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Russia Says Gaza War Is Escalating and No Sign of Any Peace Settlement 

Arab World Israeli soldiers move on armored personnel carriers (APC) near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP)

Russia Says Gaza War Is Escalating and No Sign of Any Peace Settlement 

Russia said on Wednesday that the war in Gaza was escalating due to Israel's incursion into Rafah and that Moscow so far saw no prospect for a peace settlement…

Arab World Sudanese drink from water extracted from an underground well in eastern Sudan. (AFP)

Sudanese Army Denies Link to Disembowelment Video

The Sudanese army has distanced itself from a widely circulated disturbing video showing two people in military clothing disemboweling another person. The…

Mohammed Amin Yassin (Wad Madani)
Arab World This handout satellite picture obtained from Planet Labs PBC and taken on May 3, 2024 shows a wide view of the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Planet Labs Inc. / AFP) /

Israel Reopens Key Crossing for Aid to Enter Gaza That Was Closed Over Weekend Rocket Attack 

The Israeli military said Wednesday that it has reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza, a key terminal for the entry of humanitarian aid that was closed…

Arab World The number of households experiencing inadequate food consumption has increased to 49 percent across Yemen, said a FAO report. (Local media)

UN Warns of Four-Month Lean Period in Yemen

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that Yemen would be facing a lean period from June to September due to a decrease in humanitarian food…

Mohammed Nasser (Taiz)
Arab World Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on buildings near the separating wall between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP)

US Paused Bomb Shipment to Israel to Signal Concerns Over Rafah Invasion, Official Says 

The US paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern…


Arab World A man tapes off the area as rescuers and medics search for dead bodies inside the damaged Al Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew from the hospital and the area around it following a two-week operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City April 8, 2024. (Reuters)

Prominent Gaza Doctor Dies in Israeli Prison

A senior Palestinian doctor died in an Israeli prison after more than four months of detention, two Palestinian prisoner associations said on Thursday, blaming…

Arab World A picture shows a view of a devastated neighborhood in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 2, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement. (AFP)

Hamas Will Send a Delegation to Cairo to Keep Up Ceasefire Talks

Hamas said Thursday it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to keep working on ceasefire talks, in response to Egypt's latest proposal. In a…

Arab World In this Monday, April 23, 2018 photo, Syrian refugee children play outside their family tents at a Syrian refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

EU Announces 1 Billion Euros in Aid for Lebanon amid a Surge in Irregular Migration

The European Union announced on Thursday an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06 billion — that will mostly go to strengthening border…

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Arab World Palestinian security forces and gunmen have exchanged gunfire several times in the last year, but deaths are rare. (Reuters file photo)

Palestinian Security Force Kills Gunman in West Bank 

Palestinian security officers killed a gunman in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a rare intra-Palestinian clash whose circumstances were disputed and which…

Arab World FILED - 31 December 2023, Palestinian Territories, Rafah: Palestinian children receive food prepared in a charity kitchen. Photo: Mohammed Talatene/dpa

UN Report: It Would Take Until 2040 to Repair all Homes Destroyed so Far in Gaza

If the Israel-Hamas war stopped today, it would still take until 2040 to rebuild all the homes that have been destroyed in nearly seven months of Israel’s…

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Arab World Syrian refugees prepare to leave Lebanon toward Syrian territory through the Wadi Hamid crossing in Arsal on Oct. 26, 2022. (Getty Images/AFP)

EU to Unveil Economic Aid for Lebanon to Stop Refugee Flows

The European Union will reportedly offer economic aid for Lebanon close to one billion euros to stop the flow of Syrian refugees, dpa news agency said on…

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Arab World A Syrian man walks across an empty street at Shehel after the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) imposed their control over the town, in Deir ez-Zor province, eastern Syria, 09 September 2023. EPA/AHMED MARDNLI

Syrians Accuse Russia of Hitting Hospital in New Complaint Filed with UN Rights Committee

A Syrian man and an aid organization have accused Russia of violating international law by deliberately bombing a hospital in northern Syria in 2019, in a new…

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Arab World Sudan's General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan salutes as he listens to the national anthem after landing in the military airport of Port Sudan on his first trip away following the crisis in Sudan's capital Khartoum since an internal conflict broke out, in the city of Port Sudan, Sudan, August 27, 2023. (Reuters)

Burhan Agrees to Declare State of Emergency in Khartoum

Acting governor of Khartoum Ahmed Othman Hamza announced on Wednesday that army commander and head of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had agreed…

Arab World  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 1, 2024. (AFP)

Blinken Tours Kerem Shalom Aid Crossing as Tank Fire Rings Out from Gaza

Tank fire echoed from the Gaza strip on Wednesday as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited an aid inspection point, where he heard from Israeli…

Arab World Palestinians walk among destroyed buildings as they return to Khan Younis after the Israeli military pulled out troops from the southern Gaza Strip, 30 April 2024. (EPA)

Hamas Official Says Blinken Ceasefire Comments Are Attempt to Pressure the Group

Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is blaming the delay of a Gaza ceasefire agreement on the…

Arab World Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces party, gestures as he speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Maarab east of Beirut, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP)

Geagea Says Hezbollah’s Fighting with Israel Has Harmed Lebanon

The leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces blasted the Shiite group Hezbollah for opening a front with Israel to back up its ally Hamas, saying it has harmed…

Arab World Egyptian workers are seen in front of the new headquarters of Egypt's parliament in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

Egypt Denies Claims of Violations in Prisons

Egypt denied claims made by the Muslim Brotherhood group regarding what it said were "violations" inside one of the Egyptian prisons. In a statement issued by…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World  French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne speaks during a press conference at the Pine Palace, which is the residence of the French ambassador, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP)

French FM Makes Unscheduled Cairo Stop as Gaza Truce Talks Intensify

France's foreign minister arrived in Cairo on Wednesday on an unscheduled stop during a Middle East tour as efforts to secure a truce between Israel and Hamas…

Arab World In this photo provided by the Ministry of Defense (MoD), a Sea Viper missile is  launched from HMS Diamond to shoot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (LPhot Chris Sellars/MoD Crown copyright via AP)

US Military Destroys Houthi Uncrewed Surface Vessel in Yemen

The US military said in a statement that it destroyed on Tuesday an uncrewed surface vessel in an area of Yemen controlled by the Houthis. According to the…

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Arab World Hezbollah members are seen at a military drill during a media tour in Armata, Lebanon. (Reuters)

Proliferation of Arms among ‘Resistance’ Factions Fighting Israel Adds to Lebanon’s Security Fears

The military activity of five Lebanese and Palestinian factions in southern Lebanon has raised concerns in Lebanon over the post-war phase when the country…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)
Arab World US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press at the port of Ashdod in southern Israel on May 1, 2024. (AFP)

Blinken Urges Israel and Hamas to Move Ahead with a Ceasefire Deal, Says ‘Time Is Now’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders Wednesday in his push for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, saying "the time is now" for…

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Arab World Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United Nations, Al-Harith Idriss (AP)

Sudan Accuses UK of Obstructing UN Session to Deliberate 'Complaint Against UAE'

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday strongly protested Britain’s intervention at the UN Security Council, saying the UK delayed discussion on Sudan's…

Mohammed Amin Yassin (Wad Madani )
Arab World  Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch (File/AAWSAT)

Moroccan Government Approves Wage Increase of 1,000 Dirhams

The Moroccan government has approved to a wage increase of 1,000 Dirhams per month and a tax reduction of up to 500 Dirhams in the public sector. Most…

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Arab World An Israeli soldier looks on at a scene, after it was reported that people were injured, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near Arab al-Aramashe in northern Israel April 17, 2024. REUTERS/Avi Ohayon/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Residents of Northern Israel Brace for Possible All-out War with Hezbollah

Eli Harel was an Israeli soldier in his early thirties when he was sent into Lebanon in 2006 to battle fighters from the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah in a…

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Arab World Destroyed buildings in Khan Younis after the Israeli military pulled out troops from the southern Gaza Strip, 30 April 2024. (EPA)

UN Chief Says ‘Incremental Progress’ toward Averting Gaza Famine

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said there has been incremental progress toward averting "an entirely preventable, human-made…

Arab World This undated photo released early Tuesday, April 30, 2024, by the US military's Central Command shows construction off a floating pier in the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza Strip. (US military's Central Command via AP)

US-Built Gaza Aid Pier to Be Ready within Days, Says Cyprus

US forces were expected to complete a floating pier on Gaza's coast later this week, allowing more aid deliveries into the besieged Palestinian territory, the…

Arab World US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press in front of truck with humanitarian aid bound for Gaza at the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organization in Amman, Jordan, April 30, 2024. (Reuters)

Blinken Says He Will Press Netanyahu on Gaza Aid Measures

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that he will discuss with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu measures that Israel still needs to take to…

Arab World European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during a formal sitting on the 20th anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 24 April 2024. (EPA)

EU's Von Der Leyen to Unveil Aid for Lebanon to Stop Refugee Flows, Says Cyprus

The European Union will offer economic aid for Lebanon when the head of the bloc's executive and the Cypriot president jointly visit Beirut on Thursday, a…

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)

Palestinians Throw Stones at EU Diplomats’ Car in West Bank Protest Over War

A group of Palestinian students disrupted a meeting of European Union diplomats in the West Bank on Tuesday and attacked some of their cars with stones,…

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