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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 One of the historic Solomon’s Pools in Bethlehem, which Israeli Finance Minister Bezalal Smotrich has vowed to take control of. (Bethlehem Municipality)

Netanyahu Seeks Alternatives to Control over Palestinian Antiquities

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a comprehensive review of a controversial Antiquities Authority bill for the West Bank and Gaza Strip,…

Kifah Zboun (Ramallah)
Arab World President Joseph Aoun chairs a cabinet meeting at the Baabda palace. (Lebanese Presidency file)

Qassem’s Call to Topple Lebanon's Govt Exposes Differences with Berri

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem’s call to topple the Lebanese government was not only rejected by the group’s political opponents, but also…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Arab World  Israeli soldiers keep watch during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 23, 2026. (Reuters)

Palestinians Say Israeli Forces Kill Man in Jenin Refugee Camp

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man inside the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said on Tuesday. "A citizen…

Arab World  Israeli soldiers keep watch during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 23, 2026. (Reuters)

Israel Issues Expropriation Order for West Bank Religious Site

Israel has issued an expropriation order for land in the occupied West Bank near the site of a Biblical prophet's grave north of Jerusalem, an Israeli NGO…

Arab World FILE PHOTO: A member of the former rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stands guard near an image of Syria's Bashar al-Assad at the fourth division headquarters in Damascus, Syria, January 23, 2025 REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar/File Photo

Remnants of Assad's Chemical Weapons Program Recovered, Syrian Official Says

Syria's transitional leadership has located remnants of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's clandestine chemical weapons program, including raw materials…

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Arab World The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike is seen in the southern Lebanese area of al-Hosh, near the coastal city of Tyre on May 26, 2026.  (Photo by AFP)

Strikes Hit South Lebanon City as Israel Expands Ground Operations

Several strikes hit the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on Tuesday after an Israeli evacuation warning, an AFP correspondent said, as an Israeli military…

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Arab World Tunisians visit a livestock market as they prepare for Eid al-Adha, the Muslim feast of Sacrifice in the Ariana district near Tunis on May 25, 2026.(Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

Tunisian President Blames Profiteering Networks for Rising Prices

Tunisia's presidency has blamed profiteering networks for the sharp rise in prices, which has become more acute ahead of Eid al-Adha. Tunisians are facing…

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Arab World Emergency workers look to recover equipment from a civil defense center damaged in an Israeli air strike on the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on May 24, 2026.  (Photo by Abbas Fakih / AFP)

Israel Military Issues Evacuation Warning for Lebanese City of Nabatieh

The Israeli military for the first time warned residents of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh to immediately evacuate on Tuesday ahead of expected strikes…

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Arab World Lebanese civil defense workers search through the rubble of a building following an Israeli strike at dawn in the southern Lebanese area of al-Hosh, near the coastal city of Tyre on May 26, 2026. (Photo by AFP)

12 Dead in Israeli Strike on East Lebanon Village, as Israel Calls Up More Troops

An Israeli airstrike on a village in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley killed 12 people, state media said Tuesday, as an Israeli official said the military had…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli Strike Kills Five People in Gaza

An Israeli airstrike killed at least five Palestinians who confronted an anti-Hamas militia at a refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health…

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Arab World Firefighters work at a strike scene in southern Lebanon, following an Israeli strike on Kfar Roummane, Lebanon May 25, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Israel Escalates... Threatens to Bomb Beirut

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would intensify strikes against Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Israel's military soon thereafter said…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Mourners grieve for six-year-old Palestinian girl Menna Abu Labda, who was killed following Israeli bombardment, outside Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 25, 2026. (AFP)

Israeli Fire Kills Six-Year-Old Girl and a Woman in Gaza, Medics Say

An Israeli airstrike on a tent in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday killed two people including a six-year-old girl and wounded 17 other people, including…

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

Lebanon President Says Israeli Withdrawal 'Non-negotiable'

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday said Israel's withdrawal from the country's south was a "non-negotiable" demand that authorities would pursue through…

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Arab World People walk past the parliament building in Damascus on October 1, 2025. (AFP)

Sources to Asharq Al-Awsat: New Syrian Parliament to Convene on June 8

Syria’s new parliament will hold its first session on the preliminary date of June 8 after the approval of President Ahmed al-Sharaa's final share of seats in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus)
Arab World Israeli military vehicles drive on a Lebanese road towards the Israel-Lebanon border, as seen from northern Israel, May 4, 2026. REUTERS/Avi Ohayon

Israel Seeks to Exclude its Occupation of South Lebanon from US–Iran Agreement

Israel reportedly is trying to separate its occupation of parts of southern Lebanon from the anticipated agreement between the United States and Iran. An…

Nazir Magally
Arab World Kurdistan President Masrour Barzani and Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi meet in Erbil. (Kurdistan government media file photo)

Iraqi Security Delegation to Visit Tehran to Address Attacks on Kurdistan

Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Masrour Barzani held talks in Baghdad on Sunday with new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on pending issues between Baghdad and…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on the southern village of Nabatieh on May 24, 2026. (Photo by Abbas Fakih / AFP)

Israel Military Issues New Evacuation Warning to 10 Lebanon Villages, Says One Soldier Killed

Israel's military on Monday warned residents of 10 villages, most of them in southern Lebanon, to evacuate their homes ahead of expected strikes against…

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Arab World A poster of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem (L) is displayed near another of the group's late leader Hassan Nasrallah outside shelters at the Imam Ali Housing Compound, where displaced Lebanese and Syrian refugees take refuge by the city of Hermel in Lebanon's northeastern Bekaa valley on February 4, 2026. (AFP)

Hezbollah Chief Says Hopes for Iran-US Deal and That It Includes Lebanon

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem expressed hope Sunday for an agreement between Iran and the United States and that Lebanon, where Israel and the Iran-backed group…

Arab World  Plumes of smoke billow from southern Lebanon following Israeli strikes, as seen from Marjeyoun, Lebanon May 24, 2026. (Reuters)

Israeli Strikes Pound South, East Lebanon

Israeli strikes hit south and east Lebanon on Sunday, state media reported, a day after 11 people were killed in a single raid on the south despite a ceasefire…

Arab World Residents inspect the rubble of a building that belongs to the Palestinian family of Abu Saif and was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Gaza Hospital Says Child among Three Killed in Israeli Strike

A pre-dawn Israeli airstrike killed three members of a Palestinian family, including a one-year-old child, in central Gaza on Sunday, a hospital said. Gaza…

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Arab World Slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei (R) and Nujaba Movement leader Akram al-Kaabi in Tehran in December 2018. (Supreme leader’s website)

Iraq’s Nujaba Movement Warns against ‘US Plot’ to Integrate PMF in New Security Ministry

The Iran-aligned Nujaba Movement in Iraq warned on Saturday against an “American plot” to merge the pro-Iran Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in state…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
Arab World Syrian Kurds demonstrate to mark Kurdish Language Day, demanding constitutional recognition of the Kurdish language by the Syrian government, in Qamishli, Syria, May 14, 2026. (Reuters)

10,000 Kurds Apply for Syrian Citizenship

Damascus announced on Saturday that it has received over 10,000 applications for Syrian citizenship from Kurds in wake of a recent decree that preserves their…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus)
Arab World Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Tibnit on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Abbas FAKIH / AFP)

Lebanon Civil Defense Says Israeli Strike Destroys its Nabatieh Facility

Lebanon's civil defense agency said early on Sunday its regional facility in the southern city of Nabatieh had been destroyed by an Israeli strike. The…

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Arab World Syrian Ministry of Interior in Damascus (Official Website)

Former Syrian Regime Officer Arrested

Syria's Interior Ministry announced on Saturday the arrest of a former officer in Bashar al-Assad's regime holding the rank of major general and accused of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus )