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US Defers Removal of Some Lebanese, Citing Israel-Hezbollah Tensions

Arab World Smoke billows from a site targeted by Lebanon's Hezbollah, along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon on July 25, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. (AFP)

US Defers Removal of Some Lebanese, Citing Israel-Hezbollah Tensions

The United States is deferring the removal of certain Lebanese citizens from the country, President Joe Biden said on Friday, citing humanitarian conditions in…

Arab World 24 July 2024, Palestinian Territories, Khan Younis: Displaced Palestinians stay in Asda prison in Khan Younis after the Israeli army ordered them to leave their homes in the towns of Abasan, Bani Suhaila, Ma'an, Al-Zana and a number of other villages, amid Israel-Hamas conflict. (dpa)

With Nowhere Else to Hide, Gazans Shelter in Former Prison

After weeks of Israeli bombardment left them with nowhere else to go, hundreds of Palestinians have ended up in a former Gaza prison built to hold murderers…

Arab World  Smoke rises following Israeli strikes during an Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 24, 2024. (Reuters)

Israeli Troops Battle Palestinian Fighters in Gaza City of Khan Younis

Israeli troops battled Palestinian fighters in Khan Younis in southern Gaza and destroyed tunnels and other infrastructure, as they sought to suppress small…

Arab World Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, look out from a window as they take shelter, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, July 24, 2024. (Reuters)

WHO Sends Over 1 Mln Polio Vaccines to Gaza to Protect Children 

The World Health Organization is sending more than one million polio vaccines to Gaza to be administered over the coming weeks to prevent children being…

Arab World Smoke rises from the border village of Kafr Hamam in South Lebanon following the Israeli bombing (AFP)

Israel Renews its Readiness for War... Lebanon Says Doors are Not Shut

The Israeli army informed the political leadership that it has completed exercises for a major ground maneuver in Lebanon, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation…

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Arab World An Israeli fighter jet ejects flares while flying over an area near the Lebanon-Israel border, as seen from an undisclosed location in northern Israel, 07 July 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI

Israeli Warplanes Break Sound Barrier over Beirut

Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over Beirut and other areas of Lebanon on Tuesday, Lebanese security sources and media reported, rattling nerves as…

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Arab World Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial ceremony for Israeli soldiers who fell in battle during the 2014 Gaza War, in the Hall of Remembrance at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.  (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel's Netanyahu Says Deal Could Be Near for Hostages in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told families of hostages held in Gaza that a deal that would secure their release could be near, his office said on…

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Arab World A demonstrator brandishing a Palestinian national flag walks past Israeli troops, during confrontations with them following a protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the occupied-West Bank, in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the Jewish settlement of Kedumim, on June 9, 2023. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Israeli Forces Kill Seven Palestinians Including Two Gunmen in West Bank Raids

Seven Palestinians, including two militant commanders and a woman, were killed on Tuesday during Israeli raids targeting gunmen in the occupied West Bank,…

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Arab World FILED - 30 June 2022, Israel, Jerusalem: Overview of the Israeli Knesset. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

Knesset Votes to Label UNRWA a Terror Organization

The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval on Monday to a bill that declares the main United Nations relief organization for Palestinians a terrorist…

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Arab World 22 July 2024, Palestinian Territories, Khan Yunis: Palestinians flee the eastern part of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Abdullah Abu Al-Khair/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Israel Surprises Khan Yunis… Netanyahu to Address US Congress

The Israeli army on Monday surprised the residents of Khan Younis with a new ground military operation, more than three months after withdrawing from the…

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Arab World Israeli soldiers close a road in the West Bank, August 2023 (dpa)

Iranian Software Allowed Hamas to Collect Detailed Intel on Thousands of Israeli Soldiers, Families

A group of cyber experts said hackers are using an Iranian software to collect massive private data available on social media accounts of soldiers and officers…

Asharq Al Awsat (Tel Aviv)
Arab World US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin holds discussions with his Iraqi counterpart, Thabet Al-Abbasi, in Washington last year (Pentagon)

Iraq-US Resume Dialogue on Future of International Coalition

A high-level Iraqi delegation and US officials began in Washington on Monday a new round of joint security dialogue on the withdrawal of the military…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World A handout picture released by the Iraqi prime minister's office shows Cristina Albertin, a regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, during an anti-drug conference held in Baghdad on July 22, 2024. (Photo by IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE / AFP)

UN: Iraq is Turning into Regional ‘Hub’ for Drug Trafficking

The Iraqi authorities seized last year record quantities of captagon pills, at an estimated value of $144 million, according to a report published on Monday…

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Arab World Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Al-Miqdad received Ali Asghar Khaji and his accompanying delegation on Monday (SANA)

Tehran Announces from Damascus its Support to Turkish-Syrian Rapprochement

Tehran announced its support for the resumption of rapprochement talks between Ankara and Damascus. Following a meeting on Monday in Damascus with Syrian…

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Arab World US soldiers patrol the countryside of the oil-rich town of Rumeilan in Hasakah province, northeastern Syria, on June 7, 2023. (AFP)

International Coalition Brings Military Equipment to Northeast Syria

The International Coalition forces sent new military equipment to their bases in the Hasakah countryside in northeast Syria, a war monitor revealed Monday. …

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Arab World UN Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen (AFP)

UN Envoy to Syria Warns that Threat of Terrorism is `Resurging' with Attacks by ISIS Extremists

The top UN envoy for Syria told the Security Council on Monday that the threat of terrorism is “resurging” with attacks by ISIS extremists set to double this…

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Arab World (L-R) Mahmoud al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Palestinian organization and political party Fatah, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Mussa Abu Marzuk, senior member Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)

Rivals Hamas and Fatah Sign Declaration to Form Future Govt as War Rages in Gaza

Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed in Beijing to form a government together, the groups said Tuesday, in the latest attempt at resolving a…

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Arab World Smoke rises following Israeli bombardments in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Gaza Health Ministry: 70 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Fire in Khan Younis

Seventy Palestinians were killed and more than 200 wounded by Israeli fire on the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Gaza's Health Ministry said on Monday. …

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Arab World Al-Burhan received the credentials of the Iranian ambassador (Sovereignty Council website)

Sudan, Iran Exchange Ambassadors after 8-Year Rupture

The head of the Sovereignty Council, Commander of the Sudanese Army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, received, on Sunday, the credentials of Hassan Shah, the new…

Mohammed Amin Yassin (Wad Madani )
Arab World Members of the Iraqi forces during a previous chase operation of Daesh members (Reuters)

Confessions of Captured Iraqi Daesh Member Uncover Mass Grave in Fallujah

The official spokesman for the Iraqi Security Service, Arshad Al-Hakim, announced on Sunday that the authorities have found the remaining bodies of the victims…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
Arab World The fire continues for the second day in fuel reservoirs in the Yemeni port of Hodeidah (AFP)

Houthi Leader ‘Pleased’ with Confrontation with Israel, Vows More Escalation

Houthi Leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi expressed his happiness on Monday at the direct confrontation with Tel Aviv, as the huge fire resulting from the Israeli…

Ali Rabih (Aden)
Arab World Palestinians walk on the rubble of buildings destroyed in previous Israeli bombardment, between two pools of stagnant water in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 19, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas continues. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Israel Orders Evacuation of Part of Gaza Humanitarian Zone

The Israeli military on Monday ordered the evacuation of part of an area in the Gaza Strip it has designated a humanitarian zone. The military said it is…

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Arab World Smoke rises from a building hit by an Israeli strike in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on July 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

Israel Strikes Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon Foes after Attacks

The Middle East was reeling Sunday from deadly violence with Israel bombing Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen in quick succession in response to attacks from Iran-backed…

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Arab World Syrian refugees at one of the crossings between Türkiye and Syria (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

Syrian Observatory: Türkiye Forcibly Deporting Thousands of Syrians

Türkiye has forcibly deported early in July, 3,540 Syrians with temporary protection identity cards to northern Syria, in addition to 840 refugees in the past…

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Arab World  Visa entry of Chinese citizen Han Mingyi who went missing in Suwaida, south Syria (Suwaida 24)

Chinese Citizen Missing in Syria’s Suwaida

A Chinese citizen on a visit to Syria reportedly went missing on Monday during a trip to the city of Suwaida in southern Syria. “The weather is nice and…

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Arab World New imported cars are seen in a parking lot next to the Eilat port, Israel, June 12, 2018. Picture taken June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

Israel Says It Intercepts Missile Fired from Yemen, Houthis Say they Targeted Eilat

Israel said its air defenses intercepted a surface-to-surface missile launched from Yemen on Sunday and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it had fired…

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Arab World Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike on the village of Khiam in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel (AFP)

EU Envoy to Middle East: Our Top Priority is Preventing a Regional War

The war in the Gaza Strip is a serious obstacle to the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians but the European Union's Special Envoy for the Middle…

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Arab World Smoke rises in Omdurman, near Halfaya Bridge, during clashes between the Rapid Support Forces and the army as seen from Khartoum North, Sudan April 15, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Sudan Fire Kills Nine

Fire tore through an apartment block in Port Sudan killing nine people in the city which the Sudanese army has made its base during fighting with rival…

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Arab World Born in critical condition in Gaza, Malek Yassin was stabilized after receiving oxygen and medical attention, doctors said - AFP

Gaza Hospital Says Newborn Saved From Dead Mother's Womb

Doctors in Gaza described delivering a newborn baby against incredible odds on Saturday, pulling him from his mother's womb moments after she died of wounds…

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