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ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Israeli, Hamas Leaders, including Netanyahu

Arab World FILE PHOTO: An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Israeli, Hamas Leaders, including Netanyahu

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime…

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Arab World An injured Palestinian boy stands next to the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Israel Intends to Broaden Rafah Sweep, Gallant Tells Washington

Israel intends to broaden its military operation in Rafah, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday told US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Israel…

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Arab World 28 April 2024, Lebanon, Borj El Mlouk: Vehicles from the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol the village of Burj al-Muluk on Lebanon's southern border with Israel. Photo: STR/dpa

Ireland's Top Diplomat Concerned over Slow Pace of Justice in Peacekeeper's Killing in Lebanon

Ireland’s top diplomat in a visit to Lebanon on Monday expressed his concern over the slow progress in criminal proceedings against several Lebanese men…

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Arab World FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi delivers a speech after taking his oath as president in a ceremony at the parliament in Tehran, Iran on Aug. 5, 2021.  (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Gulf, Arab Leaders Express Condolences over the Death of Iran's President

Several Gulf and Arab leaders on Monday reacted to the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain…

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Arab World The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini during a joint press conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Amman (EPA)

UNRWA: Israel Arrested, Tortured Our Employees

The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, said on Sunday that aid is hardly arriving to the Gaza Strip, noting that the…

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Arab World  A picture shows Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system launching to intercept rockets being fired from Lebanon, next to the northern Israel city of Kiryat Shmona, near the near the Lebanon border on May 10, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Lebanon: Israeli Airstrike on Southern Town Causes 'Massive' Damages

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said on Tuesday that an Israeli airstrike on the southern town of Kfar Kila has caused “massive damages”. NNA said…

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Arab World A Palestinian boy looks out his tent in a Rafah displacement camp in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas group. (AFP)

Talks Over Gaza Ceasefire at Stalemate After Rafah Operation, Qatar PM Says 

Talks over a ceasefire in Gaza have reached a stalemate due to Israel's operations in Rafah, Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani…

Arab World A logo of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pictured in Geneva, Switzerland March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Red Cross Sets Up Rafah Emergency Field Hospital

The International Red Cross and partners are opening a field hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday to try to meet what it described as "overwhelming" demand for…

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Arab World Syrian refugees gather near trucks, as they prepare to go back home to Syria, in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Amnesty International Says Syria Still Not Safe for Returnees to Go Back To

Amnesty International said that Lebanon’s decision to resume the “voluntary return” of Syrian refugees to their homeland is “worrying” in light of the…

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Arab World NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 13: Members of the United Nations Security Council listen as Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs Ambassador Robert Wood speaks during a meeting on the war in Gaza on at the United Nations headquarters May 13, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP

US Calls on Iran to Halt Weapons Transfers to Yemen's Houthis

The United States called on Iran on Monday to halt its transfer of an “unprecedented” amount of weaponry to Yemen’s Houthi militias, enabling their fighters to…

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Arab World A Syrian refugee camp in the Lebanese town of Arsal in the eastern Bekaa region. (AP)

Lebanon Resumes Trips for Syrian Refugees’ Voluntary Return to Their Country

Lebanon will resume on Tuesday trips for Syrian refugees who have volunteered to return to their country. The General Security directorate will operate two…

Hussein Darwish (Baalbek (eastern Lebanon) )
Arab World Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a speech via a screen during a rally, in a suburb outside Beirut, Lebanon, 13 May 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

Hezbollah Head: Displaced Israeli Northerners Will Not Return Home if Gaza War Persists

The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said on Monday that residents of northern Israel would not be able to return home for the start of the next…

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Arab World FILE - Displaced Palestinians arrive in central Gaza after fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

Palestinians Mark 76 Years of Dispossession as a Potentially Even Larger Catastrophe Unfolds in Gaza

Palestinians on Wednesday will mark the 76th year of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel, an event that is at the core of their national struggle. But…

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Arab World United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg delivers his briefing before the UN Security Council on Monday. (AFP)

UN Yemen Envoy Worried About Threats to Return to War, Houthi Rhetoric towards Marib

United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg renewed on Monday his fear about threats to return to war, also expressing his concern about the Iran…

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Arab World A member of the Iraqi security forces. AFP

Five Iraqi Soldiers Killed in ISIS Attack

An Iraqi commanding officer and four soldiers were killed and five others injured on Monday in an attack by suspected ISIS militants on an army post in eastern…

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Arab World Displaced Palestinians arrive in central Gaza after fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP)

White House Sees No Genocide in Gaza, Condemns Aid Convoy Attacks 

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday that President Joe Biden's administration does not view the killings of Palestinians in Gaza by…

Arab World A damaged trailer truck that was carrying humanitarian aid supplies is pictured along the Israeli side of Israel's controversial separation barrier with the West Bank near the village of Shekef on May 13, 2024, after it was vandalized by right-wing Israeli activists to protest against aid being sent to the Gaza Strip. (AFP)

Israeli Protesters Block Aid Convoy Headed to Gaza

Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks headed for Gaza on Monday, strewing food packages on the road in the latest in a series of incidents that have come as…

Arab World Maronite Patriarch Beshara el-Rahi. (Reuters)

Lebanon: Rahi Says EU Exploiting Syrian Refugee Crisis for Political Ends

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi accused the European Union of exploiting the crisis of Syrian refugees in Lebanon for political ends. Rahi has…

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Arab World 12 May 2024, Palestinian Territories, Deir al-Balah: Tents for displaced people are crowded west of Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip after thousands of Palestinians fled Rafah after the Israeli army announced the start of a military operation there. Photo: Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Misery Deepens in Gaza’s Rafah as Israeli Troops Press Operation

Aid workers are struggling to distribute dwindling food and other supplies to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by what Israel says is a limited…

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Arab World Iraq’s Interior Minister Abdul Amir Al-Shammari welcomes his Syrian counterpart, Muhammad Khaled Al-Rahmoun in Baghdad (Iraqi Interior Ministry)

Iraq and Syria Sign Memorandum for Security Cooperation

Iraq and Syria inked on Sunday a memorandum of understanding for security cooperation in various areas, including combating terrorism. “The agreement included…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
Arab World FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference during his visit, in Baghdad, Iraq April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/Pool/File Photo

Türkiye Erdogan Says US, Europe Not Doing Enough to Pressure Israel into Gaza Truce

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that the United States and European countries were not doing enough to pressure Israel to agree to a ceasefire…

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Arab World Internally displaced women wait in a queue to collect aid from a group at a camp in Gadaref on May 12, 2024. (AFP)

At Least 27 Killed in Renewed Clashes in Sudan's Al-Fasher 

Clashes reignited between the Sudanese army and rival paramilitaries in recent days in the key Darfur town of al-Fasher, the United Nations said Sunday,…

Arab World Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Herzi Halevi attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking Israel's national Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, in Jerusalem, 06 May 2024. (EPA)

Israel’s Army Chief Says ‘Fully Responsible’ for Oct 7 Attack 

Israel’s army chief Herzi Halevi said on Sunday he was "fully responsible" for what happened on October 7 when Hamas launched its unprecedented attack on…

Arab World  Palestinian women shop at a roadside stand near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 3, 2024. (Reuters)

Palestinian Public Sector Salaries Squeezed as Israel Withholds Tax Revenue

The Palestinian Authority said on Sunday the Israeli finance ministry was continuing to withhold tax revenues and as a result only a part of public sector…

Arab World  Displaced Palestinians travel in a vehicle as they flee Rafah, after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of southern Gaza city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 12, 2024. (Reuters)

Rafah Residents Flee ‘Hell’ of Israeli Onslaught

War-weary Gazans flooded towards coastal areas of the Gaza Strip's southern city of Rafah on Sunday, fleeing heavy bombardment in eastern zones after Israel…

Arab World A handout picture released by the BBC, taken and received on May 12, 2024, shows Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron appearing on the BBC's 'Sunday Morning' political television show with journalist Laura Kuenssberg. (Photo by JEFF OVERS / BBC / AFP)

Banning UK Arms Exports to Israel Would Strengthen Hamas, Says Cameron

Stopping British arms sales to Israel if it launches a ground assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip would strengthen Hamas, Britain's Foreign Secretary David…

Arab World  A boy looks on as Palestinians prepare to flee Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of the southern Gaza city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 12, 2024. (Reuters)

Israel Lacks ‘Credible Plan’ to Safeguard Rafah Civilians, Says Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday defended a decision to pause a delivery to Israel of 3,500 bombs over concerns they could be used in the Gazan…

Arab World Notices to close stores in Nabatieh after a raid by the General Security (National News Agency)

Lebanon’s Security Authorities Adopt Strict Measures to Curb Violations Committed by Syrians

Members of the Lebanese General Security started implementing strict measures and procedures in various regions and villages, in implementation of instructions…

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Arab World TikTok app. (AP)

Lebanon Judiciary Issues New Indictments in TikTok Gang Case

The first investigating judge in Mount Lebanon, Judge Nicolas Mansour, begins interrogating 10 detainees from the TikTok gang involved in sexual assaults on…

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