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Features Palestinian couples participate in a mass wedding ceremony in Hamad City in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP)

Mass Wedding in Gaza Celebrates New Life After Years of War and Tragedy 

Eman Hassan Lawwa was dressed in traditional Palestinian prints and Hikmat Lawwa wore a suit as they walked hand-in-hand past the crumbled buildings of…

Features Israeli captive Avera Mengistu stands on the handover platform as part of a prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel in Rafah in February (Reuters)

‘Some Took Part in Israeli Captive Handover’…How Hamas Fighters Hid in Rafah Tunnels ?

A series of Israeli military statements reporting the killing or capture of members of Hamas’s Izz al Din al Qassam Brigades inside Rafah’s tunnel network has…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Features An Israeli settler outpost stands in the middle of a valley next to olive trees in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP)

Israeli Settler Outposts Spread Among West Bank Villages and Fuel Fear of More Attacks

The fear is palpable in this Palestinian village. It’s clear in how farmers gather their harvests quickly, how they scan the valley for movement, how they dare…

Features Russian soldiers are seen in southeastern Ukraine. (Reuters)

How a Jordanian’s Work Trip to Moscow Ended in Death on the Front

The eldest son of Raed Ramzi Sabir Hammad – one of two Jordanians killed after being recruited by the Russian army – revealed the shocking account of his…

Mohammed Khair al-Rawashdeh (Amman)
Features FILE PHOTO: Pavlo Broshkov and Yevhen Yushchenko young recruits of the 28th Knights of the Winter Campaign Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces go to the canteen during a break in exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 4, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo

What to Know About this Week’s Diplomatic Efforts to End the War in Ukraine

Diplomats face an uphill battle to reconcile Russian and Ukrainian “red lines” as a renewed US-led push to end the war gathers steam, with Ukrainian officials…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features FILED - 26 September 2025, US, New York: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks during the UN General Assembly general debate at the UN headquarters in New York. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

What to Know about Netanyahu's Request for a Pardon in Corruption Trial

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon from the president during his trial on corruption charges that has long divided the country…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features A destroyed Israeli military vehicle in the town of Beit Jin in rural Damascus near Mount Hermon, Syria, 28 November 2025. (EPA)

Beit Jin Operation: Is the Israeli Escalation Tied to Syria’s Refusal to Cede Land?

As Israel maintains that its troops carried out a deadly raid in the Syrian town of Beit Jin as part of a counterterrorism operation on Friday, analysts said…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)
Features Palestinian participants Razan Shawar (L), Jehad Abudayyah (R), and Mustafa Assi (C) pose with their robot design for the Future Innovators category at the World Robot Olympiad in Singapore on November 28, 2025. (AFP)

Big Dreams for Palestinian Teens at Singapore Robot Fest

Palestinian student Razan Shawar has travelled for 24 hours to showcase her team's AI-powered invention at World Robot Olympiad in Singapore, telling AFP…

Features FILE PHOTO: A woman stands next to a poster depicting Pope Leo XIV at De La Croix Psychiatric Hospital in Jal el-Dib, Lebanon November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

What to Know about Pope Leo XIV's Trip to Türkiye and Lebanon, the First of his Pontificate

Pope Leo XIV’s first foreign trip, to Türkiye and Lebanon, will be packed with opportunities to advance relations with two of the Catholic Church’s top…

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Features  A banner depicting Pope Leo XIV hangs from a building ahead of his planned visit to Lebanon, in Annaya, Lebanon November 25, 2025. (Reuters)

Lebanese Living Abroad Seek Hope as They Return for Pope Visit

Rachelle Mazraani is traveling from Sydney to Beirut for Pope Leo XIV's visit this week, one of many Lebanese at home and abroad who hope the trip will revive…

Features Amani Bazzi and her daughter Aseel survived an Israeli strike in south Lebanon that killed four members of their family © Joseph EID / AFP

Lebanon Mum Seeks Justice After Israel Raid Kills Family

In one afternoon, Amani Bazzi went from being a doting mother-of-four to a widow grieving three young children. An Israeli strike in south Lebanon killed them…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features Shoppers crowd a market in al-Manaqil, Sudan (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Sudan’s Al-Manaqil Survives War, Holds Out Under Siege

Residents of al-Manaqil in central Sudan say their city came close to falling after the Rapid Support Forces seized Wad Madani in December 2023, raising fears…

Asharq Al Awsat (Khartoum)

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Features A picture taken on September 30, 2025 shows the demolished house of Yahya Abu Ghaliyeh, a Palestinian from a Bedouin village near the town of Al-Eizariya, also known as Bethany, east of Jerusalem. (AFP)

Palestinians Fear New Israeli Settlement Will Wreck Their Town 

In a town near Jerusalem, a growing number of houses and businesses are receiving demolition and evacuation notices, and Palestinian residents link the drive…

Features Sudanese who fled El-Fasher in Darfur fill jerrycans with water at the Al-Afad camp for displaced people in the town of Al-Dabbah, northern Sudan, on November 21, 2025. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP)

Sudan's Displaced Doctors Treat Fellow El-Fasher Survivors

Overwhelmed health workers rushed from patient to patient in makeshift tents in Sudan, trying to help even though they too had barely escaped the fall of El…

Asharq Al Awsat (Al-Dabbah )
Features  Civil Defense workers inspect the damage after an apartment was hit during an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburb of Beirut, Sunday Nov. 23, 2025. (AP)

Who Was Tabtabai, Hezbollah’s Military Leader Killed by Israel?

The Israeli military on Sunday killed Hezbollah's top military official, Haytham Ali Tabtabai, in a strike on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital that came…

Features A Palestinian girl carries her toys amid the rubble of a destroyed Ministry of Awqaf building that had sheltered displaced families in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood (AFP)

Escalation in Gaza: Will it Spur Mediators to Hasten Gaza Administration Committee?

Israel has returned to its policy of escalation as mediators work to resolve the issue of the three remaining bodies in the first stage of the Gaza ceasefire…

Mohamed Mahmoud (Cairo)
Features Noah Zeiter. (circulated photo)

Three Tumultuous Years that Led to Noah Zeiter's Arrest

Noah Zeiter, one of Lebanon’s most wanted men on charges of drug trafficking and opening fire at security forces, was not arrested in a routine operation. …

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Features A general view of the G20 South Africa 2025 logo ahead of the G20 leaders summit at the Nasrec Expo Center in Johannesburg on November 18, 2025. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP)

What to Know About this Weekend's G20 Summit in South Africa that Trump is Boycotting

Leaders from the Group of 20 countries will meet for a summit in South Africa this weekend without any US representatives after President Donald Trump…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features Paramedics at the site of a Tuesday night Israeli strike in Ain al-Hilweh camp in Sidon (Reuters)

Israel Abandons Civilian Shielding in Strikes Across Lebanon

Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon widened in recent hours from calculated strikes on alleged military sites to heavy bombardment inside crowded civilian…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Features A displaced Palestinian girl sits on a wall of a damaged school where she has taken shelter in Gaza City, November 11. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Gaza Storms Bring Flooding, Sewage and Misery in Tent Camps

Crammed into flimsy tent camps hard up against the seashore, Gazans have been flooded by heavy rain and storm surges in recent days, destroying some shelters,…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features This photograph shows a Rafale jet fighter with Ukraine's and France's national flags in the background before the arrival of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Villacoublay air base, in Velizy-Villacoublay, near Paris on November 17, 2025. (AFP)

What Are the Rafale Fighter Jets Ukraine Wants from France?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said he had signed a letter of intent with France to acquire up to 100 Rafale F4 fighter jets as his country…

Features Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses lawmakers in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 10 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Outrage in Israel as Netanyahu Says Government Will Oversee Oct. 7 Inquiry

After repeated delays, Israel’s government has agreed to launch an investigation into the government failures that led to the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023,…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features This undated photo from winter 2023 provided by Breaking The Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows blindfolded Palestinian prisoners captured in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces at a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. (Breaking The Silence via AP, File)

Palestinian Deaths in Israeli Custody Have Surged. A Prison Guard Describes Rampant Abuse

The number of Palestinians dying in Israeli custody surged to nearly 100 people since the start of the war in Gaza, according to a report published Monday by a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features Palestinian students attend class inside a tent set up on the beach in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP)

Most of Gaza’s Schools Are Destroyed and Hundreds of Thousands of Children Cannot Go Back to Class 

Bissan Younis looked dejected as she stood outside a cluster of tents surrounded by rubble and debris, a wasteland that is a common sight across the Gaza Strip…