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New Hamas Security Measures amid Fears of Overseas Assassinations

Arab World The building damaged in the Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha last September (Reuters)

New Hamas Security Measures amid Fears of Overseas Assassinations

Hamas is increasingly bracing for what it sees as a looming Israeli assassination attempt against senior figures operating outside Palestinian territory. …

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World Yasser Abu Shabab (Social Media)

Sources to Asharq Al-Awsat: Tribal Clashes Behind Killing of Yasser Abu Shabab

Sources in Gaza said the killing of Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of an armed militia opposed to Hamas, unfolded against the backdrop of a tribal confrontation…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of al-Mjadel on December 4, 2025. (Photo by KAWANT HAJU / AFP)

Israel Strikes South Lebanon Towns

Israel's military said it struck targets in two southern Lebanese towns on Thursday after ordering the evacuation of two buildings it alleged were being used…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World A person holds a flag with an image of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, as people wait for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV, during his first apostolic journey, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 30, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Iraq to Correct Asset-freeze List that Included Hezbollah and Houthis, Citing Publication Error

Iraq will correct a list of groups whose funding it has frozen, the state news agency reported on Thursday, after Iran-backed Hezbollah and the Houthis were…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World A circulated photo shows part of the destruction caused by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) drones in the city of El-Obeid in the Kordofan region. 

After Oil-Rich Babanusa, What Will the Rapid Support Forces Target Next?

After more than two years of intense fighting, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced on Monday that they had seized full control of the Sudanese Army’s 22nd…

Mohammad Amin Yassin (Nairobi)

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…

Arab World  People attend a protest in support of Syrian territorial unity and against division, in Damascus, Syria, November 28, 2025. (Reuters)

Syrians Mark One Year Since Offensive that Toppled Assad

Demonstrators across multiple Syrian cities condemned on Friday the deadly Israeli attacks on the south of the country during rallies to mark one year since…

Arab World This image taken from video by Palestine TV shows two Palestinian men kneeling on the ground to Israeli forces shortly before they were shot dead during a military operation in Jenin, West Bank, on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (Palestine TV via AP)

UN Decries 'Apparent Summary Execution' of Palestinians in West Bank

The killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank while seemingly surrendering to Israeli forces was an "apparent summary execution,” the United…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World The Yemeni Minister of Information during his participation in the meeting of Arab information ministers (Government media)

Yemen Urges Lebanon to Ban Houthi Media, Warns of Threats to Global Shipping

The Yemeni government has renewed its call on Lebanon to shut down the media operations of the Iran-backed Houthi movement, as Sanaa continues to warn the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Aden)
Arab World The Kormor gas field after a missile attack near Jamjamal in Sulaymaniyah Governorate (Reuters). 

Washington Warns Iraqi Factions after Strike on Kormor Gas Field

Energy supplies across the Kurdistan Region were severely disrupted after gas flows from the Kormor field in Sulaymaniyah province were halted following a…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Sudanese people who fled El-Fasher carry humanitarian aid after receiving it at the Al-Afad camp for displaced people in the town of Al-Dabba, northern Sudan, on November 25, 2025. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)

European Parliament Condemns Violations Committed by Both Sides of Sudan’s War

The European Parliament has strongly condemned the ongoing conflict in Sudan, including the “grave and systematic violations of international humanitarian law…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Arab World FILE PHOTO: Tunisia's President Kais Saied attends his swearing-in ceremony for his second term at the parliament in Tunis, Tunisia October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo

Tunisia Calls EU Parliament Rights Resolution 'Blatant Interference'

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday condemned a European Parliament resolution on human rights calling for the release of his critics as "blatant…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Two Israeli soldiers in the Golan Heights. (Archive-Reuters)

Israeli Forces Kill at Least 13 People in Southern Syria Raid, Officials and Residents Say

Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Israeli soldiers hold a blanket to cover the scene of a shooting during a raid in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Men in West Bank after they Appear to Surrender

Israeli forces on Thursday killed a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank after they appeared to surrender to troops, drawing Palestinian…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World A Security Council session on Libya. Photo: UN

Int’l Calls for Libyan Parties to Use UN Roadmap to Advance Political Process

The United States and several other countries, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt, have urged all Libyan parties to use an international roadmap to advance a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World Israeli tanks on borders with Lebanon (EPA)

Israeli Debate Renews Over the ‘Inevitability’ of War with Lebanon

Israel “marked” the first anniversary of its ceasefire agreement with Lebanon on Thursday by launching a new wave of airstrikes, bringing the number of…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)
Arab World Residents of Kfarkela gather beside Lebanese army vehicles deployed over the ruins of a destroyed building in the southern village (AFP)

South Lebanon on Edge as Ceasefire Brings No Return or Stability

South Lebanon enters its first year after the ceasefire under a heavy scene where rubble mixes with fear, and the frontline villages live suspended between a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Citizens stand atop an overturned statue of late Syrian president Hafez al Assad in Damascus on December 8, 2024 (AFP)

One Year On, Deterrence Offensive Set Assad’s Rule on Path to Collapse

With the dawn of November 27, 2024, Syria and its people were confronted with the opposition’s “Deterrence of Aggression” offensive, the first spark of a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus)
Arab World Temporary tents shelter displaced Palestinians in Deir al Balah in central Gaza (AP)

‘Rafah Green Zone,’ ‘New Gaza’ Projects Stir Questions

New names, including Rafah Green Zone and New Gaza, have emerged over the past two days, at a time when the move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)
Arab World Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, in northern Israel, November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Avi Ohayon

Israel Launches New Strikes in South Lebanon as PM Criticizes Hezbollah for Not Disarming

The Israeli military carried out another round of airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday, exactly a year into the ceasefire with Hezbollah. Lebanon's…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World A Palestinian fighter from the Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, is seen in a tunnel in the south of the Gaza Strip (AFP)

Hamas Calls for Fighters to be Allowed Out of Gaza Tunnels

The Palestinian militant group Hamas called on mediating countries to pressure Israel to allow safe passage for dozens of its fighters holed up in tunnels in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians are set up around Al-Aqsa University campus in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 24, 2025. (Reuters)

Israel Returns 15 More Palestinian Bodies to Gaza as First Phase of Ceasefire Nears End

Israel handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Wednesday, a day after Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli hostage. This is the latest exchange as…

Arab World Lawyers carry banners during a protest against the arrest of Sonia Dahmani, a prominent lawyer critical of the president, outside the Palace of Justice building in Tunis, Tunisia May 13, 2024. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

Tunisia Frees Prominent Lawyer Sonia Dahmani

Tunisia freed prominent lawyer Sonia Dahmani, a vocal critic of President Kais Saied, on Thursday after a year and a half in prison and she said she hoped her…

Asharq Al Awsat