Features This satellite picture taken by Planet Labs PBC show the construction of a new aid port near Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

A US-led Effort to Bring Aid to Gaza by Sea Is Moving Forward. But Big Concerns Remain 

The construction of a new port in Gaza and an accompanying US military-built pier offshore are underway, but the complex plan to bring more desperately needed…

Features File photo of Iranian military leaders in eastern Syria (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

Iran Trims Military Presence in Syria

Iranian forces have pulled out of bases in Damascus and southern Syria, moving away from the border with the Golan Heights. This suggests Iran might be…

Ali Saray (London)
Features Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei stands before the coffins of seven Revolutionary Guard officers killed in the Iranian consulate strike in Syria. (EPA)

Tehran, Tel Aviv Exchange Displays of Power During Gaza Conflict

Since the start of the Gaza conflict following Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, Iran has been visibly involved in the regional crisis. This involvement…

Adil Al-Salmi (London)
Features Relatives of Israeli prisoners demonstrate in Tel Aviv to demand that the government reach an agreement to release the detainees held by Hamas. (AFP)

After 200 Days of War, Where Have the Gaza Ceasefire Negotiations Reached?

Two hundred days since the eruption of war in the Gaza Strip, ceasefire efforts are still ongoing even though it remains to be seen whether mediators in Egypt,…

Fathiya al-Dakhakhni (Cairo)
Features Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese border (AFP)

Israel ‘Stuck’ in War After 200 Days

Despite 200 days passing since Israel’s war on Gaza, few in Israel, except Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claim a clear victory. Even the usually…

Nazir Magally (Tel Aviv)
Features Tensions had been simmering for years between Israel and Iran. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Israel's Strike on Iran: Limited Hit, Major Message

Israel's apparent strike on Iran was deliberately limited in scope but sent a clear warning to the country's leadership about Israeli abilities to strike at…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features Former US hostage Terry Anderson and his fiancee Madeleine Bassil arrive at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on December 10, 1991. (AP)

Terry Anderson, AP Reporter Abducted in Lebanon and Held Captive for Years, Has Died at 76 

Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America's longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war…

Features US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, April 19, 2024. (Reuters)

Biden Avoids a Further Mideast Spiral as Israel and Iran Show Restraint. But for How Long?

President Joe Biden can breathe a bit easier, at least for the moment, now that Israel and Iran appear to have stepped back from the brink of tipping the…

Features A still image taken from a handout video made available by the Russian Defense Ministry Press-Service shows the beginning of the process of withdrawal from Azerbaijan of the Russian peacekeeping contingent stationed in Karabakh, Kalbajar district, Azerbaijan, 17 April 2024. (EPA /Russian Defense Ministry Press Service / Handout)

Russia Quietly Exits Karabakh, Ceding Its Clout ‘For Good'

When Russian troops deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh four years ago, their task was clear: keep the peace between bitter foes Armenia and Azerbaijan and prevent…

Features  A damaged army tank is seen on the street, almost one year into the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Omdurman, Sudan, April 7, 2024. (Reuters)

What Is Needed on Int’l and Regional Levels to Stop the War in Sudan?

By Rasha Awad The war in Sudan between the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) entered its second year with no progress made on reaching a peaceful negotiated…

Features Marine One carrying US President Joe Biden arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on April 19, 2024. Biden is traveling to Delaware for the weekend. (AFP)

American Officials: Israeli Strike Was ‘Symbolic’, Chances of Escalation Are Low

The American administration has exercised caution over the explosions that were reported near a major air base near Iran’s city of Isfahan. The White House…

Heba El Koudsy (Washington)
Features A woman walks past a banner showing missiles being launched, in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP)

Israel and Iran’s Apparent Strikes and Counterstrikes Give New Insights into Both Militaries

Israel demonstrated its military dominance over adversary Iran in its apparent precision strikes that hit near military and nuclear targets deep in the heart…

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Features People shop at a bazaar in Iran's central city of Isfahan on April 19, 2024. (IRNA/AFP)

Israel’s Iran Attack Carefully Calibrated after Internal Splits, US Pressure

Israel's apparent strike on Iran after days of prevarication was small and appeared calibrated to dial back risks of a major war, even if the sheer fact it…

Features Palestinians enjoy the beach in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 17, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by AFP)

Beach Offers Rare Respite for Gazans

Hundreds of Gazans found rare respite at the beach this week from more than six months of traumatizing Israeli bombardments in the Palestinian territory. …

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Features Palestinian woman Seba Jaafarawi, whose IVF embryos were stored at Al Basma IVF Center, gestures during an interview with Reuters via Zoom, in Cairo, Egypt, March 28, 2024, in this still image taken from a video. REUTERS/Reuters TV

Gaza's IVF Embryos Destroyed by Israeli Strike

When an Israeli shell struck Gaza's largest fertility clinic in December, the explosion blasted the lids off five liquid nitrogen tanks stored in a corner of…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features A boy holds bullet cartridges as clashes between Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army continue, in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 13, 2023.  (Reuters)

Sudan’s Year-Old War: The Build-up and the Turmoil 

Sudan is now a year into a war between rival military factions that has killed thousands, forced millions to flee and created a humanitarian catastrophe. …

Features  Sudanese refugees collecting water from a well on the Sudanese-Chadian border (EPA)

Sudan Crisis: 25 Million in Need, 8 Million Displaced, Famine Fears

In Sudan, a year of conflict has turned lives upside down, with thousands killed and millions forced to leave their homes. Many seek refuge in neighboring…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features  Objects are seen in the sky above Jerusalem after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, in Jerusalem April 14, 2024. (Reuters)

Reaction to Iran’s Drone, Missile Attack on Israel

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps said it launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday, in an attack that could lead to a major escalation…

Features Mourners carry the coffin of Pascal Sleiman, an official of the Lebanese Forces party, during his funeral in Jbeil, Lebanon, 12 April 2024. (EPA)

Lebanon Recalls Civil War as Latest Unrest Threatens New Strife

Lebanon commemorated on Saturday the 49th anniversary of the Lebanese civil war that erupted on April 13, 1975, and ended in 1990 with the adoption of the Taif…

Youssef Diab (Beirut)
Features Displaced Palestinian children play as they help disassemble their tent in southern Gaza's Rafah before heading to Khan Younis on April 11, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP)

Children Play in Rubble of Gaza for Eid Holiday

Girls played on a makeshift seesaw in a Gaza bomb site this week while boys chased across rubble with plastic guns, their games reflecting an Eid al-Fitr…

Features French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes the President of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, during the Paris conference, May 17, 2021 (AFP)

Sudan Paris Conference Takes Place Monday in Absence of Conflict Parties

Paris is finalizing a double event slated for Monday, April 15, focusing on the Sudanese situation from both political and humanitarian angles. Organized in…

Michel Abou Najm (Paris)
Features Children walk at the school housing displaced Sudanese who fled violence in war-torn Sudan, near the eastern city of Gedaref, on March 10, 2024. (AFP)

Sudan’s War Began a Year Ago. Children Are among Its Most Fragile Survivors

The war in Sudan began a year ago. Here in a remote camp for tens of thousands of people who have fled into neighboring Chad, the anniversary is marked by near…

Features Sudanese from other provinces arrive in Khartoum by train to join the popular celebrations following the fall of the Bashir regime (EPA)

Sudan on April 11: Bashir Falls, Legacy Endures

In the early hours of April 11, 2019, Sudanese woke up to rumors that the army was siding with protesters demanding the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir. …

Ahmed Younes (Addis Ababa)
Features Children stand in the rubble of a collapsed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 9, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Did Israel Eliminate Hamas After Six Months of War?

After six months of bloody fighting in the Gaza Strip, it remains unclear if Israel has achieved its goal of wiping out Hamas and its control of the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)