الشرق الأوسط: تغطية شاملة لأخبار اليوم العربية والعالمية

New Battlefronts in Yemen Leave Houthis in Disarray

The Yemeni army and the National Resistance made progress on the ground on Monday across fronts in the Taiz, al-Bayda, and al-Jawf governorates, amid…

Asharq Al Awsat (Taiz) Monday 07/09 - 18:06

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A large Syrian flag flutters above Tishreen Park in Damascus, June 4, 2025. (AFP)

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Syria Arrests Assad-era General Accused of Deadly Repression

Syrian authorities on Monday said they had arrested a former general accused of involvement in the bloody repression of protests in 2011 that sparked the…

Asharq Al Awsat Monday 07/09 - 15:42

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Governor of Yemen’s Hodeidah province Dr. Al-Hassan Taher in this screengrab taken from a video.

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Hodeidah Governor to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Are Determined to Fully Liberate Yemen's West Coast

Governor of Yemen’s Hodeidah province Dr. Al-Hassan Taher said that government forces were advancing on all military fronts, especially the west coast and Taiz…

Abdulhadi Habtor (Riyadh) Monday 07/09 - 11:23

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Assad-era Syrian Reactor was Configured for Nuclear Weapons, IAEA Chief Says

The Assad-era government in Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor that was configured to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons, the…

Monday 07/09 - 16:42

Iran Says to Announce New Restricted Zone in the Gulf in the Coming Days

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Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, September 6, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Iran Says to Announce New Restricted Zone in the Gulf in the Coming Days

Iran said it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days, along with maps of a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, as a…

Asharq Al Awsat Monday 07/09 - 10:54

Iran Raises Price of Petrol as US Applies Economic Pressure Monday 07/09 - 05:43
Iran's Top Negotiator Threatens 'Faster, More Intense' Response to US Attacks Sunday 06/09 - 10:50

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Palestinians carry some salvaged belongings as they leave the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip after they returned briefly to check on their homes on May 31, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

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Israeli Rubble-clearing in Gaza Could Erase 'Atrocity Crimes' Evidence: UN Expert

A UN expert warned Monday that large-scale rubble removal in parts of Gaza under Israeli control risked erasing traces of "atrocity crimes", and preventing the…

Asharq Al Awsat Monday 07/09 - 15:07

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A person walks past the German Consulate General in Saint Petersburg, Russia September 2, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Dmitry Vasilyev

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Russia Announces the Closure of the German Consulate in St. Petersburg

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that the German consulate in St. Petersburg will have to close, a tit-for-tat move that reflected the simmering tensions…

Asharq Al Awsat Monday 07/09 - 15:53

Board of Peace's Mladenov Says Gaza, West Bank Escalation Makes Two-state Solution 'Impossible'

Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza under the US-backed "Board of Peace" tasked with implementing the October 2025 ceasefire plan, speaks at the Hili Forum 2026 in Abu Dhabi on September 7, 2026. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)

North Korea, Russia Open their First Road Bridge, a Symbol of Expanding Ties

The first road bridge between Russia and North Korea across the Tumen River, locally known as Tumannaya, on the border with North Korea in the Primorsky region, Russia, in this still image from a video released September 7, 2026. Russian Government/Handout via REUTERS

Lebanon Says 12 Killed in Strikes as Israel Vows to 'Remove Threats'

Excavators operate as rescuers search for survivors following an Israeli airstrike targeting a building in the village of Kfar Rumman, southern Lebanon, 07 September 2026 EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

Israel Vows War with PA in Case of Oct 7-Style Attack

Israeli soldiers with a military vehicle keep watch near the Palestinian village of Al-Mughayyir, West Bank, 06 September 2026, as local Palestinian students return to school for the new academic year. (EPA)

US Envoy Sees ‘Movement’ Toward Three-Way Talks with Russia, Ukraine

In this handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on September 6, 2026, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (R) and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (L) arrive for talks with Ukrainian president in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service /AFP)

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Nabil Shahin discusses standards developed by the US-based Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). (LinkedIn)

Data Centers Open New Avenue for Localizing Saudi Cooling Industry

A number of wanted people arrested during the security campaign in Aleppo (security sources)

Asharq Al-Awsat Follows Sweeping Security Campaign Against Former Regime Remnants in Aleppo

A drone view shows construction underway on Microsoft's ATL11 data center in Union City, Georgia, US, September 1, 2026. (Reuters)

AI Data Centers Are Less Thirsty Now, Tech Giants Say

A UBTech humanoid robot, Walker S, picks up an object operated by a staff member, during a demonstration simulating a factory's assembly line, at the robotics exhibition center Robot World, during an organized media tour to the Beijing Robotics Industrial Park, in Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as Beijing E-Town, in China May 16, 2025. (Reuters)

From Dance Floor to War: China Readies Humanoid Robots for Combat

An excavator digs as rescuers search for survivors amidst the rubble following an overnight Israeli airstrike on the village of Kfar Rumman in southern Lebanon on September 7, 2026. (AFP)

Israeli ‘Gray Line’ Plan Would See Withdrawal from Most Occupied Lebanese Territory

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, September 5, 2026. (Reuters)

Iran's Hormuz Leverage Wanes as US Economic Squeeze Bites

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Secretary-General of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) Major General Mohammed Al-Moghedi meets with Turkish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Emrullah Isler on Monday. (SPA)

IMCTC, Türkiye Discuss Counter-Terrorism Cooperation

Monday 07/09 - 16:57

Saudi Ambassador Meets EU Ambassador to Lebanon

The two sides reviewed various aspects of current political developments - SPA

Kuwait Court Orders Imprisonment of Former MPs, Including Musallam Al-Barrak

The defendants were charged with "contesting the rights and authorities of the Emir of the country and spreading malicious news". (Asharq Al-Awsat)

MWL Condemns Israeli Statements on Displacement of Palestinian People

Saudi FM Signs Strategic Dialogue MoU with Germany, Holds Calls with UK and Bahrain Counterparts

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met German Federal Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in Berlin. (SPA)

Saudi Interior Minister Attends 'Security and History Dialogue 2026' Conference

Organized by the Ministry of Interior, the conference is being held under the theme "Our History and Our Future: Security and Growth" (conference)

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Armed forces celebrate their advances in al-Jawf. (X)

New Battlefronts in Yemen Leave Houthis in Disarray

Asharq Al Awsat (Taiz) Monday 07/09 - 18:06

Assad-era Syrian Reactor was Configured for Nuclear Weapons, IAEA Chief Says

Syria Arrests Assad-era General Accused of Deadly Repression

Board of Peace's Mladenov Says Gaza, West Bank Escalation Makes Two-state Solution 'Impossible'

Israeli Rubble-clearing in Gaza Could Erase 'Atrocity Crimes' Evidence: UN Expert

Lebanon Says 12 Killed in Strikes as Israel Vows to 'Remove Threats'

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A general view taken on September 7, 2026 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, shows Saxony-Anhalt's State Parliament, the day after the state election. (AFP)

Far-Right Triumph in Eastern Germany Leaves Migrants Questioning Their Future

Monday 07/09 - 16:50

Russia Announces the Closure of the German Consulate in St. Petersburg

North Korea, Russia Open their First Road Bridge, a Symbol of Expanding Ties

Police in Eastern German State Defuse 21 Explosive Devices Found Near Power Grid

A burned vehicle sits at a construction site on the ground of a substation, as police is investigating a fire at the transformer substation, further raising security concerns over a series of sabotage attacks on Germany's power grid, in Berlin, Germany, September 7, 2026. Sign reads "No entry to the construction site". (Reuters)

US Envoy Sees ‘Movement’ Toward Three-Way Talks with Russia, Ukraine

Majority of Spaniards Unhappy with Government's Handling of Ceuta Crisis, Poll Shows

Migrants rest along a street in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta, 04 September 2026. EPA/LAURA RINCON

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Serbian Foreign Minister and Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister sign an agreement waiving visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and official passports. (X)

Saudi Arabia and Serbia Expand Partnership in Energy, Technology and Trade

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh) Monday 07/09 - 13:54

Data Centers Open New Avenue for Localizing Saudi Cooling Industry

Gold Slips on Rate-Hike Bets; Inflation Data in Focus

Gold jewelry is displayed at an exhibition in Kabul, Afghanistan, 03 September 2026. (EPA)

SEREDO 2026 Real Estate Expo Opens in Jeddah with Broad Participation

Oil Extends Gains After US and Iran Strike Ships

A drone view shows the Imperial Oil refinery in Sarnia's Chemical Valley industrial corridor in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, September 2, 2026. (Reuters)

Oman and Yemen Sign Two Cooperation Agreements on Electricity Interconnection

Two cooperation agreements were signed on electricity interconnection between Oman and Yemen (Oman News Agency)

Culture

UK's Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition Set to Wow Visitors with Battle Scenes, Scale

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The 70-meter-long Bayeux Tapestry is displayed during a press preview at the British Museum in London after returning to England, following a historic agreement between the UK and France, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP)

UK's Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition Set to Wow Visitors with Battle Scenes, Scale

Visitors to the sell-out Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition should be ready for the "brutal reality" of battle scenes and expect to be astonished by the scale of the 1…

Monday 07/09 - 16:33

Culture

Visitors to historical and cultural sites reached 5.9 million by the end of the second quarter of 2026 - SPA

Culture

Makkah Advances Preservation and Development of Historical and Cultural Sites

The historical and cultural sites of Makkah bear witness to the city’s rich history, encompassing places associated with events from the life of the Prophet…

Asharq Al Awsat Monday 07/09 - 14:39

Culture

Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz Foundation Showcases Publications at Moscow Book Fair

The King Abdulaziz Foundation (Darah) is participating in the Moscow International Book Fair 2026, which began Wednesday in the Russian capital, as part of the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Moscow) Sunday 06/09 - 17:40

Culture

The dallah, a traditional coffee pot used to serve coffee, is one of the most prominent symbols of Arab hospitality - SPA

Culture

Saudi Coffee Utensils Reflect a Rich Heritage of Hospitality

Saudi coffee utensils form an integral set of tools associated with the various stages of coffee preparation and serving, from roasting the beans in the…

Asharq Al Awsat Sunday 06/09 - 14:56

Culture

The galleries showcased underwater archaeological discoveries and Saudi Arabia's ongoing efforts to protect and document submerged cultural assets - SPA

Culture

Red Sea Museum Concludes Six-Month 'Sunken Treasures' Exhibition

The "Sunken Treasures: The Maritime Heritage of the Red Sea" exhibition concluded its six-month run at the Red Sea Museum in Historic Jeddah, offering visitors…

Asharq Al Awsat Friday 04/09 - 14:07

Sports

Three Talking Points from the Italian Grand Prix

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Mercedes' Italian driver Kimi Antonelli holds his trophy as he celebrates with his team members after winning the Italian Formula One Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza circuit in Monza, northern Italy on September 6, 2026. (AFP)

Three Talking Points from the Italian Grand Prix

Rarely has a race, or a singular drive, stirred the emotions as did Kimi Antonelli's spectacular home triumph in Sunday's stunning and wildly-entertaining…

Monday 07/09 - 16:40

Sports

President of FIFA Gianni Infantino looks on during the opening ceremony of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2024 at the Alassane Ouattara Olympic Stadium in Ebimpe, Abidjan, on January 13, 2024. (AFP)

Sports

Belgium Withholds Support for Infantino Over Balogun Red Card Row

Belgium will not support Gianni ‌Infantino's bid for another term as FIFA president unless it receives satisfactory answers over the handling of the Folarin…

Monday 07/09 - 10:17

Sports

28 August 2026, France, Villeneuve-D'ascq: Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique stands on the touchline during the French Ligue 1 soccer match between Lille OSC (LOSC) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at Pierre Mauroy Stadium. (dpa)

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PSG Go for Three in a Row as Champions League Returns

Another UEFA Champions League season gets going this week with the beginning of the league phase as Paris Saint-Germain bid to join the tiny band of clubs to…

Monday 07/09 - 10:05

Sports

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz serves to USA's Tommy Paul during their men's singles round of 16 tennis match on day eight of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 6, 2026. (AFP)

Sports

Alcaraz Builds Steam at US Open, Sabalenka and Noskova Book Showdown

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz brought the firepower to take his place in the US Open quarter-finals while Aryna Sabalenka and Linda Noskova advanced on…

Monday 07/09 - 09:28

Sports

06 September 2026, United Kingdom, Liverpool: Manchester United's Bryan Mbeumo celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Manchester United at Hill Dickinson Stadium. (dpa)

Sports

African Players in Europe: Mbeumo Fires Solo Goal as United Draw

Cameroon striker Bryan Mbeumo scored a superb solo goal for Manchester United, who surrendered the lead twice in a 2-2 Premier League draw against Everton at…

Monday 07/09 - 08:51

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Don’t Ban Children from Social Media, Estonia Tells EU

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The TikTok app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025. (Reuters)

Don’t Ban Children from Social Media, Estonia Tells EU

The European Union should make social media platforms change instead of banning children from using the apps, Estonia's digital minister told AFP Monday, just…

Monday 07/09 - 16:35

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Kang Do-hyung, principal research scientist at Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology and former Oceans and Fisheries Minister, checks corals with researchers at a lab called Jeju Tropica, in Jeju, on Jeju Island, South Korea, August 20, 2026. (Reuters)

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‘Slumping’ South Korean Corals Worry Divers, Scientists Studying Climate Change

Ko Myeong-hyo loved the vibrant color and thriving life of South Korea's soft corals when she first began diving off the coast of Jeju island six years ago,…

Monday 07/09 - 09:43

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A growing body of global research suggests dogs can be trained to detect cancer and other human illnesses. Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP

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Can Dogs Sniff Cancer? AI Joins the Hunt in India

When rescue dog Chloe is not tumbling across the grass on a farm outside India's tech capital Bengaluru, she is learning to sniff human breath for cancer with…

Asharq Al Awsat Monday 07/09 - 09:28

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This photograph shows a plume of smoke engulfing trees during a wildfire near Etsaut, southwestern France, on September 6, 2026. (AFP)

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Wildfires, Heatwaves Threaten to Undermine Air Quality, UN Weather Agency Says

Pollution from increasingly intense wildfires and heatwaves could undermine global efforts to improve air quality and protect human health, the United Nations'…

Monday 07/09 - 09:19

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Tokyo tourist hotspot Shinjuku as a large residential population, who have become increasingly exasperated with tourists who fail to properly dispose of rubbish, smoke where they're not supposed to, and make too much noise. Ludovic MARIN / AFP/File

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Tokyo's Shinjuku to Ban More than Half of Vacation Rentals

Tokyo tourist hotspot Shinjuku will impose a ban on more than half of its holiday rentals including homes on Airbnb, an official said Monday, after a surge in…

Asharq Al Awsat Monday 07/09 - 09:11

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