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Sudan Drone Attack on Darfur Market Kills 10

Arab World Sudanese refugee girls carry water supplies near a polling station in the refugee camp of Zamzam, on the outskirts of el-Fasher, Darfur, Sudan, on April 13, 2010. (AP)

Sudan Drone Attack on Darfur Market Kills 10

A drone attack on a busy market in Sudan's North Darfur state killed 10 people over the weekend, first responders said on Sunday, without saying who was…

Arab World A Palestinian man carries the body of his 5-month-old brother, Ahmed Al-Nader, who was reportedly killed the previous day along with other family members in an Israeli shelling on a school-turned-shelter in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, ahead of his funeral on December 20, 2025. (AFP)

Foreign Press Group Welcomes Israel Court Deadline on Gaza Access

The Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem on Sunday welcomed the Israeli Supreme Court's decision to set January 4 as the deadline for Israel to respond to…

Arab World Smoke rises from the site of a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of al-Katrani on December 18, 2025. (AFP)

One Dead in Israeli Strikes on South Lebanon

Israeli strikes in south Lebanon on Sunday killed one person and wounded another, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel's military said it targeted…

Arab World Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks to reporters after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend closed door meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on December 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images via AFP)

US Senator Accuses Hamas and Hezbollah of Rearming

US Senator Lindsey Graham accused Hamas and Hezbollah of rearming during a visit to Israel on Sunday, and charged that the Palestinian group was also…

Arab World  A helicopter flies over the Israeli settlement of Shilo in the occupied West Bank on December 14, 2025. (AFP)

Israel’s Security Cabinet Approves 19 New Settlements in West Bank

Israel's security cabinet approved the establishment of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move the country's far-right finance minister said on…


Arab World 01 December 2025, Lebanon, Beirut: Pope Leo XIV (C) poses for a picture with various Lebanese religious leaders during an interfaith and ecumenical meeting at the Martyrs' Square in Beirut, on the second day of his apostolic visit to Lebanon. (dpa)

Pope Leo, in Crisis-Hit Lebanon, Urges Faith Leaders to Unite for Peace

Pope Leo gathered leaders of Lebanon's religious communities next to the old frontline of the country's sectarian civil war on Monday and urged peaceful…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense, White Helmets, Syrian Civil Defense workers check a house that was destroyed during an Israeli forces raid in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jin, Syria, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Washington Mediates for Calm Between Tel Aviv, Damascus

The United States is exerting efforts to reduce tension between Israel and Syria, after the recent incident in Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside, according…

Asharq Al Awsat (Tel Aviv)
Arab World Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri with members of the “military council” in Sweida. (File photo)

Arrests in Syria’s Sweida Target Group Plotting ‘Coup’ against Hijri

The arrests carried out by the so-called “national guard” in Syria in the Sweida province on Saturday was aimed at thwarting a “coup” against the policies of…

Muwafaq Mohammed (Damascus)
Arab World Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and officials upon arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport, during his first apostolic journey, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 30, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Yassin

Palestinian State 'Only' Solution to Israeli Conflict, Says Pope Leo

Pope Leo said on Sunday that the only solution in the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people must include a Palestinian state,…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Arab Parliament Condemns Israeli Attacks on Syrian Territory

Arab Parliament Condemns Israeli Attacks on Syrian Territory

Arab Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Yammahi condemned the repeated Israeli attacks on Syrian territory, including the assaults that targeted villages in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Pope Leo XIV waves while boarding the papal plane at Ataturk Airport, as he departs from Türkiye to Lebanon during his first apostolic journey, in Istanbul, Türkiye, November 30, 2025. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

Pope Arrives in Lebanon in a Bid to Bring Hope to a War-wracked Region

Pope Leo XIV landed in Lebanon Sunday, where he aimed to bring a message of hope to its long-suffering people and bolster a crucial Christian community in the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World FILED - 13 September 2024, Palestinian Territories, Rafah: A photograph, taken during an embed with the Israeli army and reviewed by its censorship office prior to publication, shows Israeli soldiers standing by a tunnel in Rafah. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

Israel Says Killed Four Coming Out of Gaza Tunnels

The Israeli army said on Sunday it had killed four Palestinian militants coming out of tunnels in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Dozens of Hamas fighters…

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Arab World Palestinian children play table football at Nuseirat camp (AFP)

Hamas Says Mediators Failing to Pressure Israel

Hamas and other Palestinian factions involved in ongoing ceasefire talks say they have lost confidence in mediators’ ability to pressure Israel to honor the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World Distribution of food aid in Sanaa (dpa)

UN Report: Level of Hunger Rising in Yemen’s Houthi-Controlled Areas

The levels of hunger and poverty are worsening in Yemen’s Houthi-held areas, amid an unprecedented economic slowdown and deterioration in the business…

Mohammed Nasser (Taiz)
Arab World Lebanese soldiers seal off the site targeted in the killing of Hezbollah commander Haitham Tabtabai in Beirut’s southern suburbs (AP)

Lebanon on Edge Between Papal Visit and US Ultimatum

Lebanon is bracing for tense weeks as public anxieties swell ahead of two closely watched dates: Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Beirut from November 30 to December 2,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs Lars Loekke Rasmussen (L) meets with Syrian Minister for Foreign Affairs Assad al-Shaibani (R) at Tishreen Palace in Damascus, Syria, 29 November 2025. EPA/MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN

Syria’s Al-Shaibani Says Israel Undermines Regional Stability

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani on Saturday condemned the Israeli attacks on his country, saying they not only threaten Syria, but also…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus)
Arab World President Al-Sharaa greets crowds marking Assad’s fall at Aleppo Citadel on Saturday (AFP)

Al-Sharaa in Aleppo Vows Full Effort to Rebuild Syria

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed on Saturday to marshal every possible effort to rebuild the country, declaring from the city of Aleppo that Syria stands…

Souad Jarous (Damascus)
Arab World Israeli troops conduct a military operation at Al Fara'a refugee camp near the West Bank city of Tubas, 28 November 2025. (EPA)

Ten Palestinians Injured in Clashes with Israeli Settlers

The Palestinian Red Crescent said that 10 Palestinians were injured on Saturday in clashes with Israeli settlers near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. …

Arab World Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech at the gate of Aleppo’s citadel during celebrations marking one year since an opposition alliance, led by Sharaa, entered the northern city and swiftly took control of it, on November 29, 2025. (AFP)

Syria’s Sharaa in Aleppo a Year After Fall of Second City

President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited Syria's northern city of Aleppo Saturday as the country marks a year since a lightning opposition offensive that eventually…

Arab World Naim Qassem, current leader of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, addresses mourners through a screen in a televised address during a ceremony marking the first anniversary of Israel's assassination of the group's longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah and other group leaders, in the town of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr near Tyre in southern Lebanon on September 27, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

Hezbollah Urges Pope Leo to Reject Israeli 'Aggression' during Lebanon Visit

Militant group Hezbollah on Saturday urged Pope Leo XIV to reject Israeli "injustice and aggression" against Lebanon, in a message to the pontiff who arrives…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World  Palestinians walk through the destruction left by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP)

Palestinian Death Toll Has Surpassed 70,000 Since the Israel-Hamas War Began, Gaza Ministry Says

The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, while a hospital said that Israeli fire…

Arab World Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Beshara al-Rahi (Asharq Al-Awsat) 

Lebanon: Patriarch al-Rahi Urges Hezbollah to Hand Over Weapons, ‘Free Itself from Iran’

Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Beshara al-Rahi has called on the United States to pressure Israel to “end its violations of Lebanon,”…

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)
Arab World The Khor Mor gas field after a rocket attack near Chamchamal, in Sulaymaniyah province, Iraq, November 27, 2025. (Reuters)

Attack on Khor Mor Gas Field Increases Pressure on Baghdad over Armed Factions

Wednesday’s attack on the Khor Mor gas field in northern Iraq has piled pressure on the country to deal with armed factions. Iraqi authorities have pledged to…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World A handout photo made available by the Houthi-run Saba news agency shows defendants standing behind bars during a sentencing hearing at the state security court in Sanaa, Yemen, 22 November 2025. (EPA/ Houthi-run Saba news agency)

HRW Accuses Houthis of Exploiting Judiciary against Opponents

Human Rights Watch has accused the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen of directly exploiting the judiciary to suppress opponents and dissent. Houthi authorities…

Mohammed Nasser (Taiz)
Arab World Egyptian officials inspect a retail outlet (Egyptian Consumer Protection Agency)

Egypt Signals Steady Economic Growth, but Consumer Prices Stay High

In a bid to soften the social impact of Egypt’s economic reform program, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly pledged that his government would “focus on improving…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World Members of the army are seen at the entrance of a tunnel in Zibqin. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Lebanese Army Shows its Efforts in Imposing State Monopoly over Arms, Rules Out Deadline Extension

The Lebanese army presented a field briefing on its work to remove Hezbollah’s weapons south of the Litani River, in an indirect response to Israeli pressure…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with US President Donald Trump in Sharm el-Sheikh last October (Egyptian Presidency)

US Apache Deal to Egypt Seen Boosting Cooperation, Regional Balance

A planned US transfer of Apache Guardian attack helicopters to Egypt has prompted questions in Israeli media about what they described as Cairo’s expanding…

Mohamed Mahmoud (Cairo)
Arab World  Palestinians walk past a destroyed Israeli armored vehicle amid widespread devastation in Gaza City Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP)

UN Watchdog Urges Israel to Probe Gaza 'Torture' Claims

A UN committee urged Israel on Friday to set up an independent investigatory commission to probe claims of torture of Palestinians, and warned the situation…

Arab World  A man walks through the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP)

Israel Says Nine More Fighters Killed in Hamas Tunnels

The Israeli army said Friday it had found the bodies of nine Palestinian fighters recently killed in its attempts to dismantle the tunnel network in the…