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Eight Killed in Israeli Strike on Lebanon’s Tyre

Arab World Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the southern city of Tyre on June 9, 2026. (AFP)

Eight Killed in Israeli Strike on Lebanon’s Tyre

Israel struck the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, in an escalation that adds strain to efforts to…

Arab World  Lawyers Antonio Mulvay, left, and Willis Otieno, center, who are part of the legal team filing a law suit against Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on behalf of Sudanese torture victims, speak to the media in Nairobi, Tuesday June 9, 2026. (AP)

First War Crimes Complaint Against Sudan’s RSF Filed in Kenya

Victims of alleged atrocities linked to the war in Sudan on Tuesday asked prosecutors in Kenya to investigate allegations of torture and sexual violence by…

Arab World A Palestinian woman stands amid debris at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 7, 2026. (AFP)

Rival Palestinian Factions Discuss Gaza Disarmament

Members of Palestinian factions including Hamas agreed in principle for Gaza's armed groups to hand over parts of their arsenals to a yet-to-be-created, ad hoc…

Arab World Men attempt to extinguish a fire in a field in the Palestinian town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank on June 6, 2026, after a reported arson attack by Israeli settlers according to local officials. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

UN Inquiry Finds Israeli Forces Shield Settlers during Attacks on Palestinians

Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks that have killed, injured and displaced Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli…

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Arab World This handout photograph taken and released on June 9, 2026 by Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) shows Pakistan's Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir (R) speaking with General Rodolphe Haykal, Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces during their meeting in Rawalpindi. (Photo by Handout / Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) / AFP)

Pakistan, Lebanon Army Chiefs Meet as Middle East Mediation Drags On

The heads of the Pakistani and Lebanese armed forces agreed to boost cooperation on Tuesday as they met in Pakistan with peace talks over the Middle East war…

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Arab World Israeli soldiers drive a tank in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

UN to Meet on Lebanon After Israel Takes Beaufort Castle

The UN Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting Monday on the fighting in Lebanon after Israel's military took over the medieval castle of Beaufort…

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Arab World Israeli soldiers operate at Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon, in this handout image released on May 31, 2026. Israeli Military/Handout via REUTERS

Netanyahu Orders Deeper Israeli Incursion into Lebanon to Hit Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he had ordered troops to move further into Lebanon in the battle against the Iran-backed Hezbollah…

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Arab World A member of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, carries a child after water levels rise due to increased dam releases following heavy rainfall this year, in Deir Ezzor, Syria, May 30, 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Euphrates Flood Pushes Eastern Syria Up Gov’t Agenda

The Euphrates River flood has forced Syria’s government into a swift push toward the eastern provinces, not only to contain rising water levels, but also to…

Souad Jarous (Damascus)
Arab World 29 May 2026, Lebanon, Tyre: A Lebanese takes video footages of an Israeli air strike on the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre as Israeli forces continued to expand their invasion in south Lebanon amid ongoing direct talks between Lebanon and Israel in Washington. Photo: Stringer/dpa

Lebanon: Southern Activists Mount First Political Challenge to Hezbollah

Activists in southern Lebanon have opened the first political confrontation with Hezbollah, issuing two appeals in the names of Tyre and Nabatieh that call for…

Youssef Diab (Beirut)
Arab World FILE PHOTO: Palestinian Hamas militants stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo

Hamas Weighs Collective Leadership to Fill Qassam Vacuum

A wave of Israeli assassinations targeting commanders of al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, has thrown the movement and its military command into greater…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World An Israeli flag is raised on Beaufort Castle, as seen from Marjayoun, southern Lebanon, May 31, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Israeli Flag Raised over Lebanon’s Beaufort Castle in Deepest Incursion in 26 Years

Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in their deepest incursion into the country in more…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Unprecedented deterioration of living and economic conditions in Yemen (UN)

UN Reveals Famine Pockets in Areas of Northern Yemen

Famine pockets are emerging in Houthi-controlled areas of northern Yemen, amid an unprecedented deterioration of living and economic conditions and severe…

Mohammed Nasser (Aden)
Arab World Destroyed buildings are pictured in the village of Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon as seen from across the border in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel on May 29, 2026. (AFP)

PM Says Lebanon Facing Dangerous Israeli Escalation

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam denounced on Saturday what he called a dangerous Israeli escalation in the south, urging an immediate ceasefire and…

Arab World Fighters carry flags of Iraq and paramilitary groups, including Kataib Hezbollah, during a funeral in Baghdad for five militants killed in a US strike in northern Iraq, on Dec. 4, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)

Kataib Hezbollah Vows to Keep Arms as Iraq Faces US Pressure to Disarm Groups

The influential Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah pledged on Saturday to keep up its "action", as Baghdad faces mounting US pressure to disarm factions backed…

Arab World  Mourners take the last look at the body of Jamal Abu Aoun, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday May 30, 2026. (AP)

Israeli Strike Kills Nurse in Gaza

A Palestinian nurse was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza Saturday, hospital authorities said, the latest death by Israeli fire since a shaky ceasefire…

Arab World 30 May 2026, Lebanon, Arnoun: A general view of the Crusader-era Beaufort (Belfort) Castle, known locally as Qalaat al-Sheqif or Shaqif Arnoun. (dpa)

Israeli Strikes Reportedly Pound Near Crusader Castle in Lebanon

Israel’s air force and artillery struck areas close to a strategic mountain housing a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon Saturday as fighting raged in…

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Arab World The border wall separating Israel (R) and Lebanon is pictured from a position along the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel on May 29, 2026. (AFP)

US Hails ‘Productive’ Talks Between Lebanon, Israel Military Officials

Military officials from Lebanon and Israel held "productive" talks in Washington on Friday, a US official said, adding that the meeting will complement…

Arab World Zaidi speaks before presenting his government to parliament in Baghdad on May 14, 2026. (AFP)

Iraq Awaits Zaidi’s First Move on Disarmament of Factions

Iraqi sources said on Friday that the prime minister’s office is preparing intensive consultations after Eid al-Adha as part of a plan to “reorganize the file…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa waves as he arrives to visit a flooded area after the Euphrates River overflowed its banks in recent days, in Deir Ezzor, Syria, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Syria: Sharaa Visits Deir Ezzor after Flooding Caused by Rising Euphrates Levels

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited the province of Deir Ezzor on Friday, accompanied by a ministerial delegation, to assess the situation and…

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Arab World A Palestinian inspects the site of an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP)

Asharq Al-Awsat Publishes Hamas Letter to Mediators as Cairo Meeting Looms

Asharq Al-Awsat has obtained a document recently sent by Hamas to mediators regarding the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, where escalating Israeli…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World  Rubble lies around damaged building at the site of an Israeli strike in Tyre, Lebanon, May 28, 2026. (Reuters)

Eleven Children Killed, Injured Every 24 Hours in Lebanon, UN Says

Eleven children have been killed or injured on average every 24 hours in Lebanon over the last week, the UN's children's agency said on Friday, as Israel has…

Arab World  Palestinian women inspect the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP)

Israel Plan to Seize More of Gaza Means ‘More Children Will Suffer’, Says UN

The UN warned on Friday that an Israeli plan to take control of 70 percent of Gaza is sure to increase suffering among children already hit by the impacts of…

Arab World  Smoke billows from southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, May 29, 2026. (Reuters)

Aoun Tells Rubio That Israel Truce Crucial to Talks Progress as Netanyahu Says Troops Crossed Litani

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday that a ceasefire with Israel was crucial, as Israeli and Lebanese military…

Arab World  29 May 2026, Palestinian Territories, Dair al-Balah: Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. (dpa)

Hamas Calls Netanyahu’s Plan to Expand Control in Gaza a Dangerous Escalation

Hamas said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's declaration that his country would expand its area of control in Gaza was a dangerous…

Arab World Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli strike on Wednesday in Gaza City, May 28, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Germany Says Israeli Plans to Take More of Gaza are Cause for Concern

The German government is concerned about ‌Israeli ‌plans to ‌take ⁠more of Gaza, ⁠a foreign ministry spokesperson ⁠said ‌on ‌Friday,…

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Arab World Ibrahim Ali, 26, a Sudanese refugee who fled Al-Fashir amid ongoing conflict in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, walks along a road towards his family's tents at the Tulum refugee camp, in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, November 29, 2025. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Sudanese Medical Group Accuses Paramilitary Force of Killing 27 in Attack Targeting Civilians

A humanitarian organization on Friday accused forces affiliated with a Sudanese paramilitary group of targeting civilians in an area of Sudan free of any…

Arab World Ambassador Nabil Fahmy, candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the Arab League. (Asharq Al-Awsat file)

Nabil Fahmy to Assume Position as Arab League Secretary-General in July

Former Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy will assume office as Secretary-General of the Arab League on July 1, succeeding Ahmed Aboul Gheit, whose term…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World Army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Rapid Support Forces commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemedti” (File photo: AFP) 

Sudan’s Eid Messages Signal Shift from War Rhetoric to Peace Talk

In a notable shift in the political rhetoric surrounding Sudan’s war, Eid al-Adha messages from leaders of the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…

Ahmed Younes (Kampala)
Arab World Turki Al-Bouhamad (second from the right) with members of militias affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Key Assad Regime Figure in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor Arrested

Syrian Internal Security Forces in the city of Raqqa arrested Turki al-Bouhamad at a farm in the province’s countryside during a security operation following…

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