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Lebanon Tells a UN Team the Country Will Need a Back-up Force Once Peacekeepers’ Term Ends

Arab World Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, in front of the Lebanese flags (C), meets with a United Nations Security Council delegation at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, 05 December 2025. (EPA)

Lebanon Tells a UN Team the Country Will Need a Back-up Force Once Peacekeepers’ Term Ends

The Lebanese prime minister on Friday told a visiting UN delegation that his country will need a follow-up force in southern Lebanon along the border with…

Arab World  Israeli military vehicles roll during a raid in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank on December 1, 2025. (AFP)

Palestinians Say Israeli Army Killed Man in Occupied West Bank

The Ramallah-based Palestinian health ministry said that Israeli forces killed a man in the northern occupied West Bank on Friday. "Bahaa Abdel-Rahman…

Arab World A handout photo made available by the Lebanese Presidency press office shows Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (9-R) posing for a photo with a United Nations Security Council delegation following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, 05 December 2025. (Lebanese Presidency)

Lebanese President, Hezbollah Split Over Expanded Talks with Israel

Lebanon's president on Friday defended his decision to expand talks with Israel as a way to avoid further violence, but the head of armed group Hezbollah…

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 People inspect a burnt car at an Israeli airstrike site in the Palestinian refugee camp Ain al-Hilweh near the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon, 20 November 2025. (EPA)

Israeli Military Says Killed '13 Hamas Terrorists' in Tuesday Lebanon Strike

Israel's military on Friday said a strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon earlier this week had killed "13 Hamas terrorists". Lebanese…

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

EU Sanctions a Sudanese RSF Leader after Atrocities by His Forces in Darfur

The European Union imposed sanctions on a top leader of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces group over “grave and ongoing atrocities” by his forces in the more than…

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Arab World Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City, August 28, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo

Food Supply Improving in Gaza since Truce but Long Way to Go, Says UN

More food supplies are getting into Gaza since the October ceasefire but are still falling short of huge humanitarian needs as winter rains risk spoiling…

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Arab World The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)

Israeli Peace Group Slams New Settlement in West Bank

Israeli anti-settler organization Peace Now denounced the creation of a new settlement, announced earlier by the Gush Etzion regional council in the south of…

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Arab World The covered bodies of Palestinians killed following Israeli airstrikes, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 20 November 2025. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

MSF: Gaza Women, Children Injured by Israeli Military during Shaky ceasefire

Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday that its medical teams in Gaza had treated Palestinian women and children this week for injuries from Israeli…

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Arab World Palestinians inspect the ruins a day after an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israeli Army Says Killed Five Militants in South Gaza

The Israeli army said it killed five Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday in an area under its control. The incident came after two…

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Arab World Relatives of one of two Palestinians, who were killed in an Israeli raid, react near their body ahead of their funeral, at a hospital in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Ismael Khader

Israeli Forces Kill 2 Palestinian Teens in Escalating West Bank Violence

Israeli forces killed two Palestinian teenagers during an overnight raid on a town near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, residents said, as violence…

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Arab World (FILES) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press at the US Capitol following his closed-door meeting with US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Republican from Louisiana, in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. (Photo by oliver contreras / AFP)

Netanyahu Meets with His Cabinet to Discuss Rising Israeli Settler Violence in the West Bank

Israel's prime minister met with top security officials to assess a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, an Israeli official said Friday,…

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Arab World Lebanon’s Army Commander General Rodolphe Haykal. (Lebanese army)

Lebanese Army Chief Says Country Witnessing a 'Crucial' Phase in History

Lebanon’s Army Chief Rodolphe Haykal said on Friday that Lebanon is witnessing a very crucial phase he described as “the most difficult” in history amid Israel…

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Arab World United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Thursday held talks in Muscat with Undersecretary of Oman’s Foreign Ministry, Sheikh Khalifa Ali Issa Al-Harthy (UN) 

Grundberg Seeks to Revive Peace Process in Yemen, Release Houthi-Detained UN Staff

United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Thursday concluded a new visit to Muscat where he held talks with senior Omani officials, including…

Asharq Al Awsat (Aden)
Arab World Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and First Lady, Entissar, received on Thursday in Cairo South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, and First Lady Kim Hea Kyung (Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt, South Korea Hold Summit in Cairo to Enhance Bilateral Relations

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Thursday discussed with his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae Myung, strengthening bilateral relations in addition…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World Lebanese singer Fadel Shaker - Instagram

Lebanon: Fadel Shaker’s Tuesday Trial Seen as Test of Legal Cases

Lebanese singer Fadel Shaker is set to appear before the military court next Tuesday to face trial in four separate security cases, “belonging to an armed…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World A Palestinian woman holds her crying niece during the funeral of the child’s mother, killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on Thursday (EPA)

Israel Steps Up Killings to Tighten Security Control in Gaza

Israel has tightened its security grip on the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire took effect on October 10, intensifying a campaign of intermittent assassinations…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World FILE - In this Friday, April 23, 2021 file photo, released by Saudi Press Agency, a Saudi custom officer opens imported pomegranates, as customs foiled an attempt to smuggle over 5 million pills of an amphetamine drug known as Captagon, which they said came from Lebanon, at Jiddah Islamic Port, Saudi Arabia.  (Saudi Press Agency via AP, File)

Lebanon’s Most Wanted Drug Trafficker Taken into Custody, Authorities Say

Lebanon's most wanted drug trafficker was arrested Thursday after years on the run, authorities said. Noah Zeiter was taken into custody during a raid near…

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Arab World A view of rubble at a damaged site after Israeli strikes following Israeli military's evacuation orders, in Chehour, southern Lebanon November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Ali Hankir

France Expresses Concern Over Intensification of Israeli Strikes in Southern Lebanon

France is concerned about the intensification of Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon and is also calling the Israeli army to respect Syria's sovereignty and…

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Arab World Palestinians inspect the site of Wednesday's Israeli strike in Gaza City, November 20, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Death Toll Reaches 33 in Some of the Deadliest Israeli Strikes in Gaza Since Ceasefire Began

A pair of Israeli strikes in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis early Thursday killed five people, hospital officials said, bringing the death toll from…

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Arab World Tunisian journalists rally near the government's office, holding signs to protest press restrictions- REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

Tunisian Journalists Protest, Demand End to Restrictions on Reporters

Tunisian journalists protested on Thursday near government offices, demanding an end to restrictions on reporters and the release of jailed colleagues, and…

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Arab World Displaced Palestinians fleeing Israeli military operations in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza strip walk along the Salah al-Din main road in eastern Gaza City making their way to the city center, on October 22, 2024, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

WHO Aims to Vaccinate 40,000 Children in Gaza Strip

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it aims to vaccinate more than 40,000 children against various diseases in Gaza, as it takes advantage of the…

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Arab World FILE: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, visits Israeli forces in a buffer zone inside Syria, December 17, 2024. AP

Syria Condemns Netanyahu's Visit to Its Israeli-occupied South

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops deployed in southern Syria, drawing strong condemnation from the government in Damascus,…

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Arab World  Members of the SDF in Deir Ezzor. (Reuters)

Two Syrian Soldiers Killed During Clashes with SDF

Two Syrian soldiers were killed in overnight clashes with the Syrian Democratic Forces in the country's northeast, the defense ministry said Thursday, with the…

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Arab World Special Operations Unit 101 of the Palestinian National Security Forces (National Security website) 

What Do We Know About the Palestinian Forces Training to Operate in Gaza?

Palestinian security agencies have begun preparing for a possible return to Gaza, as officers undergo targeted training in Egypt and Jordan for what could…

Kifah Zboun (Ramallah)
Arab World A Syrian flag is held aloft outside the White House following the meeting of US President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, November 10, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

US Judge Blocks Termination of Temporary Legal Status for Syrians

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from terminating temporary deportation protections and work permits for more than…

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Arab World Palestinians stand on the remains of a building among ruins, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of War Crimes in West Bank Expulsions

Israel’s expulsion of tens of thousands of Palestinians from three West Bank refugee camps in early 2025 amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity,…

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Arab World Israeli settlers ride donkeys and herd goats and sheep near a settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank, June last year (AFP)

Settler Movement ‘Hilltop Youth’ Plans Infiltrating Likud Party

Political sources in Tel Aviv said on Wednesday that the settler organization Hilltop Youth, which carries out attacks against Palestinians and even Israeli…

Asharq Al Awsat (Tel Aviv)