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Features FILE- Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, front left, speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, Sept 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien, File)

Trump Shattered Canada’s Old US Relationship. Carney is Building a New One in Europe

For nearly four decades, Canada built its economy around closer integration with the United States. President Donald Trump has turned that dependence into…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features African migrants during a protest demanding to be repatriated because of the harsh conditions they are living under in Tunisia (AFP)

Voluntary Return or Pushed Out Against their Will? Migrants in Tunisia Go Home

Less than a year after arriving in Tunisia, Michael Oppona had not planned to return to Ghana. But, faced with increasingly harsh pressure from local…

Asharq Al Awsat (Tunis)
Features Entrance to the Trauma and Emergency Complex at Omdurman Hospital (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Can Sudan's Health Sector Rise from the Rubble?

Between hospitals that have reopened after being destroyed and looted, and facilities still struggling with shortages of electricity, equipment, medicines, and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Khartoum)
Features (FILES) This aerial view shows shipping containers stacked at the Port of Baltimore on April 10, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

A Look at How Tariffs Have Shaped India-US Ties under Trump

A sweeping US sanctions and ‌tariff bill has emerged as the latest flashpoint between New Delhi and Washington, adding pressure to ties already strained…

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Features A military parade during a graduation ceremony for personnel of the Syrian army’s 56th Division on June 1, 2025. (Defense Ministry)

Syria’s New Army: Renaming Units or Institutional Restructuring?

Syria's drive to build a national army has entered its most difficult phase: dismantling the armed factions that were formally absorbed into the Defense…

Sultan al-Kanj (Damascus )
Features A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft. (US Air Force/Reuters)

US Air Force Pilot Recounts Survival After Jet Shot Down Over Iran Mountains

A US Air Force colonel recounted on Monday his story of survival after his F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran in April, in the early months of the US…

Asharq Al Awsat (Washington)
Features Destroyed stones on the top of Ali al-Taher ridge, which Israeli forces captured after fighting with Hezbollah and where the Israeli military said it blew up a network of Hezbollah tunnels Thursday night near Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP)

Where Does Israel’s Destruction of Underground Hezbollah Base Leave the Group?

Israel's demolition on Thursday of a tunnel network used by Hezbollah as a command center in southern Lebanon, near the border, represents a significant…

Features The Houthi escalation has forced thousands of Yemeni families to flee their homes. (AFP)

Fall of Mokha Leaves Humanitarian Crisis in Its Wake, Threatens Shipping

Those who had not fled the southwestern Yemeni coastal city of Mokha awoke Thursday to a grim military and humanitarian reality after the Houthi group seized…

Waddah Aljaleel (Aden) Mohammed Nasser (Aden)
Features A man carrying his belongings walks past a damaged house in the aftermath of flash floods at Trishuli in Nepal's Nuwakot district on September 11, 2026. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

'Second Life': Nepal Tunnel Survivor Recalls Ordeal

For 10 days, Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water and losing all sense of time as he…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features New homes built in Libya’s Derna after the storm (AFP)

Three Years Since ‘Daniel,’ Libya’s Derna Rebuilds as Families Await Redress

Three years after Storm Daniel devastated Libya’s Derna, sweeping reconstruction projects are reshaping the city. But some families are still waiting for…

Alaa Hamouda (Cairo)
Features General view of Camp X-Ray, where security was tight (AFP)

Guantanamo Detention Camp: The 'Exception' that Became the Rule

On the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Guantanamo detention camp appears less like a prison that remained open by mistake and more like an…

Bissane El-Cheikh (London)
Features A banner shows message reading "AI" during the London Tech Week at Olympia, in London, Britain, June 8, 2026. (Reuters)

Doomsday Tech: Could AI Really Kill Us All?

Stark warnings from artificial intelligence researchers that advanced forms of the technology could wipe out humanity have raised questions over whether…

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Features Syrian White Helmets rescuers inspect the site of an explosion at a temporary depot for weapons and explosive remnants of war in Sarmada, Idlib province (AFP)

Why Do ‘Temporary’ Weapons Depots Keep Exploding in Northwestern Syria?

The latest explosion in the city of Sarmada in northern Idlib province has renewed attention on the threat posed by weapons depots and explosive remnants of…

Mansour Hussein (Idlib)
Features A Palestinian man holds up a poster of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (L) and wanted al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden during a demonstration by some 1,000 people in the West Bank town of Hebron 10 April 2004, in support of the Iraqi resistance against the US-led coalition. (AFP via Getty Images)

Sept. 11’s Legacy Endures a Quarter-Century Later

Rarely does a day deserve to be called “the day that shook the world.” September 11, 2001, claimed that distinction the moment it happened. At first, many…

Ghassan Charbel (Riyadh)
Features Portraits of current and former Iranian and Hezbollah leaders displayed at a rally, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, September 2, 2026. (Reuters)

What Options Does Hezbollah Have in Dealing with Israeli Escalation?

Hezbollah finds itself facing an increasingly difficult equation as Israeli escalation in South Lebanon has widened in recent days. How will the party respond…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Features Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, September 5, 2026. (Reuters)

Iran's Hormuz Leverage Wanes as US Economic Squeeze Bites

Six months after a conflict that rattled markets and pushed the region to the brink of a wider war, the tide may be turning against Iran as Washington…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Features The Great Helmsman, who died September 9 1976, is still very much a fixture in central Henan province's Nanjie -- often dubbed "China's last Maoist village". Pedro PARDO / AFP

China's Memories of Mao Fade to Nostalgia 50 Years after His Death

The crimson flags on Nanjie village's "East is Red" Square hang limp in the sweltering summer heat as a trickle of tourists take photos with a towering statue…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features US President Donald Trump during his meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in September 2018. (Egyptian Presidency)

Is US Military Cooperation with Ethiopia Driven by Anger over Egypt-China Rapprochement?

A US defense agreement with Ethiopia was announced days before an important visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Cairo that saw agreements and memorandums…

Hisham Elmayany (Cairo)
Features A convoy of Syrian security forces and Special Operations Forces enters the headquarters of the “Vanguards Camp” Regiment in Hasakah (Hasakah Media)

Syrian Official to Asharq Al-Awsat: Integration Process Following SDF Dissolution Is Moving Toward Completion

Ahmad al-Hilali, deputy governor of Hasakah, told Asharq Al-Awsat on Friday that the integration process stipulated in the “January 29, 2026 Agreement” has…

Muwafaq Mohammed (Damascus)
Features 31 August 2026, Lebanon, Arnoun: Smoke billows after an Israeli detonation on Arnoun, not far from the strategic hill of Ali al-Taher ridge. (dpa)

Lebanon's Ali Al-Taher Ridge, Strategic Hezbollah Position Israel Says It Seized

Southern Lebanon's Ali al-Taher ridge, which the Israeli army on Thursday said it captured, was a strategic position for Iran-backed Hezbollah, where it was…

Features Displaced children play during an activity organized by the NGO Save the Children at a school turned into a shelter for displaced families in Tyre, southern Lebanon, August 27, 2026. (Reuters)

Thousands of Lebanese Students Still Displaced by War as School Year Nears

The schoolyard in southern Lebanon echoed with the squeals of playing children despite the beating sun and distant booms of Israeli airstrikes. But for most of…

Features A resident Nataliia and her daughter Elia, 6, sit at a site of an apartment building damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Borispil, Ukraine September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Russia Shifts Tactics with Round-the-clock Attacks on Kyiv, Disrupting Daily Life

For much of the war, Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv followed a particular rhythm. They almost always came at night. The warnings would begin on…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features An aerial view shows houses standing amid debris during a helicopter flight from Nuwakot to Rasuwa following the deadly flash floods and mudslides in Nepal, September 3, 2026. (Reuters)

Nothing Left: Nepal Flood Survivors Face Loss and Uncertainty

In Nepal's flood-ravaged Rasuwa district, Yangee Tamang grapples with grief and uncertainty, days after deadly torrents swept away entire villages, leaving a…

Features A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Nabatieh shows smoke as it rises from the site of Israeli strikes that targeted the hilltops of the mountainous area of the strategic Ali al-Taher Ridge on August 14, 2026.  (Photo by AFP) /

Ali al-Taher Ridge Emerges as Flashpoint in Israel-Hezbollah War

The Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, which is named after a Shi'ite Muslim scholar whose shrine sits at its summit, has become one of the most contested…

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