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EU Chief Salutes Lebanon-Israel Deal

Arab World European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks at the opening session of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 at the European Solidarity Center in Gdansk, Poland, 25 June 2026. (EPA)

EU Chief Salutes Lebanon-Israel Deal

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday welcomed the US-Lebanon-Israel framework agreement as a "critical step" away from conflict in the Middle East. "I…

Arab World Palestinians inspect their destroyed tents on Al-Jalaa Street following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 27 June 2026. (EPA)

Israeli Drone Strike Kills Palestinian Siblings in a Gaza Tent Camp

An Israeli drone strike on Saturday killed two Palestinian siblings, including a 15-year-old girl, in southern Gaza and wounded at least seven others,…

Arab World  Israeli tanks maneuver in Lebanon, after Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement following US-mediated talks, as seen from northern Israel, June 27, 2026. (Reuters)

What Challenges Lie Ahead for the US-Lebanon-Israel Agreement?

Lebanon and Israel, under US sponsorship, signed an agreement on Friday hoping to end hostilities between them, but experts say it does not guarantee Israeli…

Arab World  Hezbollah supporters block the old airport road in the southern suburbs of Beirut, with burning tires to protest against the trilateral agreement that was signed between the US, Lebanon and Israel on June 27, 2026. (AFP)

Hezbollah Chief Rejects US-Lebanon-Israel Deal

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem condemned the US-Lebanon-Israel framework agreement on Saturday, accusing the government of surrendering Lebanese sovereignty and…

Arab World New Generation party leader Shaswar Abdulwahid (NRT Channel)

Political Stalemate Opens Door to Re-elections in Iraqi Kurdistan

The stagnant situation in the Kurdistan Region is stirring towards the formation of a new government, a process delayed for nearly two years since the…


Arab World An Egyptian-Turkish joint air exercise hosted at Egyptian air bases this month (Egyptian military spokesman) 

Regional Turmoil Fuels Growing Defense Cooperation Between Egypt, Türkiye

Egypt and Türkiye have stepped up military cooperation in recent months through a series of joint exercises, the launch of a high-level military dialogue in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World  Israeli and Lebanese flags hang in a memorial site on the border with Lebanon in northern Israel, Saturday, June 27, 2026 after Israel and Lebanon sign a framework agreement, described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah. (AP)

Lebanon President Says Israel Deal First Step to Restoring Sovereignty

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said a deal signed with Israel on Friday was a first step towards fully restoring his country's sovereignty after the latest war…

Arab World US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, top center, speaks at the start of a signing of a framework agreement, described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, at the State Department, Friday, June 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP)

Rubio: Lebanon-Israel Agreement Paves Way for Lasting Peace

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the signing of the US-mediated framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel “begins to put in place a framework for…

Arab World Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the graduation ceremony of the Israel Defense Forces officers' course at a military base near Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel, 25 June 2026. (EPA)

Netanyahu Says Israel to Remain in South Lebanon Until Hezbollah Disarms

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel would remain in south Lebanon until Hezbollah disarms, shortly after the announcement in…

Arab World Tunisian rights activist Sihem Bensedrine. (Getty Images)

Tunisian Rights Activist Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

Prominent Tunisian rights activist Sihem Bensedrine told AFP on Friday that she had been sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges including falsifying part…

Arab World US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others watch, seated from left, Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, counselor Dan Holler, and Lebanon's Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh, sign a framework agreement, described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, at the State Department, Friday, June 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP)

Key Points from the US-Lebanon-Israel Agreement

Washington on Friday released text of a trilateral framework between Lebanon, Israel and the United States aimed at ending hostilities that have been a violent…

Arab World Hezbollah supporters block the old airport road in the southern suburbs of Beirut, with burning tires to protest against the trilateral agreement that was signed between the US, Israel and Lebanon on June 27, 2026. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)

Hezbollah Supporters take to streets of Beirut to protest Israel deal

Hezbollah supporters took to the streets of Beirut late Friday to protest an agreement between Israel and Lebanon, as a lawmaker from the Iran-backed group…

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Arab World Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others watch, as seated from left, Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, counselor Dan Holler, and Lebanon's Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh, sign a framework agreement, described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, at the State Department, Friday, June 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Lebanon, Israel and US Sign Trilateral Framework Pact

Lebanon, Israel and the United States on Friday signed a trilateral framework agreement aimed at paving the way for a peace deal between the two long-time…

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Arab World Syria’s Anti-Narcotics Directorate seized 25 million professionally packaged Captagon pills. (Syrian Interior Ministry)

Syria Hails Shift From Captagon Hub to Anti-Drug Partner

Syria on Friday marked what it called its shift from a “Captagon hub” to a “partner in combating it,” as the world observed the International Day against Drug…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus )
Arab World  A session of Iraq’s parliament in Baghdad, March 2026. (Iraqi News Agency)

Iraq Row Erupts Over ‘Missing’ $140 Bn

A senior Iraqi official has ignited a new dispute over the fate of about $140 billion in public revenues, as Iraq presses ahead with corruption investigations…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Lebanese President Joseph Aoun chairs a cabinet meeting on Thursday. (Lebanese Presidency)

Lebanon Banking on US Pressure to Yield ‘Declaration of Intent’ in Negotiations with Israel

Lebanon is counting on US pressure to push Israel to soften its position after the third day of the fifth round of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations in Washington…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Arab World Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. (EPA)

Lebanon Welcomes European Push to Form Int’l Coalition to Succeed UNIFIL

Lebanon welcomed a French-Italian effort to form a multinational coalition that would replace the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) after its…

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)

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Arab World Israeli bulldozers guarded by Israeli soldiers demolish the home belonging to the Palestinian al-Atrash family, citing the lack of a building permit, in the village of Qilqes, a few kilometers from the Israeli settlement of Beit Hagai, just south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron on June 23, 2026. (AFP)

Israel Prosecutors Charge Six Settlers with ‘Terror Offenses’ After West Bank Attack

Israeli prosecutors filed charges against six people, including for "acts of terrorism", after a settler attack on a Palestinian village in the occupied West…

Arab World Supporters of the Iranian-backed Houthi movement gather at a mass rally, denouncing what they perceive to be derogatory comments by the US president  Donald Trump, held in capital Sanaa on June 16, 2026. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

Houthi Leader Escalates War Rhetoric Despite Worsening Hardship for Yemenis

As economic and humanitarian crises deepen across areas under Houthi control, the group's leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, used his latest televised address on…

Asharq Al Awsat (Aden)
Arab World A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese region of Marjayoun shows smoke rising following an Israeli airstrike on the village of Choukine on June 19, 2026.  (Photo by AFP) /

Israel Army Says Killed Seven Hezbollah Operatives in South Lebanon

The Israeli military said it killed seven Hezbollah militants who had operated near its so-called "security zone" in southern Lebanon on Friday. The latest…

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Arab World FILED - 16 February 2026, Lebanon, Beirut: FILE PHOTO - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun speaks during a press conference. Photo: Markus Lenhardt/dpa

Aoun Hails Gulf Support, Says Lebanon Remains Committed to Strongest Ties with GCC States

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun welcomed the statement issued by the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council expressing support for Lebanon and its…

Arab World File photo of a police officer standing near a Moroccan national flag near the main stadium during preparations for the FIFA Club World Cup in Agadir, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A Moroccan Court Sentences 29 Prominent People in Major Drug Trafficking and Corruption Case

A Moroccan court handed prison sentences to 29 people, including prominent politicians and sports and business figures, in an international drug trafficking…

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Arab World Israeli tank manoeuvres as United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy drive between destroyed houses in the south Lebanon village of Meiss El Jabal, as seen from the Israeli side of the border in the upper Galilee, 26 June 2026.  EPA/ATEF SAFADI

Israel Drops Leaflets over South Lebanon Town Ordering Residents to Leave

Israeli forces dropped leaflets over the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri on Friday ordering residents to leave, Lebanese state media reported, the first…

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Arab World 17 June 2026, Lebanon, Beirut: Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem addresses crowds via a giant screen during the first day of Ashoura at the shrine of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut southern suburb. Photo: Marwan Naamani/dpa

Hezbollah’s Qassem Says Iran Deal a Declaration of US-Israeli Defeat

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Friday that the US-Iran deal signed last week was a declaration of defeat by Israel and America, after the agreement also…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi during his meeting with US Envoy Tom Barrack in Baghdad on June 16, 2026 (Government Media)

Al-Zaidi: No Justification for the Presence of the ‘Resistance’ in Iraq after September

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said that there is no need for “the resistance” to continue after the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, in what may be one…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Two damaged tanks outside the central bank building in Khartoum during fighting. File photo: Reuters

Drone Strikes Continue to Claim Civilian Lives in Sudan

Two civilians were killed, and several others were wounded, when a drone struck a fuel station in Rabak, the capital of White Nile state in southern Sudan, as…

Ahmed Younes (Kampala)
Arab World A Palestinian kicks away a teargas cyclinder fired by Israeli security forces guarding bulldozers demolishing the home and shops belonging to the al-Atrash family just south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron on June 23, 2026. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Palestinian Health Ministry: Israeli Forces Kill Man in West Bank

Israeli forces fatally shot a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, with the Israeli military confirming…

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Arab World A man with a Hezbollah flag drives past a damaged building following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in the town of Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Israel Says will Only Withdraw Troops from Lebanon after Hezbollah Disarmed

Israel said Thursday that it would only withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon after Hezbollah was disarmed, as the two countries engaged in US-mediated…

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Arab World Residents arrive to inspect what is left of their homes and businesses, destroyed in Israeli military strikes, in the southern Lebanese village of Srifa on June 24, 2026. (Photo by FADEL itani / AFP) /

Lebanese State Media Says Three Killed in Israeli Strike on South

An Israeli strike on a vehicle in southern Lebanon killed three people on Thursday, Lebanese state media reported, despite a lull in the fighting between…

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