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Israeli Army is Setting Up Rapid Response Unit on Border with Syria

Arab World Anti-government fighters ride military vehicles in the eastern part of Aleppo province, in Syria, on Sunday. (Aref Tammawi/AFP)

Israeli Army is Setting Up Rapid Response Unit on Border with Syria

The Israeli military has announced the formation of a special rapid response unit in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights to fend off threats from Syria, when…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)
Arab World  Syrian opposition fighters ride on motorcycles through abandoned Syrian army vehicles on a road in the outskirts of Hama, Syria, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024.(AP)

Türkiye's Erdogan Discusses Syria Situation with Putin by Phone, Ankara Says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the renewed outbreak of conflict in Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone, Erdogan's office…

Arab World  Israeli troops enter the complex of the Turkish hospital, where they searched for the bodies of those killed in an airstrike, Israel said was targeting fighters, in the West Bank city of Tubas, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024. (AP)

Israeli Soldiers Open Fire inside a West Bank Hospital While Searching for Fighters’ Bodies

Israeli soldiers opened fire inside a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday during a raid to seize the bodies of alleged fighters targeted in earlier…

Arab World Donated flour is distributed to Palestinians at a UNRWA center in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024. (AP)

Palestinians Get Food Aid in Central Gaza, Some for the First Time in Months

Palestinians lined up for bags of flour distributed by the UN in central Gaza on Tuesday morning, some of them for the first time in months amid a drop in food…

Arab World Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani delivers a speech during the Spain-Iraq business meeting in Madrid, Spain, 28 November 2024. (EPA)

Iraq Will Not Be Just a ‘Spectator’ in Syria, Prime Minister Says

Iraq will not act as a mere spectator in Syria where it believes groups and sects are victims of ethnic cleansing, Iraq's prime minister said on Tuesday,…


Arab World Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (AFP)

Israeli Leaders Applaud Trump Pledge on Hostages, Gazans Fear the Worst

Israeli leaders hailed on Tuesday a pledge by US President-elect Donald Trump that there would be "hell to pay" in the Middle East unless hostages held in the…

Arab World Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 TC-JVV plane takes off in Riga International Airport, Latvia January 17, 2020. (Reuters)

Report: Turkish Airlines Restarts Flights to Beirut

Turkish Airlines has resumed flights from Istanbul to Beirut after a more than two-month suspension prompted by conflict in the Middle East, Türkiye's state…

Arab World An aerial view shows the Damascus-Aleppo International Highway and the city of Khan Sheikhoun after it was captured by Syrian opposition fighters in the Idlib countryside, Syria, 03 December 2024. (EPA)

Israeli Strike Near Damascus Kills Hezbollah Liaison with Syrian Army

An Israeli airstrike on a car near Syria's capital Damascus on Tuesday killed Salman Jumaa, a senior Hezbollah figure responsible for liaising with the Syrian…

Arab World People stand near damaged buildings in Khirbet Silem, after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, southern Lebanon December 3, 2024. (Reuters)

Israel Threatens to Expand War If Hezbollah Truce Collapses

Israel threatened on Tuesday to return to war in Lebanon if its truce with Hezbollah collapses, and said this time its attacks would go deeper and target the…

Arab World Opposition fighters talk together as one of them stands on a military vehicle holding a weapon in the town of Tel Rifaat, Syria December 2, 2024. (Reuters)

Syrian Opposition Forces Advance Close to Hama City, Piling Pressure on Assad and His Allies

Syrian opposition factions advancing against government forces pushed close on Tuesday to the major city of Hama, fighters and a war monitor said, after their…

Arab World A Palestinian man walks past the rubble as he carries a bag of flour distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 3, 2024. (Reuters)

Palestinians Say Hamas, Fatah Close to Agreement on Committee to Administer Postwar Gaza

Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza…

Arab World Palestinians walk in a devastated neighborhood due to Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on December 2, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (AFP)

Israel Kills 14 People in Northern Gaza, Orders Evacuations in South

Israeli military strikes killed at least 14 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, most of them in the town of Beit Lahiya on the northern edge, medics…

Arab World An aerial picture shows displaced Syrian Kurds driving vehicles loaded with belongings on the Aleppo-Raqqa highway to flee areas on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo which were formerly controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), after they were seized by opposition groups on December 2, 2024. (AFP)

Syrian Army Confronts Attack by SDF in Deir Ezzor, State News Agency Says

The Syrian army and allied forces confronted an attack launched by forces affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces alliance on villages in the northern…

Arab World A handout picture released by the Iraq's Defense Ministry shows Iraqi military equipment being transported towards the border with Syria on December 2, 2024. (Iraqi Defense Ministry/AFP)

Syrian Armed Factions Assure Iraq that They Pose No Threat to its Security

The so-called Syrian Salvation Government assured on Monday the Iraqi government and people that its operations inside Syria are not a threat to Iraq. The…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
Arab World FILE PHOTO: US President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024. Brandon Bell/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump Warns 'Hell to Pay' in Middle East if Gaza Hostages Not Freed Before his Inauguration

US President-elect Donald Trump warned on Monday of severe consequences in the Middle East if Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are not freed by his…

Asharq Al Awsat (Washington )
Arab World Dignitaries pose for a family photo at the “Cairo Ministerial Conference to Enhance the Humanitarian Response in Gaza” on Monday. (Egyptian Foreign Ministry)

Cairo Ministerial Conference Aims to Boost Humanitarian Response in Gaza

Egypt hosted on Monday the “Cairo Ministerial Conference to Enhance the Humanitarian Response in Gaza” aimed at securing clear commitments to provide aid to…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World Only half of Yemen’s health facilities are fully functional and accessible due to the war that Houthi started (UN)

WHO-World Bank Partnership Prevents Collapse of More Than 100 Hospitals in Yemen

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank, in partnership with the Yemeni government, are working on an initiative to strengthen the resilience of…

Mohammed Nasser (Taiz)

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Arab World A drone view of buildings lying in ruin in Lebanon, next to the Israel-Lebanon border, following the ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah, as seen from Metula in northern Israel, December 2, 2024. REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg

Hezbollah Attack Draws Deadly Israeli Strikes on Lebanon, Testing Ceasefire's Limits

Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday…

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Arab World People and Syrian rescuers known as the White Helmets stand near building rubble at the site of a reported airstrike on a neighborhood in Syria's opposition-held northern city of Idlib on December 2, 2024. (AFP)

Türkiye's Erdogan Hopes Instability in Syria Will Be Solved with Agreement

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he hoped the instability in Syria would be concluded with an agreement in line with the demands of…

Arab World An anti-regime fighter tears off a poster depicting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) and his brother Maher at the airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 2, 2024. (AFP)

Syrian Opposition Leader Says Lebanon Truce Opened Door to Aleppo Assault

Syrian opposition fighters began preparations to seize Aleppo a year ago, but the operation was delayed by war in Gaza and ultimately launched last week when a…

Arab World Flares are fired from northern Israel over the southern Lebanese border village of Aita al-Shaab, on October 28,2023. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)

Hezbollah Strikes Israeli Position over Ceasefire Breaches, Israel Vows ‘Strong’ Response

Hezbollah said it carried out a "defensive warning strike" on an Israeli military position in the disputed Shebaa Farms area on Monday, citing repeated Israeli…

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Arab World Palestinian girl Eman Al-Kholi, whose limb was amputated after being wounded in an Israeli strike that killed her parents, looks on as she sits in a wheelchair at the European Hospital, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 28, 2023. REUTERS/Arafat Barbakh

UN Chief Says Situation in Gaza 'Appalling and Apocalyptic'

The UN chief said on Monday the situation in Gaza is "appalling and apocalyptic", as he called for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas. "The…

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Arab World Border fence between Lebanon and Israel (AFP)

Lebanon Parliament Speaker Accuses Israel of 'Flagrant Violation' of Truce

Lebanon's parliament speaker accused Israel of violating a ceasefire, after authorities said two were killed in Israeli strikes on Monday, the sixth day of the…

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Arab World 05 May 2024, Palestinian Territories, Rafah: A Palestinian inspects a damaged house after Israeli warplanes bombed a home for the Al-Shaer family, leading to widespread destruction in the Al-Salam neighborhood, east of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa

Hamas Says Delegation Discussed Gaza Truce With Egypt

A Hamas delegation discussed a ceasefire in Gaza with Egyptian intelligence officials, two officials from the Palestinian group told AFP on Monday. The …

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Arab World A Palestinian boy inspects the destruction at the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a home in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 2, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP)

Israeli Army Bombards Homes in North Gaza, Airstrike Kills 15, Medics Say

Israeli forces bombarded houses in overnight attacks in the northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 15 people in one of the buildings in the town of Beit Lahiya,…

Arab World Destroyed buildings in an area of the village of Odaisseh in southern Lebanon, located next to the Israeli-Lebanese border, as seen from northern Israel, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP)

Lebanese Army Says Israeli Drone Targets Military Bulldozer at Army Base

An Israeli drone targeted a Lebanese military bulldozer while it was carrying out fortification work inside the Al-Abbara military base near Lebanon's border…

Arab World Israeli soldiers play football near tanks and armored personnel carrier (APC), amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel, June 2, 2024. (Reuters)

Hamas Says 33 Hostages Killed in Course of War in Gaza

Hamas said on Monday that 33 hostages in Gaza had been killed during the almost 14-month-old war between the Palestinian group and Israel in the enclave,…

Arab World This is a locator map of Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

US Navy Destroys Houthi Missiles and Drones Targeting American Ships in Gulf of Aden

US Navy destroyers shot down seven missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi group at the warships and three American merchant vessels they were escorting…

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Arab World Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks at parliament. (Iranian presidency)

Iran Warns US, Israel over Syria, May Send ‘Advisors’ to Aleppo

Iran warned on Sunday the United States and Israel against exploiting the situation in Syria, hinting that it may send “advisory” forces from the Iranian…

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