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Egypt and Russia Discuss Developments in Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza

Arab World Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the launch of the installation of the pressure vessel for the first reactor at the El-Dabaa nuclear plant last month (Egyptian presidency)

Egypt and Russia Discuss Developments in Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza

Egypt and Russia discussed developments in Sudan, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Friday during a phone call between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Arab World Yemeni armed forces flash the V-sign for victory as they ride in the back of a lorry as they celebrate the 58th anniversary of National Independence Day, in the port city of Aden, November 30, 2025. (Photo by Saleh Al-OBEIDI / AFP)

Yemen Leader Warns against Unilateral Actions Undermining Unity, State Sovereignty

Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council chief Rashad al-Alimi warned on Friday that unilateral actions and internal disputes within government-controlled areas…

Asharq Al Awsat (Aden)
Arab World Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri meets with UN Security Council Delegation in Beirut (Lebanese Parliament)

Lebanon’s Leaders Unite on Technical, Security Track in Talks with Israel

Cabinet sources said Lebanon’s three top leaders remain aligned as negotiations with Israel move into a new phase, marked by the appointment of a civilian…

Mohamed Choucair (Beirut)
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 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…

Arab World FILE PHOTO: Displaced Sudanese gather after fleeing El-Fasher city in Darfur, in Tawila, Sudan, October 29, 2025, in this still image taken from a Reuters' video. REUTERS/Mohamed Jamal/File Photo

More Than Half of Sudan Needs Humanitarian Aid, Says NGO Chief

More than half of Sudan's population is in need of humanitarian aid, the head of the Danish Refugee Council told AFP, as fighting ravages the northeast African…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Iraq's tribes have once again become one of the most powerful actors in the rural and oil-rich south. (AFP)

Iraq Tribal Clashes Kill Eight

Tribal clashes over agricultural land in central Iraq have killed eight people and injured another nine, a security official in Wasit province told AFP on…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Armed tribesmen participate in an anti-Israel gathering mobilizing more fighters, in Sanaa, Yemen, 05 November 2025. (EPA)

UN Security Council Calls for End to Houthi Attacks

The UN Security Council on Friday called for an end to cross-border and maritime attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants and urged member states to…

Arab World  Election workers count ballots as they close a polling station, during the parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP)

‘Saddam Hussein’ Wins Parliament Seat in Iraq after his Disqualification Is Overturned

Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced that it has overturned the disqualification of a candidate, called Saddam Hussein al-Naimi, from…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Syrian security forces secure the area around a building that, according to state media, was hit by rockets Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Rocket Attack in Syria's Capital Wounds 1 Person and Causes Damage

Rockets were fired at a home in Syria's capital on Friday night, wounding several people and causing damage, state media reported. It wasn't immediately…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World FILED - 23 September 2025, US, New York: A Security Council meeting held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly's general debate. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

UN Security Council to Vote Monday on Trump's Gaza Plan

The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution to endorse US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, diplomats said. Last week, the Americans…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets US Treasury delegation at Baabda Palace, Beirut (AFP)

Lebanon Starts Technical Response Process to US Treasury Demands

Lebanon has swiftly initiated a legal and procedural compliance process in response to what officials described as “very serious” US demands to curb terrorism…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Saudi Signals on Lifting Export Ban Revive Hopes for Lebanese Farmers

Saudi Signals on Lifting Export Ban Revive Hopes for Lebanese Farmers

Indications that Saudi Arabia is moving to lift its ban on agricultural imports from Lebanon and bolster trade with Beirut have rekindled hopes for new…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World An Israeli F-16 carrying air-to-air missiles and extra fuel tanks takes off from an air base (Israel Defense Forces)

Gaza War Becomes Cash Surge for US Weapons Makers

Israel’s war in Gaza, which erupted in October 2023, has become one of the most profitable conflicts for major US defense contractors. As Gaza was being…

Elie Youssef (Washington )
Arab World  The ruins of destroyed buildings in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 14 November 2025, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. (EPA)

Israel Steps Up Brutal Reprisals Against Oct. 7 Hostage-Takers, Their Families

Two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead an Islamic preacher, Mohammed Abu Mustafa, in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza on the evening…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
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)

Iran President Hails Iraqi PM Election Win

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian called Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Friday to congratulate him on his "glorious success" in this week's…

Arab World Palestinian boys walk near their destroyed family house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 14 November 2025, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. (EPA)

US, Several Arab States Urge 'Swift Adoption' of UN Gaza Resolution

The United States and several Arab and Muslim-majority nations including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye called Friday for the UN Security Council to quickly…

Arab World A joint force from UNIFIL and the Lebanese army in Naqoura near the Israeli border (File- AFP)

UN Forces Say Israel Built Walls Inside Lebanon, Israel Denies Accusation

United Nations peacekeepers said Friday that Israel's army has built walls in south Lebanon near the UN-demarcated Blue Line, the de facto border, while Israel…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Palestinians attend Friday prayers in a mosque following an attack that local Palestinians said was carried out by Israeli settlers, in the village of Deir Istiya near Salfit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Sinan Abu Mayzer

Palestinians Return for Prayers in West Bank Mosque after Settler Attack

Palestinians in a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank held weekly communal prayers on Friday after clearing insulting graffiti, broken glass and burn…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Lebanese citizens queue outside a Western Union shop to receive their money transfers. AP file photo

Under US Pressure, Lebanon Tightens Screws on Money Transfers

Lebanon announced on Friday that money changers and transfer companies must comply with stricter rules as the country faces heavy US pressure to regulate its…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Sudanese refugees arrive in Acre, Chad, Sunday, Oct 6. 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

UN Rights Council Adopts Fact-finding Mission in Emergency Session on Sudan

Members of the UN Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution for an independent fact-finding mission to investigate reported mass killings in al…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Palestinians stand next to the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, November 2, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Indonesia Says Its Gaza Peacekeepers Would Focus on Health, Infrastructure Tasks

Indonesia has trained up to 20,000 troops to take on health and construction-related tasks during a planned peacekeeping operation in the war-torn enclave of…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World 27 October 2025, Palestinian Territories, Khan Younis: The bodies of 40 palestinians, killed by the Israeli army, placed in front of Nasser Hospital, ahead of their burial, in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, with the participation of the Civil Defense and some workers from the Ministry of Health. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa

Israel Returns 15 Palestinian Bodies to Gaza, Where Displaced Families Endure Winter Rains

Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Friday, officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said, in the latest step to fulfilling the terms…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Pro Palestinian supporters wave a flag as they wait for the arrival of South African activists at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park. (AFP)

More than 150 Palestinians Were Held on a Plane for Around 12 Hours in South Africa

South African authorities faced heavy criticism Friday after they held more than 150 Palestinians, including a woman who is nine months pregnant, on a plane…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivers his statement during the Human Rights Council Special Session on the Human Rights Situation in and around El Fasher, Sudan, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Violence in Sudan's El-Fasher a 'Stain' on International Community, Says UN Rights Chief

The United Nations on Friday said the horrific bloodshed in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher was a "stain" on the world, which has failed to halt the violence. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Students playing football in the courtyard of a Saudi-funded school in the city of Aden (AFP) 

Yemeni Diplomatic Drive to Bolster Government Reforms

Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council chief Rashad al-Alimi and Prime Minister Salem bin Buraik have intensified diplomatic outreach in Riyadh to strengthen…

Asharq Al Awsat (Aden)