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Features Khan al-Ahmar community in the heart of the West Bank (Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories - B’Tselem)

Khan al-Ahmar: Last Tent in Battle for Greater Jerusalem

On the road to the impoverished Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, in the heart of the West Bank, the upscale Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim occupies a…

Kifah Zboun (Khan al-Ahmar, West Bank)
Features This picture shows a view of the minaret of a mosque in the Arab neighborhood of Silwan in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, on June 6, 2026. (AFP)

Israel Is Tightening Its Grip on East Jerusalem with Evictions of Palestinians, Demolitions

Fakhri Abu Diab fought for decades to save his home. But when Israeli authorities arrived with bulldozers two years ago, he was powerless to stop them. He…

Features Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on June 7, 2026. (AFP)

Why Iran Risked an Attack on Israel

At first glance, Tehran’s retaliation for Israeli attacks in Lebanon might seem like a reckless act that risks rekindling a devastating regional war. For…

Features A fireball rises from a building in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre following an Israeli airstrike (AFP). 

Drones vs. Airstrikes: How the Deterrence Equation Between Israel and Hezbollah Changed

Israel is pressing forward with firepower, evacuation warnings, and limited ground incursions, while Hezbollah is responding with drones and direct engagements…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Features Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment on the village of Jibchit in southern Lebanon on May 23, 2026. (AFP)

Have Hezbollah’s Drones Changed the Rules of Engagement with Israel?

The “support war” waged by Lebanon’s Hezbollah in backing Hamas in late 2023 shattered the doctrine of “deterrence” that the Iranian-backed group had embraced…

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)
Features Palestinians assess damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 7, 2026. (AFP)

Report: World Conflicts Hit Peak in 2025

The world saw the highest number of state conflicts since the Second World War in 2025, a Norwegian study said on Tuesday, warning of a surge in attacks…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features  An Israeli security personnel inspects an impact site, after Iran launched missiles towards Israel, in an Israeli settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 8, 2026. (Reuters)

Defying Trump with Brief Iran Fight, Israel Seeks Sway over Peace Talks

In launching renewed strikes on Iran on Monday in apparent open defiance of Donald Trump, Israel has tried to make its case to have a say at the peace…

Features Pro-government Iranian demonstrators wave flags of Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement after Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs in Tehran on June 7, 2026. (AFP)

A Timeline of the Escalating Tensions Between Iran and Israel over Lebanon

The Middle East is suddenly bracing for war again. Iran fired missiles at Israel late Sunday in the first such bombardment in the two months since a ceasefire…

Features A health worker disinfects an ambulance at the Mongbwalu treatment center that transported a suspected Ebola patient in Mongbwalu, Congo, Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP)

Health Workers at the Epicenter of Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Labor with Little Pay or Rest

Dr. Richard Lokudu, the medical director of Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital, has received barely any compensation for his work on the front line of one of…

Features A photo released by Iran's Nour News of a previous meeting between Khamenei and Sinwar

How Did Tehran Enter the Palestinian Arena?

A compelling story is often enough to send a journalist in search of the man who carries it. The search becomes even more urgent when that man carries two…

Ghassan Charbel (Riyadh)
Features During his Senate confirmation hearing, Issa outlined the contours of his policy, setting out several themes that later became central to his performance

Lebanese-Born US Envoy Michel Issa Arrives with High Expectations

When the new US ambassador to Lebanon arrived in Beirut, he did not need a learning period or special State Department training before taking up his first…

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)
Features Hafez al-Assad made it easier for Khamenei to consolidate control over Lebanon through Hezbollah. (AFP)

When Hafez al-Assad Opened Lebanon’s Gate to Tehran

One week after the Iranian Revolution declared victory on February 11, 1979, two photographs emerged from Tehran that, in retrospect, help explain many of the…

Ghassan Charbel (Riyadh)

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Features US President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025. (Reuters)

Trump’s ‘Crazy’ Rebuke Undercuts Netanyahu at a Critical Moment

Benjamin Netanyahu has long portrayed himself to the Israeli public as being uniquely adept in dealing with Donald Trump, capable of winning and sustaining the…

Features A woman holds up an Iranian flag in front of a banner showing a portrait of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei during a religious festival in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP)

Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran’s New Supreme Leader Lurking in the Shadows

Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, appointed after a career entirely out of the spotlight as a behind-the-scenes figure, faces the challenge of occupying…

Features (FILES) Photo taken 01 February 1979 at Tehran airport of Ruhollah Khomeini (C) leaving the Air France Boeing 747 jumbo that flew him back from exile in France to Tehran. Getty Images

Three Precious Gifts to Tehran from Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, and George W. Bush

Most people in today’s Middle East were born after 1979. Yet they often overlook how profoundly that year shaped their countries, their stability, and their…

Ghassan Charbel (Riyadh)
Features A staff member hangs up protective equipment to dry after washing them at the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Munigi on June 2, 2026. (AFP)

‘If Ebola Comes, We’ll Be Wiped Out’: Fear Grips Camps in DR Congo

Dorcas Mapenzi fears the worst if Ebola comes to the Kingonze camp, where she lives alongside more than 25,000 other displaced people in the conflict-hit…

Features Vehicles drive on the highway as people leave Beirut's southern suburbs after Israel ordered strikes on Dahiyeh, in Beirut, Lebanon, 01 June 2026. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

Beirut Southern Suburbs Residents Live Between Displacement, Return

The latest Israeli threat threw Beirut’s southern suburbs into turmoil within hours. Schools were evacuated, parents rushed to pull their children out of…

Soubhi Amhaz (Beirut)
Features 02 June 2026, Lebanon, Tyre: Debris and extensive damage are pictured inside the Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre after Monday's Israeli strike. (dpa)

‘Life and Hope’: Lebanon Hospital Resilient After Israeli Attack

In a south Lebanon hospital heavily damaged by deadly Israeli strikes nearby, Dr. Nasser al-Masri held a new-born baby, calling him "a message of life and hope…

Features A Jazeera Airways Airbus A320neo takes off from Damascus International Airport, as regional airlines resume their flights to Syria after a hiatus because of the war, in Damascus, Syria, May 31, 2026. Syria's General Authority of Civil Aviation/Handout via REUTERS

Iran War Hands Syria Windfall as Airlines Reroute over Its Airspace

Syria recorded nearly 12,000 aircraft transits in May as regional airlines rerouted around airspace disrupted by conflict in the Middle East and into skies…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features  A drone view shows vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 1, 2026. (Reuters)

Iran Eyes Limited US Deal to Relieve Economic Strain and Buy Time

Iran is pushing for a limited interim agreement with the United States in a bid to ease mounting economic pressure and stabilize the situation at home, while…

Features Picture taken on May 18, 2026 shows the "hot cell" fuel handling chamber at the encapsulation plant of nuclear waste management company Posiva at the site of what is expected to be the world's first permanent repository for radioactive spent nuclear fuel at the Onkalo nuclear repository in Eurajoki, southwestern Finland. (AFP)

In Finland, Radioactive Spent Nuclear Fuel Soon to Be Buried Underground

The elevator display reads "433", the number of meters below ground. The doors slide open, revealing the entrance to what is expected to be the world's first…

Features Centrifuges at the Fordow nuclear facility before the June 2025 attacks (Reuters)

Iran's Strongest Card in Nuclear Talks: Its Highly Enriched Uranium

Iran and the United States are in discussions to extend ‌their ceasefire so as to start negotiations on issues including Tehran's nuclear program, where…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features  Smoke rises near the Beaufort Castle, as seen from Marjeyoun, southern Lebanon, May 29, 2026. (Reuters)

Beaufort Castle: Israel’s Geographic Gateway to South Lebanon

Repeated Israeli strikes on the medieval Beaufort Castle and its surroundings east of Nabatieh have revived debate over one of southern Lebanon’s most…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Features A woman walks past an anti-US and anti-Israel mural depicting missiles hitting an aircraft carrier in Tehran on May 26, 2026. (AFP)

US and Iran Standoff at Sea: A Test of ‘Who Will Blink First’

Naval blockades, military history has shown, require patience. That is not the leading attribute of the officials in Washington. “So when President Trump…