeli strikes on Sunday on Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, carried several messages. It was…

Youssef Diab (Beirut)
Arab World Israel's far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir (C) arrives at the site of a suspected shooting attack in the town of Tzur Yitzhak in central Israel close to the occupied West Bank on June 7, 2026. One person was killed and four others wounded in multiple suspected shooting attacks in Israel on June. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir under Investigation in Italy over Gaza Flotilla

Italian prosecutors put Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir under investigation over the treatment of activists who were part of a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World 17 January 2025, Lebanon, Baabda: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun speaks during a press conference at Baabda Palace. (dpa)

Lebanon’s Aoun Says Will Not Meet Netanyahu Before Reaching Agreement to End War

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made a rare direct appeal to the Israeli government and its people to come to the negotiating table to end the war, warning in a…

Arab World 07 June 2026, Israel, Tzur Yitzhak: Israeli Security forces inspect the scene of a shooting attack in the town of Tzur Yitzhak in central Israel near the occupied West Bank border. (dpa)

Israel Releases Detained Palestinian Woman Footballer

Israeli authorities released a player on the Palestinian national women's football team after six days in detention in Jerusalem, her mother and police told…