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Abu Shabab Successor Pledges to Keep Up Resistance to Hamas

Arab World A photo of Yasser Abu Shabab published by Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth. (File photo)

Abu Shabab Successor Pledges to Keep Up Resistance to Hamas

Hamas was taken by surprise by news of the killing of Yasser Abu Shabab, the self-styled leader of armed groups operating east of Rafah in southern Gaza. …

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
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 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)
Arab World A handout picture released by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on November 18, 2025 shows displaced civilians who have fled violence in el-Fasher gathering by makeshift camps in the city of Tawila. (Mohamed Jamal / ICRC / AFP)

EU to Sanction Sudan RSF Paramilitary Group’s Deputy Chief, Diplomats Say

The European Union is expected to impose sanctions on Abdelrahim Dagalo, deputy commander of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in Sudan that has been…

Arab World  Palestinians walk among piles of rubble, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip November 19, 2025. (Reuters)

Israeli Airstrikes Kill 10 Palestinians in Gaza, Rattling Ceasefire, Medics Say

Israeli airstrikes killed 10 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in a part of the enclave under Hamas control since a shaky ceasefire took effect in…

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

Netanyahu Visits Israeli Troops in Syria Beyond Ceasefire Line

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops deployed in Syria beyond a ceasefire line on Wednesday, an Israeli government spokesman told…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Palestinians gather to collect water, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Gaza Water Provider Resumes Services after Hamas Frees Employee

A Gaza company that operates water desalination plants serving nearly half of the enclave's population said on Tuesday it had resumed operations after Hamas…

Asharq Al Awsat
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

Sudan Aid Workers Forced to 'Choose Who to Save' in Darfur, Says NGO

Humanitarian workers in Sudan's Darfur are being forced to "choose who to save" due to insufficient resources, aid group Handicap International's logistics…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Palestinian rescue workers collect body remains at the scene where an Israeli strike on Tuesday night hit the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Israel Warns 2 Villages in Lebanon to Evacuate as it Steps Up Strikes in South

The Israeli military carried out powerful airstrikes in two villages in Southern Lebanon on Wednesday, witnesses said, pressing a campaign of near-daily…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Paramedics and people gather near damaged cars at the site of the Israeli strike that killed several people yesterday night, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, inside the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon, November 19, 2025. (Reuters)

Israeli Airstrike Kills 1 and Wounds 11 Including Students in Southern Lebanon

An Israeli airstrike on a car in southern Lebanese village of Tiri on Wednesday killed one person and wounded 11 including students aboard a nearby bus, the…

Arab World Displaced people among tents in Gaza City on Tuesday (EPA)

Hamas, Other Factions Cautious of New UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza

Hamas and several Palestinian factions issued separate and joint statements on Tuesday rejecting the UN Security Council resolution sponsored by the United…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World Lebanon’s Army Commander General Rodolphe Haykal. (Lebanese army)

Lebanon’s Army Commander Postpones US Visit amid American, Israeli Pressure 

Lebanon’s Army Commander General RodolpheHaykal postponed his visit to the United States after Israel and members of Congress criticized the military for not…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World (FILES) Algerian writer Boualem Sansal poses at his home in Boumerdes, some 50 kms east of Algiers, on August 17, 2015 during an interview with AFP. (Photo by Farouk Batiche / AFP)

French-Algerian Writer Boualem Sansal Returns to France

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who had been in Germany since his release from prison in Algeria on Wednesday, is “back in France,” his support…

Asharq Al Awsat (Paris)
Arab World Russian ‘Africa Sector’ General Sets Moscow’s Priorities with Damascus

Russian ‘Africa Sector’ General Sets Moscow’s Priorities with Damascus

A joint military convoy of Syrian, Russian, and Turkish officers toured southwestern Syria on Monday, highlighting the changes the country has undergone less…

Raed Jaber (Moscow)
Arab World Israeli Airstrike on Ain el-Hilweh Camp in Lebanon Kills 13 People

Israeli Airstrike on Ain el-Hilweh Camp in Lebanon Kills 13 People

An Israeli airstrike on the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed 13 people and wounded several others, state media…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Smoke rises as a result of Israeli army shelling near the village of Aitaron in south Lebanon, as seen for the Israeli side of the the Israeli-Lebanon border near the Malkia settlement, northern Israel, 17 November 2025. (EPA)

Lebanon Says 2 Dead in Israeli Strikes on South

Lebanon said Israeli strikes in the country's south killed two people on Tuesday, the latest deadly raids despite a nearly year-long ceasefire between Israel…

Arab World 12 November 2025, Iraq, Baghdad: A supporter of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani celebrates in Tahrir Square, following the announcement of preliminary election results in Baghdad. (dpa)

Iraq’s PM Sudani Joins Majority Bloc in Parliament

Iraq's incumbent Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said Tuesday he had joined the country's main Shiite alliance, the majority bloc that will nominate the…

Arab World Voters mark their ballots at a polling station in Giza, the twin city of Cairo, during the parliamentary elections on November 10, 2025. (AFP)

Egypt Annuls First-Round Parliament Vote in Quarter of Constituencies Over Violations

Egypt annulled parliamentary votes in over a quarter of first-round constituencies on Tuesday in one of the most significant disruptions to a national election…

Arab World Israeli soldiers secure the site of a reported attack at the Gush Etzion Junction, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on November 18, 2025. (AFP)

Car Ramming, Stabbing Attack in West Bank Kills One, Injures Three

One man was killed and three other people were injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Israeli military…

Arab World Suspects stand inside a holding cell, left, as judges preside over Syria's first public trial related to deadly clashes in March along the country's coastal provinces, at the Palace of Justice in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP)

Syria Opens First Public Trial Over Deadly Coastal Violence 

The first trial was opened on Tuesday of some of the hundreds of suspects linked to deadly clashes in Syria’s coastal provinces earlier this year that quickly…

Arab World Destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 18, 2025. (Reuters)

Gaza Water Provider Suspends Services after Hamas Detains Staff Member 

A Gaza company that operates water desalination plants serving nearly half of the enclave's population has stopped operations to protest at the detention by…

Arab World The ruins of damaged buildings in the Bureij area of the Gaza Strip as seen from the border in southern Israel, 18 November 2025, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. (EPA)

Palestinian Foreign Minister Says UN Vote Is ‘First Step Towards Peace’ 

Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin said on Tuesday the UN Security Council's adoption of a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump's…

Arab World Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenary session at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, 10 November 2025. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Netanyahu Applauds UN Adoption of Trump’s Gaza Plan and Hamas Rejects It

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday applauded the United Nations' approval of the Trump administration’s blueprint to secure and govern Gaza,…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam meets with the delegation from Morgan Stanley in Beirut. (Lebanese prime minister's office)

Salam to Saudi Delegation: We Are Committed to Preventing Lebanon from Being Used as Platform to Harm Others

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stressed on Monday that his country has embarked on the path of comprehensive reform. Speaking before a Saudi delegation…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Hilltop Youth run for cover as they clash with Israeli security forces evacuating and demolishing an illegal outpost built near the Jewish settlement of Metzad east in the occupied West Bank, on November 17, 2025. (AFP)

Israeli Settlers Torch West Bank Village as Israel Begins a Busy Diplomatic Week 

Israeli settlers on Monday rampaged through a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, torching homes and cars in the latest in a string of settler…

Arab World 17 November 2025, US, Bronx: The members of the UN Security Council vote at UN headquarters on a draft resolution introduced by the USA to authorize an international stabilization force in Gaza. (dpa)

UN Approves the Trump Administration’s Plan for the Future of Gaza 

The Trump administration’s blueprint to secure and govern Gaza won strong approval at the United Nations on Monday, a crucial step that provides international…