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Egypt’s Prime Minister and FM Head to Washington for Trump Peace Council Meeting

Arab World Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty speaks during a joint press conference with Kenyan Prime Cabinet Secretary/Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP)

Egypt’s Prime Minister and FM Head to Washington for Trump Peace Council Meeting

Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly headed to Washington on Tuesday ‌to ‌participate in ‌the inaugural ⁠meeting of a "Board of Peace"…

Arab World Israeli troops conduct a military raid in the village of Al-Yamoun, west of Jenin, West Bank, 17 February 2026. (EPA)

Palestinian Child Dies After Stepping on Mine in West Bank

A Palestinian child died after stepping on a mine near an Israeli military camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, with…

Arab World 29 July 2024, Iran, Tehran: Then Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem is pictured during a meeting in Tehran. (Iranian Presidency/dpa)

Hezbollah Rejects Disarmament Plan and Government’s Four-Month Timeline

Hezbollah rejected on Tuesday the Lebanese government's decision to grant the army at least four months to advance the second phase of a nationwide disarmament…

Arab World TOPSHOT - Members of Syrian security forces march through the entrance of the Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Hasakeh province on January 21, 2026. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Syria Starts Evacuating ISIS-linked Al-Hol Camp

Syrian authorities began evacuating remaining residents of the ISIS group-linked Al-Hol camp in the country's northeast on Tuesday, as they empty the formerly…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Taxi drivers, foreground, block a main highway with their cars during a protest against the increased taxes and gasoline prices issued by the Lebanese Cabinet on Monday, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Protesters Block Beirut Roads after Cabinet Approves New Taxes that Raise Fuel Prices

Protesters blocked main roads in and around Beirut on Tuesday after Lebanon’s Cabinet approved new taxes that raise fuel prices and other products to fund…

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Arab World Meeting between Badr Abdelatty, Abbas Araghchi, and Rafael Grossi in Cairo in September (Egyptian Foreign Ministry)

Egypt Pushes Diplomacy to Clear Hurdles in US-Iran Talks

Egypt has stepped up regional and international efforts to break the deadlock in negotiations between the United States and Iran, as Cairo welcomed a…

Walid Abdel Rahman (Cairo)
Arab World A Palestinian woman reacts during the funeral of Islamic Jihad leader Ali al-Razaina in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday (Reuters)

Israel Targets Gaza Militants Linked to Israeli Abductions

Israeli military statements issued on Wednesday said its forces had targeted senior militants in the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, accusing them of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World Hezbollah parliamentary bloc head Mohammed Raad meets Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (Lebanese Presidency)

Hezbollah’s Selective Turn to State Exposes Paralysis

Since the ceasefire reached with Israel in November 2024, Hezbollah has shown a striking shift in its political conduct, particularly in how it deals with…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Arab World Sacks of crops are stacked at the El Obeid crops market, in El Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan, January 14, 2026. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig

UK Sanctions Sudanese Army and RSF Leaders

Britain sanctioned six individuals suspected of committing atrocities in Sudan's war or of fueling the conflict through the supply of mercenaries and military…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Arab World Fire and smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes on Kfar Hatta in southern Lebanon, Lebanon, January 11, 2026. REUTERS/Ali Hankir

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: Israel’s Chemical Spraying of Farmland in Lebanon, Syria Amounts to War Crime

The Israeli army’s spraying of chemical substances over vast agricultural areas in southern Lebanon and Syria amounts to a “war crime,” the Euro-Mediterranean…

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Arab World South African member of parliament and Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela joins a press conference held by the Global Sumud Flotilla about its upcoming Spring 2026 mission Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Organizers Say New Civilian-led Aid Flotilla with over 100 Boats will Sail to Gaza in March

Organizers of an international flotilla of boats carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza on Thursday announced plans for another mission with more than 100 boats in…

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Arab World People sit in a truck after being evacuated out of the last territory held by ISIS militants, outside Baghouz, Syria, Monday, March 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrea Rosa)

France Tells Syria Anti-ISIS Fight is Its 'Absolute Priority'

France's foreign minister said Thursday that sustaining the fight against the ISIS group is an "absolute priority" for Paris, after meeting his Syrian…

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Arab World Lebanese army soldiers inspect the site of an Israeli strike in Kfardounine, southern Lebanon (EPA)

Lebanon: Israel Sprayed Glyphosate Along Southern Border

Laboratory tests have identified the chemical sprayed by Israeli aircraft in southern Lebanon as glyphosate, a widely used herbicide that can destroy…

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Arab World People who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced walk in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on April 13, 2025. © AFP

Famine Spreads to More Towns in Sudan’s Darfur Region, Hunger Experts Warn as War Rages on

Famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there, a global hunger monitoring group said Thursday. The…

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Arab World US soldiers patrol the countryside of Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on June 7, 2023. (AFP) 

US Troops to Leave Al-Shaddadi Base in Syria

US troops at Al-Shaddadi base in Syria's northeastern Al-Hasakah province are preparing to withdraw completely in the coming hours. “The US forces at the…

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Arab World Direct Jeddah-Socotra flights aim to revive Yemen archipelago economy (X)

Saudi Support Puts Yemen’s Socotra Back on Global Tourism Map

Saudi Arabia has taken a new step to restore Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago to international air traffic by launching a direct flight linking the island with…

Mohammed Nasser (Aden)
Arab World Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, with Nouri al-Maliki to his left in the picture (AFP)

Maliki Nears Exit From Race to Form Iraqi Gov’t

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seeing his bid for a third term unravel, undermined by rising US pressure and deepening splits within the Shiite…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad ) Fadhel al-Nashmi
Arab World A handout photo made available by the Turkish Presidential press office shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) posing before their meeting in Cairo, Egypt, 04 February 2026. (EPA/ Turkish Presidential Press Office Handout)

Egypt’s Sisi, Türkiye’s Erdogan Ink Partnership Deals

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday, sealing a raft of new partnership deals and signaling…

Arab World  Rubble from destroyed buildings lies in the north of Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border in Israel, February 4, 2026. (Reuters)

Red Cross ‘Outraged’ as On-Duty Paramedic Killed in Gaza

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said it was "outraged" by the killing of an on-duty colleague on Wednesday in Gaza, where…

Arab World Israeli National Security Minister and head of Jewish Power party Itamar Ben-Gvir gives a statement to members of the press, ahead of a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Oren Ben Hakoon/File Photo

UN Experts Slam Israeli 'Terrorist' Death Penalty Bill

United Nations experts on Wednesday called on Israel to withdraw a bill proposing the mandatory death penalty for terrorist acts, warning it would violate the…

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Arab World Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with a delegation from the Kurdish National Council on Tuesday (Syrian Presidency)

Syrian President Meets Kurdish National Council Delegation, Reaffirms Commitment to Kurdish Rights

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Tuesday received a delegation from the Kurdish National Council, reaffirming the state’s commitment to guaranteeing the…

Muwafaq Mohammed (Damascus)
Arab World Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets with members of the Sovereignty Front. (Lebanese Presidency)

Aoun Calls for Rationally Implementing Lebanon's Commitments as Hezbollah Eases Rhetoric

Hezbollah has softened its confrontational tone toward Lebanon’s president and government, without showing clear flexibility on the issue of the state's…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World In this Feb. 25, 2011, file photo, Seif al-Islam al-Gadhafi speaks to the media at a press conference in a hotel in Tripoli, Libya. (AP)

Libya Opens Investigation into Killing of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi

Libyan prosecutors said Wednesday they were investigating the killing of Seif al-Islam al-Gadhafi, son of slain ruler Moammar Gadhafi, in the city of Zintan. …

Arab World Children walk past tents and makeshift shelters in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on February 3, 2026. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

Gaza Health Officials Say Strikes Kill 24 After Israel Says Officer Wounded

Gazan health officials said Israeli air strikes on Wednesday killed 24 people, with Israel's military saying the attacks were in response to one of its…

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Arab World Tens of thousands of illegal migrants are reaching Yemen through dangerous routes. (UN)

Yemen: Route for Illegal Migration

Yemen's coastlines witnessed one of the highest waves of illegal migrants during the last three months of 2025, highlighting the country's role as the main…

Mohammed Nasser (Aden)
Arab World Fighters from the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in Khan Younis, February 20, 2025. (dpa)

Israel Sets Up Points Across ‘Yellow Line’ to Collect Hamas Arms

The Israeli army had recently set up collection points across the Yellow Line, where Hamas is supposed to hand over its weapons to international stabilization…

Kifah Zboun (Ramallah)
Arab World Nouh Zaiter in an undated photo circulating on social media

Lebanon Launches Trials of ‘Drug Kingpin’ with Lenient Rulings

Lebanon’s military court on Tuesday wrapped up, in just one hour, the trial of Nouh Zaiter, known as the “drug emperor,” ruling on 40 security cases involving…

Youssef Diab (Beirut)
Arab World Seif al-Islam Gadhafi. (Reuters file)

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi Shot Dead in Zintan

The most prominent son of late Libyan leader ​Moammar al-Gadhafi, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, has been killed, sources close to the family, his lawyer Khaled el…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World  Huda Abu Abed, 56, cries as she is embraced by her sister inside a tent after returning to Gaza through the Rafah crossing, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 3, 2026. (Reuters)

Women Returning to Gaza Say Israeli Troops Bound and Interrogated Them After Rafah Crossing

Many hoped the reopening of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza would bring relief to the war-battered territory, but for the first few Palestinians…