Features Plumes of smoke rise after Israeli aircraft bombed the Palestine Tower in Gaza (EPA)

Six Months into Gaza War, Israel Faces Deepening Isolation

Six months into the war in Gaza, the killing of a group of aid workers by an Israeli air strike summed up both the dire humanitarian crisis and the lack of a…

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Features Israeli soldier during battles in Gaza (Israeli army website)

Report: Israel Used AI System ‘Lavender’ to Identify Palestinian Potential Targets

Israel used an Artificial Intelligence-powered database that identified 37,000 potential targets based on their apparent links to Hamas, according to…

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Features A general view of Jerusalem’s Old City. (Reuters)

Who Recognizes the Existence of a Palestinian State?

Israel's almost six-months-old war in Gaza since the October 7 attack has revived calls for Palestinians to be given a state of their own. Spain's left-wing…

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Features  A Palestinian youth walks amid rubble in a devastated area around Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital on April 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP)

Gaza’s Wasteland Seen via Bicycle after Six Months of War

Before the Gaza war erupted, the tiny enclave run by the Palestinian group Hamas was impoverished and densely populated, but full of life -- restaurants, shops…

Features Food supplies are airdropped by the UK Armed Forces to civilians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip April 1, 2024. Cpl Tim Laurence RAF/UK MOD/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo

Gaza War after Six Months - What are the Issues Now?

Six months since Hamas gunmen stormed into southern Israel on a killing spree, Israel's ground campaign to annihilate the movement has turned much of the Gaza…

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Features The leaders of the army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (left), and the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), in 2019. (AFP)

Al-Burhan, Hemedti: From Friends to Foes, the Rift That Ignited Sudan

A saying among Sudanese military circles warns that camaraderie can swiftly turn to conflict when interests clash. This rings true for Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al…

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Features Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei receives Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and a delegation from the movement. (IRNA)

Fatah Criticizes Iran... Why Now?

Scathing criticism by the Fatah movement, led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, against Iran has raised local and regional questions about its…

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Features A woman holds a sign reading "destruction" in Hebrew with a drawing depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Israeli anti-government protesters attend a four-day sit-in near the parliament in Jerusalem on April 2, 2024, calling for the dissolution of the government and the return of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Hamas. (AFP)

Bye, Bye Bibi: Is the Game up for Israel’s Netanyahu? 

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving prime minister, has been written off many times before. But with thousands of protesters on the streets every…

Features Relatives and friends mourn the death of Saif Abu Taha, a staff member of the US-based aid group World Central Kitchen who was killed as Israeli strikes hit a convoy of the NGO delivering food aid in Gaza a day earlier, during his funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

Family and Friends Recall Dedication of World Central Kitchen Aid Workers Killed in Gaza 

Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza reverberated around the world Tuesday, as friends and relatives mourned the losses of those who were…

Features This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows humanitarian aid being airdropped over the besieged Palestinian territory on April 2, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

In Gaza, Palestinians Risk Death in Desperate Rush for Aid

Omar Deeb was nearly hit by Israeli tank fire while searching for food in Gaza, and then saw people killed around him when he set out once more to feed his…

Features Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from an undisclosed location in North Korea in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on July 13, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS

What are Solid-fuel Missiles, and Why is North Korea Developing Them?

North Korea launched a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) on Tuesday, in what South Korean officials said could be related to its…

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Features Two women sit near a campaign banner of Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, Recep Tayyip in Istanbul, Türkiye, Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP)

After a Huge Setback in Local Elections, Which Way Forward Now for Türkiye’s Erdogan?

The huge gains made by the opposition in Türkiye’s local elections are raising the possibility that the long-serving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his…

Features Supporters of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), celebrate following the early results in front of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) in Istanbul, Türkiye March 31, 2024. (Reuters)

‘This Is Only the Beginning’: Turkish Opposition Celebrate

Opposition supporters on Sunday filled an Istanbul square to celebrate the re-election of Ekrem Imamoglu as mayor, who dealt a second blow to President Recep…

Features A view shows buildings in the town of Klayaa, southern Lebanon, March 29, 2024. (Reuters)

Lebanon’s Precarious Sectarian Balance Tipping amid Hezbollah-Israeli War

As the Lebanese Christian village of Rmeish marks its first Easter since the Gaza war erupted, residents say a parallel confrontation between Hezbollah and…

Features Official ballots are displayed on a table during the Turkish municipal elections, in Istanbul on March 31, 2024. (AFP)

Türkiye's Local Vote a Test for Erdogan and Rival Imamoglu

Türkiye holds municipal elections across 81 provinces on Sunday March 31, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) aiming to reclaim cities it lost…

Features Prominent researcher and security expert Hisham al-Hashimi. (X platform)

Iraq: Al-Hashimi’s Killer Is Released Due to ‘Lack of Evidence’

The Iraqi judiciary acquitted and released the murderer of prominent researcher and security expert Hisham al-Hashimi last week. Spokeswoman for the…

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Features Despite ongoing assaults by Turkish border guards, children still climb to the top of the border wall for recreation (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Asharq Al-Awsat Monitors Turkish Cross-Border Violations in Syria

Near the Syrian-Turkish border in northwest Syria, a soldier approached a child playing by a wall topped with razor wire. Without reason, he forcefully…

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Features A number of Algerians were arrested in Puteaux, west of Paris, during the protests of October 17, 1967 (AFP)

French Parliament Calls for Commemorating Assassination of Algerians 63 Years Ago in Paris

Sixty-three years ago, 30,000 Algerians who came to demonstrate peacefully in Paris were subjected to violent repression, leaving many people dead and injured…

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Features A person picks through trash for reusable items as a fire rages at the Bhalswa landfill in New Delhi, April 27, 2022. (AP)

783 Million People Face Chronic Hunger, While World Wastes 19% Of Its Food, UN Says

The world wasted an estimated 19% of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to a new United Nations report. The UN…

Features Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP)

Struggling for a Can of Food: Starving Gazans Scramble for Aid Drops 

A military plane banked over the war-ravaged ruins of Gaza City dropping dozens of black parachutes carrying food aid. On the ground, where almost no…

Features Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a speech during a campaign rally ahead of nationwide municipality elections, in Istanbul, Türkiye, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP)

Things to Know about the Turkish Local Elections That Will Gauge Erdogan’s Popularity 

On Sunday, millions of voters in Türkiye head to the polls to elect mayors and administrators in local elections which will gauge President Recep Tayyip…

Features FILE - This Feb. 27, file photo, 2023 shows part of the debris of a wrecked migrant boat washed ashore after it capsized in the early morning of Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, at a short distance from the shore in Steccato di Cutro, in the Italian southern tip, killing at least 94 people. (AP Photo/Luigi Navarra, File)

10 Years On, Migrants Continue to Lose Lives in Search of a Better One

More than a decade ago, the death of 600 migrants and refugees in two Mediterranean shipwrecks near Italian shores shocked the world and prompted the UN…

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Features An Iraqi soldier is seen in Sinjar three years after its liberation from ISIS. (AP file photo)

Iran Gives Türkiye Green Light in Iraq without Guarantees 

The pro-Iran Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq has become a partner in a crucial deal between Baghdad and Ankara - with Iran’s blessing - to eliminate…

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Features Accusations of torture have increased since Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched a crackdown on 'agents' of the Syrian regime - AFP

Syrians Missing, Dying From Torture in Militant-run Prisons

Ahmed al-Hakim's 27-year-old brother was tortured to death in prison in Syria's militant-run northwest, sparking rare protests amid accusations from residents…

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