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EU Urges Immediate Halt to Israel-Hezbollah War

Arab World European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, left, meets with Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, right, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP)

EU Urges Immediate Halt to Israel-Hezbollah War

Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell called for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war while on a visit to Lebanon on Sunday, as the group claimed attacks…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World A Palestinian man points at a damaged building in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on November 20, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Israeli Army Orders Gaza City Suburb Evacuated, Spurring New Displacement Wave

The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders to residents in areas of an eastern Gaza City suburb, setting off a new wave of displacement on Sunday, and a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Members of the Israeli forces inspect a site following a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an area in Rinatya, outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP)

Hezbollah Fires about 250 Rockets, Other Projectiles into Israel in Heaviest Barrage in Weeks

Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the group's heaviest barrages in months, in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Lebanese army soldiers and people stand at the site of an Israeli strike in the town of Baaloul, in the western Bekaa Valley, Lebanon October 19, 2024. REUTERS/Maher Abou Taleb

Lebanon Military Says One Soldier Killed, 18 Hurt in Israeli Strike on Army Center

An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese military said. It was the latest in a series of…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World In this May 23, 2021, file photo, the Syria national flag is displayed at a gathering at Omayyid Square in the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria. (AP)

Jordan Army Says It Thwarts Border Infiltration across Syria, One Killed

The Jordanian army said on Sunday it had killed one person and arrested six others who tried to cross the border from Syria. Officials say there has been a…


Arab World A photo taken from the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre shows smoke billowing following an Israeli airstrike which targeted the area of  al-Hosh on the outskirts of Tyre, on November 19, 2024. (Photo by KAWNAT HAJU / AFP)

France: Window of Opportunity Open for Lebanon Ceasefire

France's foreign minister said on Wednesday that US-led efforts for a truce between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon had created the chance for a lasting…

Asharq Al Awsat (Paris)
Arab World Damage caused by Israeli raids in Lebanon. (AP)

Israel Pessimistic about Ceasefire Deal with Lebanon

The United States' special envoy for the Middle East, Amos Hochstein, decided to extend his visit to Beirut until Wednesday, political sources in Tel Aviv said…

Nazeer Majli (Tel Aviv)
Arab World  Displaced Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip walk on the main Salah al-Din road on November 17, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas . (AFP)

UN: Almost No Food Has Reached Northern Gaza for More than 40 Days Because of Israeli Siege

The UN humanitarian office says thousands of Palestinians in areas of northern Gaza under siege by Israeli forces are struggling to stay alive because there…

Arab World  An UN soldier stands on the top of a tower at a base of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at the Israeli-Lebanese border as seen from northern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP)

French UN Troops in Lebanon Came under Fire on Nov. 19, Foreign Ministry Says

A UN peacekeeping patrol in Lebanon comprising French troops came under fire on Tuesday, France's foreign ministry said, adding that none of its forces were…

Arab World 19 November 2024, Palestinian Territories, -: Israeli Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu visits Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip. Photo: Ma'ayan Toaf/GPO/dpa

Netanyahu Offers $5 Million Reward to Any Palestinians Who Free Israeli Hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered a $5 million reward and one-way ticket out of Gaza to Palestinians who free Israeli hostages held in the…

Arab World A view of destroyed houses in the southern Lebanese village of Maroun Al-Ras, as seen from Avivim on the Israeli side of the border on 19 November 2024. (EPA)

Lebanese Army Says One of Its Soldiers Was Killed by an Israeli Airstrike

A Lebanese army soldier was killed Wednesday by an Israeli airstrike that hit his vehicle on the road linking Burj al-Muluk and Qalaa in southern Lebanon, the…

Arab World Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum, during a discussion on the subject of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 18, 2024. (Reuters)

Israel’s Netanyahu Says Hamas Will No Longer Rule Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Hamas would not rule Gaza after the war ended and that Israel has destroyed Hamas' military…

Arab World 13 January 2023, Berlin: Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, prime minister of Iraq, makes remarks at a press conference after his talks with Chancellor Scholz at the Federal Chancellery. (dpa)

Iraqi PM Slams Israel’s Complaint over Attacks by Iraqi Iran-Backed Militias

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has dismissed an Israeli complaint to the UN Security Council about strikes by Iraq's Iran-backed Shiite militias…

Arab World 19 November 2024, Lebanon, Beirut: US special envoy Amos Hochstein meets with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut. (Hassan Ibrahim/Lebanese Parliament/dpa)

Berri to Asharq Al-Awsat: US Guarantor of Israeli Stance, Negotiations Are Good

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday that the situation was "good in principle" following two hours of talks with US envoy…

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)
Arab World  UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles ride along a street amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Marjeyoun, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon November 19, 2024. (Reuters)

Argentina Withdraws from UN Peacekeeping Mission in Lebanon

Argentina has notified the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon of its withdrawal from the force, a UNIFIL spokesperson said on Tuesday, in the first sign of…

Arab World The US special envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, attends a press briefing on the sidelines of Sudan peace talks at the US Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, August 23, 2024. (Reuters)

Humanitarian Corridors and Pauses Needed in Sudan, US Envoy Says

More and faster aid deliveries are needed in Sudan, the US special envoy to the war-weary country told Reuters, ideally through the implementation of…

Arab World A file photo of two Palestinian fighters from the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, participating in a military parade near the border with Israel in central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023 (Reuters).

Qatar Foreign Ministry: Hamas Political Office in Doha Has Not Been Permanently Closed

The political office of the Palestinian Hamas group in Doha has not been permanently closed, Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said on…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on October 30, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

UNICEF: More Than 200 Children Killed in Lebanon in Past Two Months

Over 200 children have been killed and 1,100 injured in Lebanon in the past two months, a spokesperson for the U.N. children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Palestinian children sit in a classroom amid the rubble of a destroyed school in the Khan Younis camp, southern Gaza Strip. (EPA)

Israel Plans Military Rule in Gaza

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has suggested that Israel plans to establish military rule in Gaza for an indefinite period, despite opposition from…

Asharq Al Awsat (Ramallah)
Arab World A Lebanese soldier works to remove a landmine (Lebanese Army website)

Israeli Cluster Bombs Create ‘Renewed’ Disaster in Southern Lebanon

Lebanon is still clearing cluster bombs dropped by Israel during the 2006 war, and reports suggest that the threat is growing. Israel is believed to be using…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Arab World The Jordanian monarch opens the first parliamentary session of the 20th House of Representatives. (Reuters)

King Abdullah II Inaugurates 20th Parliament’s Session, Emphasizes Just Peace

Jordan’s King Abdullah II affirmed that the country’s future “will not be subject to policies that do not align with its interests or deviate from its…

Mohammed Khair al-Rawashdeh (Amman)
Arab World A woman and a boy in the camp near Hassan Shami for the internally displaced. Safin HAMID / AFP

Iraqis Face Tough Homecoming a Decade after ISIS Rampage

A decade after the ISIS group extremists rampaged through northern Iraq, Moaz Fadhil and his eight children finally returned to their village after languishing…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World 17 November 2024, Palestinian Territories, Bureij: A general view of the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. (Omar Ashtawy Apaimages/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa)

EU Ministers Reject Move to Freeze Dialogue with Israel over Gaza War

European Union foreign ministers on Monday rebuffed a proposal to suspend political dialogue with Israel put forward by the bloc's top diplomat, Josep Borrell,…

Arab World Trails of Israeli missiles launched towards targets in southern Lebanon, as seen from an undisclosed location in northern Israel, 18 November 2024, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. (EPA)

Israel Attempts to Penetrate Second Line of Villages in Southern Lebanon

Relative calm prevailed in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday after a day of intense Israeli strikes. In the South, Israel also scaled back its air raids as…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Arab World 16 November 2024, Palestinian Territories, Khan Younis: Palestinians line up to receive a meal from the World Food Program and The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Khan Younis. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa

Food Shortages Bring Hunger Pains to Displaced Families in Central Gaza

A shortage in flour and the closure of a main bakery in central Gaza have exacerbated an already dire humanitarian situation, as Palestinian families struggle…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Israeli security inspect damages caused by debris from an intercepted missile, in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel, 18 November 2024. (EPA)

Israeli Woman Killed by Hezbollah Rocket Attack, 10 Wounded

Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue services said one woman was killed and 10 wounded in a Hezbollah rocket attack that hit northern Israel. According to…

Arab World A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat ,Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP)

US Sanctions Group That Builds Illegal West Bank Settlements, with Close Ties to Israeli Govt

The US has imposed sanctions on organizations and firms involved in illegal settlement development in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including a decades-old…

Arab World Syrian security forces and civilians inspect the scene of an airstrike in the Al-Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, 14 November 2024. EPA/STRINGER

9 Members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Killed in Israeli Strikes are Buried in Damascus

Nine members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Damascus were buried Monday in the Syrian capital. Women…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (R) meets with US special envoy Amos Hochstein (L) in Beirut, Lebanon, 19 November 2024. (EPA)

US Envoy Says End to War between Israel and Hezbollah ‘Is within Our Grasp’

A senior US mediator said on Tuesday there was a "real opportunity" to end the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and that gaps were narrowing, signaling…