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Syria Starts Evacuating ISIS-linked Al-Hol Camp

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…

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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 A group of women wait for news as Palestinian civil defense teams work to recover the remains of 67 members of the Abu Nasr family from beneath the rubble of their home after it was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza City, 15 February 2026. (EPA)

Under Israeli Cover, Gaza Gangs Kill and Abduct Palestinians in Hamas-Controlled Areas 

Amid heavy Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, armed gangs carried out kidnappings and executions of Palestinians on Monday in areas controlled by Hamas, west of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World Part of previous consultative meetings for Yemeni lawyers in Sanaa (Facebook)

Lawyers in Sanaa Under Houthi Repression

In areas controlled by the Houthi group in Yemen, there is an increasing number of violations targeting lawyers, raising widespread concerns about the future…

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Arab World Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stands outside the entrance to his office at Parliament House in Canberra on February 11, 2026. (AFP)

Australia Won’t Repatriate 34 Women and Children from Syria 

The Australian government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the ISIS group, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…


Arab World Displaced Sudanese gather near a food distribution point at the Abu al-Naga displacement camp in the Gedaref State, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum on February 6, 2026. (AFP)

RSF Drone Strike on Mosque Kills 2 Children in Sudan’s Kordofan Region

A drone strike at a mosque killed two children and injured 13 others in Sudan ’s central region of Kordofan early Wednesday, a local doctors group said, as the…

Arab World PKK fighters in the Qandil Mountains of northern Iraq. (Reuters)

Türkiye Signals May Launch ‘Simple’ Military Operation Against PKK in Iraq

Türkiye has indicated it may launch a limited military operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, while…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Arab World Members of the SDF in Hasakah, northeastern Syria, on Tuesday during their withdrawal from frontline positions under an agreement with the Syrian government. (Reuters)

SDF Starts Withdrawing from Frontlines in Syria’s Hasakah  

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have begun withdrawing their troops from frontline positions in the city of Hasakah under an agreement reached with the…

Souad Jarous (Damascus)
Arab World People gather as Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam tours areas in southern Lebanon, seen here in the village of Yarine, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP)

Loss of Allies Forces Hezbollah to Tone Down Rhetoric Against the Lebanese State 

Hezbollah has shifted position in Lebanon from open confrontation with the state to “managing” its differences with it as it starts to realize that keeping up…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Arab World Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tarik meets with Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Muscat on Tuesday. (ONA)

Oman Stresses Importance of Resumption of Negotiations between US and Iran 

Oman stressed on Tuesday the importance of the resumption of dialogue and negotiations between the United States and Iran in wake of talks hosted in Muscat on…

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Arab World Lebanese special forces policemen carry the coffins of their comrade Hassan Jaber, who was killed on Monday with his son Ali, by an Israeli drone attack, during their funeral procession in Yanouh village, south Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP)

Village in Southern Lebanon Buries a Child and Father Killed in Israeli Drone Strike 

Mourners in southern Lebanon on Tuesday buried a father and his young son killed in an Israeli drone strike that targeted a Hezbollah member. Hassan Jaber, a…

Arab World Hezbollah supporters raise their group's flags during a protest condemning recent Israeli military actions in Lebanon and calling on the international community to intervene as tensions escalate along the southern border, outside the headquarters of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, ESCWA, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP)

US Sanctions Target Alleged Hezbollah Gold Exchange 

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions against a gold exchange it said facilitates Iranian financial support to Lebanon’s Hezbollah. The Treasury…

Arab World Israeli machinery levels land ahead of settlement construction near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Dec. 23, 2025 (EPA)

US Response Muted on New Israeli West Bank Measures

Days ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, his government moved on measures framed as procedural but laden with far…

Elie Youssef (Washington )
Arab World Palestinians mourn victims of Israeli strikes in Gaza City, Tuesday (Reuters)

Israel Steps Up Targeted Killings of Senior Hamas, Islamic Jihad Figures

Israel has intensified a targeted military campaign in the Gaza Strip, pressing ahead with airstrikes aimed at senior operatives from Hamas and Islamic Jihad,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World Lebanese truck drivers block the road on the Lebanese side of the Masnaa border crossing in protest against Syria's decision to ban non-Syrian trucks from entering its territory, on February 10, 2025. (AFP)

Lebanon, Jordan Seek Solutions After Damascus Bans Non-Syrian Trucks

Lebanon and Jordan are seeking a solution with Syria after the latter barred foreign trucks from entering its territory, officials from both countries told AFP…

Arab World  Smoke rises following an explosion, within the "yellow line" zone, which is controlled by Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 10, 2026. (Reuters)

Israeli Drone Strike Kills 2 Cyclists in Gaza as Death Toll Mounts Despite Ceasefire

An Israeli drone strike killed two Palestinians on bicycles Tuesday, hospital officials said, marking the latest deaths since an October ceasefire that hasn't…

Arab World A large Syrian flag flutters above Tishreen Park in Damascus, June 4, 2025. (AFP)

Syria Joining Anti-ISIS Coalition 'Marks New Chapter' in Global Security, US Envoy Says

The US-led international coalition to fight the ISIS has welcomed Syria in the fight against the extremists, saying that the priorities include the swift…

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Arab World An Egyptian flag flutters in Cairo, Egypt, January 15, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo

Egypt Approves Cabinet Reshuffle, State Media Say

Egypt's House of Representatives, the lower house of parliament, approved a relatively limited cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, state media reported. Mohamed…

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Arab World Sudanese children play on a street in Tokar, in Red Sea State, following heavy flooding in October, 2024 © AFP/File

UN Warns Clock Ticking for Sudan's Children

The United Nations warned Tuesday that time was running out for malnourished children in Sudan and urged the world to "stop looking away". Famine is spreading…

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Arab World Palestinian boys look out over the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron from a rooftop on February 9, 2026. (AFP)

Israeli Minister Calls West Bank Measures ‘De Facto Sovereignty,’ Says No Future Palestinian State

A top Israeli official said Tuesday that measures adopted by the government that deepen Israeli control in the occupied West Bank amounted to implementing “de…

Arab World Vehicles transporting ISIS detainees by the US military, according to a security source from the Syrian Democratic Forces, head from Syria towards Iraq, in Qamishli, Syria, February 8, 2026. (Reuters)

Over 4,500 ISIS Detainees Brought to Iraq from Syria, Says Official

More than 4,500 suspected extremists have been transferred from Syria to Iraq as part of a US operation to relocate ISIS group detainees, an Iraqi official…

Arab World An Italian UN peacekeeper soldier stands guard at a road that links to a United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) base, in Naqoura town, Lebanon, on May 4, 2021. (AP)

UN Force to Withdraw Most Troops from Lebanon by Mid-2027

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon plans to withdraw most of its troops by mid 2027, its spokesperson told AFP on Tuesday, after the peacekeepers'…

Arab World Makeshift tents of displaced Palestinian families next to the beach in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 09 February 2026. (EPA)

Israeli Strikes Kill 3 People in Gaza, Hospital Says

Israeli military strikes on Monday killed three people west of Gaza City, according to the hospital where the casualties arrived. Shifa Hospital reported the…

Arab World People stand at the site of the collapsed residential building in Tripoli, Lebanon, 09 February 2026. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

Residents of North Lebanon City Lose Neighbors, Livelihoods in Building Collapse

Rubble is all that remains of the building once home to Adnan Mardash's grocery shop in north Lebanon's Tripoli after it collapsed, killing 14 people and…

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Arab World Palestinian men sit on the rubble as others console each other after a Palestinian home was demolished by the Israeli army in the village of Shuqba, west of the city of Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on February 9, 2026. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

UN: Israeli Measure in West Bank is ‘Unlawful,’ Erodes Two-State Solution

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday voiced grave concern over the reported decision by the Israeli security cabinet to authorize a series of…

Asharq Al Awsat (New York)
Arab World Palestinians protest after Israeli soldiers blocked the entrance of the Nur Shams Palestinian refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on February 9, 2026, demanding to be allowed to return to their homes from where they were expelled last year during an ongoing Israeli army operation. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Palestinians in the West Bank Struggle to Get by as Israel Severely Limits Work Permits

Hanadi Abu Zant hasn’t been able to pay rent on her apartment in the occupied West Bank for nearly a year after losing her permit to work inside Israel. When…

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Arab World A man walks next to pumpjacks on the day a Syrian government delegation visits the oil-rich city of Rmeilan to inspect oil fields and finalize agreements signed between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Rmeilan, Syria, February 9, 2026. (Reuters)

Damascus Govt Takes Over Control of Rmeilan Field, Says Syria's Oil Belongs to All

The Damascus government kicked off on Monday measures to assume control of the Rmeilan oil field, Syria's second largest, in the northeastern Hasakah province…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus)
Arab World President Donald Trump waves to the media as he walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump Opposes Israeli Annexation of West Bank

A White House official on Monday reiterated US President Donald Trump's opposition toward Israel annexing the West Bank. "A stable West Bank keeps Israel…

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Arab World A displaced Sudanese woman carries plastic water containers at the Abu al-Naga displacement camp in the in Gedaref State, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum on February 6, 2026. (AFP)

Sudan Returns to East African Bloc After Two Years

Sudan on Monday announced it was returning to east African bloc IGAD, two years after freezing its membership over a decision to invite rival paramilitary…