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Iraq’s New Government Faces Unpredictable Prospects

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

Iraq’s New Government Faces Unpredictable Prospects

Tension rippled through Iraq’s ruling Shiite alliance after authorities briefly listed Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi group as terrorist organizations,…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Palestinians fill water containers at the Nuseirat camp for displaced families in central Gaza (AFP)

Trump’s Phase Two Remarks Revive Questions Over Gaza Article 17

A brief and cryptic remark by US President Donald Trump about modifying phase two of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, offered without any details, has stirred…

Mohamed Mahmoud (Cairo)
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 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…

Arab World Israeli border police and a protester argue as Tzur Misgavi, an unauthorized Israeli settler outpost, is dismantled by Israeli security forces, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 17, 2025. (Reuters)

Israeli Forces Dismantle West Bank Settler Outpost

Israeli security forces evacuated and demolished an illegal settler outpost in the occupied West Bank on Monday, with the authorities citing "severe incidents…

Arab World  A general view taken from Jabal Al Qala district shows a Jordanian flag fluttering above the Jordanian capital Amman. (AFP)

Jordan Parliament Passes Law Reinstating Conscription

Jordan's parliament on Monday voted in favor of a law reinstating conscription for men from early next year, decades after compulsory military service ended,…

Arab World Palestinian-tent shelter amid rubble, along the coast on a rainy day, during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Palestinian Faction Says Israel Killed a Local Leader in Gaza

The Palestinian Resistance Committees (PRC), an allied faction of Hamas, said on Monday that one of its local armed leaders was killed by what it described as…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani attends the opening session of a series of meetings between representatives of Syria's civil society, in the presence of European Union and transitional government officials, at a conference center on the southern outskirts of Damascus, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

China FM Pledges Support for Syria in 'Achieving Peace'

China's top diplomat Wang Yi pledged support for Damascus on Monday in "achieving peace at an early date", as his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shibani made his…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Former Algerian president Liamine Zeroual casting his vote in the 1997 parliamentary elections (AFP). 

Secret Files Reveal Western Unease after Zeroual’s Election Victory in Algeria

Thirty years ago today, Liamine Zeroual won Algeria’s 1995 presidential election, an event that marked a turning point in a nation ravaged by violence since…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Arab World A UN vehicle drives near a concrete wall along Lebanon's southern border which, according to the Lebanese presidency, extends beyond the "Blue Line", a UN-mapped line separating Lebanon from Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, as seen from northern Israel, November 16, 2025. REUTERS/Shir Torem

Israeli Military Says Killed Hezbollah Operative in Lebanon

Israel's military said Monday it had killed a Hezbollah operative in southern Lebanon, a region that has witnessed several attacks despite the ceasefire…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World A first group of 25 PKK fighters who had left Türkiye for northern Iraq were at the ceremony, among them eight women. Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP

Kurdish PKK Militants Say Have Left Key Area in North Iraq

The Kurdish militant PKK said Monday its forces had withdrawn from a key border area in northern Iraq in a move aimed at shoring up the peace process with…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Tents of displaced Palestinians at a makeshift camp, on a rainy day in the west of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, 15 November 2025. EPA/HAITHAM IMAD

UN Security Council Set to Vote on International Force for Gaza

The UN Security Council is set to vote Monday on a US-drafted resolution bolstering Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, especially the deployment of an…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Israeli workers pour concrete while working on the border fence separating northern Israel from southern Lebanon on November 16, 2025. (AFP)

Israel Attacks UNIFIL, Expands Violations against Lebanon with Border Wall

Israel is increasing its daily violations against southern Lebanon. For days, it has been constructing more sections of a border wall in the South in violation…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Arab World Peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) ride in armored vehicles during a patrol along the border with Israel by the village of Kfar Kila in south Lebanon on June 4, 2025. (AFP)

UN Peacekeepers Say Israeli Forces Fired on Them in Southern Lebanon

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Sunday that Israeli soldiers had shot at its peacekeepers from a tank near an army position in the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World 17 May 2025, Bavaria, Munich: A protester waves a Palestinian flag during a demonstration on Koenigsplatz. (dpa)

Israeli Leaders Voice Opposition to Palestinian State before UN Gaza Vote

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his government underscored their opposition to a Palestinian state ahead of a UN Security Council vote…

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

Palestinian Killed by Israeli Army in West Bank

The Israeli military said Sunday it had killed one person overnight during an operation in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, with the Palestinian health…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (AP)

Rifts Deepen Within Iraq’s Coordination Framework Over Next Prime Minister

Iraqi political forces that have won seats in the recent parliamentary elections are moving to lay the groundwork for forming the next federal government. …

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Citizens call for uncovering the truth behind the killing of Elias al-Hasrouni in the town of Ain Ebel in South Lebanon in 2023 (File photo – Al-Markazia).

Lebanon's LF Urges State to Clarify Circumstances of Party Member’s Killing

The Lebanese Forces (LF) has called on the Lebanese state to clarify the circumstances surrounding the 2023 killing of party member Elias al-Hasrouni, after…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Speaker Nabih Berri meets with the Council of the Order of Press Editors led by Joseph Kossaifi in Ain El-Tineh. (Parliament Office)

Lebanon: Berri Asks Political Parties to Unite Against Israeli Violations, Schemes

Speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday called on political parties to show unity against ongoing Israeli violations, and expressed surprise at the absence of a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Palestinians amid rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip (AFP)

Gaza Stabilization Force: Will UN Talks Yield a Breakthrough?

New developments have emerged in UN Security Council consultations on deploying a “stabilization force in the Gaza Strip,” after Arab and Islamic states…

Mohamed Mahmoud (Gaza)
Arab World Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received in Cairo Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir last month (Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt, Pakistan Seek to Boost Relations

Egypt and Pakistan on Saturday discussed on Saturday ways of advancing and strengthening bilateral relations in political and economic fields, with a view to…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World  Temporary tents stretch along the beachfront in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP)

Gaza Health Ministry Confirms Received Bodies of 15 Palestinians under Truce Deal

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza confirmed Saturday it had received the bodies of 15 Palestinians the day before under the US-brokered ceasefire exchange…

Arab World Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad al-Shaibani leaves the stage after addressing delegates during a day of dialogue with Syrian civil society, a first step towards structured dialogue with the Syrian government and the European Union, at Conference Palace near Damascus on November 15, 2025. (AFP)

After Assad's Fall, Syrians and EU Officials Hold Rare Meeting in Damascus

Representatives of Syria’s civil society held rare open discussions Saturday in Damascus in the presence of officials from the European Union and the…

Arab World US Department of State's senior advisor to the president for Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, speaks during the signing ceremony of the Doha Framework for a Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the DRC Government and the Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) in Doha on November 15, 2025.

Trump's Africa Envoy Says Sudan 'World's Biggest Humanitarian Crisis'

US President Donald Trump's Africa envoy Massad Boulos on Saturday called the war in Sudan "the world's biggest humanitarian crisis", telling AFP he hoped to…

Arab World A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras shows a concrete barrier wall that the Israeli army began constructing south of the Blue Line, which separates Lebanon and Israel, between the northern Israeli village of Avivim and the Lebanese area of Jal al-Deir, on November 12, 2025. (AFP)

Lebanon Plans UN Complaint Against Israel Over Border Wall

Lebanon will file a complaint to the UN Security Council against Israel for constructing a concrete wall along Lebanon's southern border that extends beyond…

Arab World 15 November 2025, Palestinian Territories, Khan Yunis: Children walk through the rainwater between their tents, as Palestinians suffer from the bitter cold and heavy rains that inundate their tents in the Al-Attar area of Mawasi, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. (dpa)

First Major Winter Rains Pummel Gaza and Destroy Makeshift Shelters

Winter's first heavy rainfall sent water cascading through Gaza's sprawling Muwasi tent camp on Saturday, as the territory struggles to cope with flooding and…