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Hezbollah Unhappy with Political Negotiations with Israel but Unlikely to Confront the State

Arab World A joint patrol of UNIFIL forces and the Lebanese Army in the Marjayoun area near the border with Israel (AFP)

Hezbollah Unhappy with Political Negotiations with Israel but Unlikely to Confront the State

Hezbollah officials have avoided commenting on the Lebanese government’s decision to appoint former ambassador Simon Karam as head of the Lebanese delegation…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Arab World Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes that targeted the Nabatieh area in May 2025 (Archive – EPA). 

Israel Meets Lebanon’s Diplomatic Overture with Strikes on the South

Israel on Thursday ended days of ambiguity over whether the recent “positive atmosphere” created by civilian negotiations with Lebanon might ease tensions…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World AFP visited Ahmed Kaabneh weeks before he was forced to flee his home in the al-Hathrura area. Menahem Kahana / AFP

'Land Without laws': Israeli Settlers Force Bedouins from West Bank Community

As relentless harassment from Israeli settlers drove his brothers from their Bedouin community in the central occupied West Bank, Ahmed Kaabneh remained…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World President of Syria's interim government Ahmed Al-Sharaa (C) attends a reception with the UN Security Council delegation at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, 04 December 2025. EPA/MOHAMMED AL RIFAI

Security Council Delegation in First Visit to Damascus Since 1945

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa received on Monday a UN Security Council delegation and several UN officials at the People’s Palace in Damascus. “Al…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus)
Arab World Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani beside Nouri al-Maliki during a religious event in Baghdad (Government Media)

Iraq ‘Mistakenly Lists’ Iran Allies as Terrorists, Unsettling Coordination Bloc

Iraq on Thursday stunned observers by abruptly adding Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi movement to a terrorism list that triggers immediate asset freezes, only to…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)

Arab World Sudanese women who fled el-Fasher line up to receive humanitarian aid at the Al-Afad camp for displaced people in the town of Al-Dabba, northern Sudan, on November 25, 2025. (AFP)

Sudan Army Says Repels RSF Attack on Key City

Sudan's army said on Tuesday it had repelled a Rapid Support Forces attack on a strategic city in southern Kordofan, a day after the RSF declared a unilateral…

Arab World  The tents of Palestinian families surrounded by destroyed buildings during a rainy day in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 25 November 2025. (EPA)

Gaza Truce Mediators in Cairo to Discuss Second Phase

Delegations from Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye, mediators along with the United States of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, met on Tuesday in Cairo to discuss the…

Arab World  Saja Fayyad, 7, tries to clear water from her family's flooded tent at a temporary camp for displaced Palestinians after heavy rainfall in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP)

‘Everything Is Soaked’: Winter Rains in Gaza Bring New Misery for Palestinians

Children and families in Gaza scooped muddy water from their tents on Tuesday, trying to protect the few belongings that remain after two years of war. …

Arab World People who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced walk in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on April 13, 2025. © AFP

MSF Pulls Out of Darfur Hospital after Fatal Shooting

Medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres said on Tuesday it has withdrawn its staff from a Darfur hospital after a stretcher-bearer was shot dead, calling on…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of three people believed to be deceased hostages handed over by Hamas make their way toward the border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel Says It Has Received Another Set of Human Remains from Gaza

Israel on Tuesday said it received human remains that Palestinian fighters handed over to the Red Cross, but it was not immediately clear if they were one of…

Arab World The one-time popemobile used by Pope Francis during a 2014 visit to Bethlehem and was repurposed into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, an initiative approved by the Pope before his death, is displayed in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP) 

Pope Francis’ Popemobile Transformed into Mobile Clinic for Gaza Children 

A vehicle used by the late Pope Francis during a visit to Bethlehem more than a decade ago has been transformed into a mobile health clinic that Christian…

Arab World US Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, speaks during a press conference on the ongoing conflict in Sudan, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 25, 2025. (Reuters)

Sudan’s Warring Factions Have Not Yet Accepted Peace Plan, Trump Advisor Says 

The United States presented the warring Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with a strong text for a peace plan but neither side has…

Arab World Israeli military tanks patrol close to a concrete wall along the border fence separating northern Israel from southern Lebanon on November 24, 2025. (AFP)

Israeli Strikes Have Killed at Least 127 Civilians in Lebanon Since Ceasefire, UN Says 

The UN human rights office said on Tuesday that at least 127 civilians had been killed in Lebanon in strikes by the Israel military since a ceasefire nearly a…

Arab World Security deployment and curfew in Homs (SANA)

Security Forces Confront Armed Group in Latakia, Launch Anti-ISIS Sweep in Aleppo

Several regions in western, northern, and central Syria have recently witnessed simultaneous security incidents. In Latakia Province, government forces…

Souad Jarous (Aleppo)
Arab World Mourners carry pictures of Haitham Tabtabai, who was killed in an Israeli strike a day earlier, during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on November 24, 2025. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)

Beirut on Alert as Talks Aim to Halt Escalation after Tabtabai’s Killing

Concern of further Israeli escalation has grown, following the assassination of Hezbollah’s chief of staff, Haitham al-Tabtabai, in Beirut’s southern suburbs…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Arab World Palestinians shelter in tents on a rainy day in Gaza City, November 25, 2025. (Reuters)

Gaza 'Survival' at Stake, UN Warns 

Israel's war in Gaza has ravaged the Palestinian territory's economy and is threatening its very survival, the United Nations warned Tuesday, calling for …

Arab World The Sunni leaders after the announcement of the formation of the National Political Council. (Council media)

Sunnis of Iraq Form ‘National Political Council’ Similar to Shiite ‘Coordination Framework’

Major Sunni powers and parties in Iraq declared the formation of a unified bloc, following the example of the Shiite forces that had formed the Coordination…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
Arab World Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi. (Government media)

Yemen’s Alimi: There Can Be No State without Security, Comprehensive Reforms

Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi underscored on Monday’s the government’s priorities in saving the national economy…

Asharq Al Awsat (Aden)
Arab World Sudanese refugee children from el-Fasher share a meal from a single plate at the Tine transit refugee camp, amid the conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in eastern Chad, November 22, 2025. (Reuters)

Sudan's Burhan Slams Trump Adviser, Rejects RSF's Return to Power 

Sudan’s army commander Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan rejected late on Sunday any settlement that keeps the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in power or allows it to be a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Kampala)
Arab World Comrades carry the coffin of top Hezbollah military chief Haytham Tabatabai during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on November 24, 2025. (AFP)

Thousands Mourn Hezbollah Commander Killed in Israeli Airstrike

Thousands of people on Monday attended the funeral organized by the Hezbollah group for its top military commander, a day after he was killed in an Israeli…

Arab World Palestinians walk among the ruins of their destroyed homes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 24 November 2025. (EPA)

US-backed Aid Company in Gaza Shutters Operations

The US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said…

Arab World  Mourners pray next to the body of one of two Palestinians killed by Israeli fire, according to medics, during their funeral at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 24, 2025. (Reuters)

Gaza Truce Progress Slow as Israeli-Hamas Violence Persists

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Gaza near the line demarcating areas of Israeli control on Monday, underlining the struggle to broaden a fragile…

Arab World General view of the buildings in old Cairo, Egypt, November 18, 2025. (Reuters)

Egyptians Vote in Second Phase of Parliamentary Elections

Egyptians voted Monday in the second phase of parliamentary elections as authorities annulled first-round results in about two dozen constituencies over…

Arab World Lebanese President Joseph Aoun announces his initiative for a settlement with Israel from an army barracks in the South on Friday evening (Lebanese Presidency).

Lebanon Awaits Hezbollah’s Response to Aoun’s Independence Initiative

Hezbollah has yet to respond to President Joseph Aoun’s new diplomatic initiative aimed at ending Israeli strikes on Lebanon. The proposal, unveiled during…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
Arab World Palestinian gunmen riding in an Israeli military vehicle they seized during the October 7, 2023 attack (Reuters).

Israeli Military Sacks Several Generals Over October 7 Attack

Israel's military announced the dismissal of three generals and disciplinary actions against several other senior officers over their failure to prevent the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World  Civil defense workers inspect the damage at an apartment hit during an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburb of Beirut, Sunday Nov. 23, 2025. (AP)

Iran Slams Israel's Killing of Hezbollah Military Chief

Iran on Monday slammed Israel over its killing of Hezbollah's military chief, a day after the commander was targeted with a strike in the Lebanese capital of…

Arab World Israeli tanks and a D9 bulldozer cross the Israel-Lebanon border into Israel, as seen from northern Israel, November 23, 2025. REUTERS/Avi Ohayon

Lebanon: Israeli Army Weighs Pre-emptive Strike against Hezbollah

Israel’s army has warned that Hezbollah’s growing military capabilities could force it to take pre-emptive steps, as Israeli ground raids increasingly push…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World 22 November 2025, Palestinian Territories, Gaza City: Palestinians and civil defense teams recover victims killed in Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in the Abbas area, west of Gaza City. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Erdogan Says Türkiye Evaluating Deployment of Forces for Gaza Stabilization Force

President Tayyip Erdogan said Türkiye was still evaluating how to potentially deploy its security forces to an international stabilization force being planned…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Military training manuals titled “Anti-Armor Weapons – Northern Brigade” and dated 2023 provide insight into Hamas’ methods for preparing recruits to target Israeli forces (Asharq Al-Awsat) 

How Hamas Learned Secrets of Israeli Merkava Tanks?

Israeli Army Radio on Sunday revealed shocking details about how Hamas collected sensitive intelligence on Israeli bases and equipment from soldiers’ social…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)