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Features Esmail Qaani 

Through Lebanon… Is a New Regional Order Taking Shape?

Iran is portraying the outcome of the current war as a “victory” that forced Israel to consider withdrawal. That narrative was reinforced by a warning from…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features People conduct search operations in an area affected by an earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela, 26 June 2026. (EPA)

Older Buildings and Substandard Construction Left Venezuela Vulnerable to Earthquakes

Older buildings, substandard construction and geography left many neighborhoods in Venezuela vulnerable to strong earthquakes like the ones that struck the…

Features Former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot, who is running for prime minister in the next Israeli elections, attends MUNI EXPO, a municipal conference, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 24, 2026. (Reuters)

Israel’s Netanyahu Faces Election Challenge from Hawkish Ex-General

Israel's former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, who lost a son in Gaza and boasts of his "Dahiyeh doctrine" of smashing foes with disproportionate force, is…

Features The Ataturk Dam on the Euphrates River sparked a Türkiye -Syria crisis in the 1990s. (Turkish State Hydraulic Works website)

Floods, Drought Raise Questions over Türkiye’s Tigris, Euphrates Leverage

Floods that swept northern and eastern Syria in early June, along with a rise in the Euphrates River after heavy rain and increased flows from Türkiye, have…

Said Abdel Razek (Ankara)
Features Ali Ahmed Karti, Secretary General of the Sudanese Islamic Movement. (Facebook)

Sudan’s Muslim Brotherhood at a Crossroads

Sudan is passing through an exceptionally complex phase as the war enters its fourth year and military and political alliances continue to shift at a rapid…

Aidroos Abdulaziz (London)
Features Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi meets Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Kazem Al Sadeq in Baghdad. (Government media)

Can Iran Maintain its Influence in Iraq?

Iraqi politicians are closely watching what they describe as the potential “side effects” of any future US-Iran agreement and how it could reshape the balance…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
Features A veiled Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural, depicting an Iranian and US negotiation table, next to the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 22 June 2026. (EPA)

Undoing the ‘Tangled Nest’ of Iran Sanctions Won’t Be Easy or Quick

Tehran stands to gain billions of dollars from a 60-day reprieve from US sanctions announced on Monday, but unwinding more than four decades of restrictions…

Features Israeli and US flags stand against a backdrop of destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP)

Trump Allies Defend Him to Israelis Anxious Over Iran Deal

American allies of President Donald Trump this week defended him to an Israeli public anxious about a US interim deal with Iran and White House criticism that…

Features  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks as he announces the timeline for his resignation, outside 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, June 22, 2026. (Reuters)

A Decade of Chaos: Britain Prepares for Seventh Prime Minister

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would quit on Monday, paving the way for ‌the country to have its seventh leader in 10 years. The chaos dates…

Features Roman-era columns stand at an archaeological site, which was lightly damaged in an Israeli strike nearby, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP)

Israeli Strikes Leave Lebanon’s Ancient Coastal City of Tyre Shaken

The dust has barely settled in Tyre after weeks of Israeli airstrikes on the ancient city along Lebanon 's Mediterranean coast. Despite the relative calm,…

Features US Vice President JD Vance looks on next to US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, as Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026, as part of high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict. (Photo by Nathan Howard / POOL / AFP)

Key Points From the First Round of Iran-US Talks

Iran and the United States wrapped up the first round of talks to end the Middle East war at the Burgenstock resort in Switzerland on Monday, with technical…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features Children work in a darkroom with co-founder of the project, photographer and educator Amar Kilic (R) during a workshop held as part of Fotohane Darkroom project in Mardin, southeastern Türkiye, on June 14, 2026. (AFP)

In Türkiye’s ‘House of Photos’, the World as Seen Through the Lens of Children

In a dimly lit room illuminated by a pair of red lamps, eight-year-old Zeynep waits to see photographs she has taken, now trapped as shadows and silhouettes on…

Features A placard is held as people walk past the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, during the National Rejoin March IV organized by National Rejoin March (NRM), marking ten years since Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016 and calling for closer cooperation between Britain and Europe, in London, Britain, June 20, 2026. (Reuters)

What to Know about the Legacy of Brexit, Which Still Divides Britain 10 Years on

Ten years ago, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in a referendum that forges political identities to this day and that shattered a half…

Features الرئيس الأميركي دونالد ترمب يستقبل نظيره السوري أحمد الشرع في البيت الأبيض (أرشيفية - رويترز)

How Damascus, Beirut and Tel Aviv View Trump's Call for Syrian Intervention in Lebanon

US President Donald Trump's repeated remarks in recent days that he had asked President Ahmed Al-Sharaa to have Syria intervene against Hezbollah in Lebanon…

Souad Jarous (Damascus ) Nazeer Majli (Tel Aviv) Soubhi Amhaz (Beirut)
Features US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 18, 2026. (Reuters)

For US Vice President JD Vance, Iran Talks Could Shape Political Rise

US Vice President JD Vance is poised to take on his biggest role yet on the international stage as President Donald Trump's chief negotiator to end the three…

Features Black smoke rises from the area of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's Moscow oil refinery on the south-eastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. (AFP)

‘Got to Get Used to It’: Moscow Braces for More Ukrainian Attacks

In the Moscow district of Maryino, shopkeeper Andrei Kondratyev braced for more Ukrainian attacks and possible petrol shortages, saying Russians needed to "get…

Features A Sudanese woman in a refugee camp. (Getty Images)

Sudan Sexual Violence: Systematic Abuse, Weapon of War

As Sudan’s war enters its fourth year, the stories of women and girls who survived sexual violence remain hidden behind the walls of shattered homes and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Sudan)
Features Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference in Jerusalem, 15 June 2026, following the announcement of a US-Iran mediated preliminary framework to end regional military hostilities. (EPA)

Netanyahu, Israel’s Arch-Survivor, Set to Face Voter Fury Over Iran Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hopes of clinging to power in an election this autumn have long been shaky, but the interim US deal with Iran has…

Features A view of Milad Tower, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

Interim US-Iran Deal Leaves the Thorniest Issue Still to Be Negotiated: Tehran’s Nuclear Program

The interim deal between the US and Iran is supposed to usher in a two-month period that would address the most divisive issue between the longtime adversaries…

Features President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP)

Trump Goes After Netanyahu as He Pursues Deal with Iran, Putting Their Friendship to the Test

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Donald Trump last year that he was the “greatest friend Israel ever had in the White House." Now, as…

Features  Sukaina al-Muhtadi, 22, who returned to her village following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, search for her belongings between the rubble of her destroyed house in Nabatieh town, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP)

Costs to Lebanon of Latest Israel-Hezbollah War

Lebanon has suffered the deadliest spillover of the regional war ‌triggered by the US-Israeli strikes on Iran more than three months ago, which is set to…

Features Palestinian dressmakers add skirt hoops to a child's gown, at a workshop where dresses are created including evening and wedding gowns despite limited resources and old dresses are recycled, in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 13, 2026. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP) /

Gaza Tailor Turns Waste Fabrics Into Dresses for Girls

A young Gazan girl twirls across the floor of a dressmaker's shop, her white dress billowing around her as a shy smile spreads across her face. Trimmed…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Features Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference in Jerusalem, 15 June 2026, following the announcement of a US-Iran mediated preliminary framework to end regional military hostilities. (EPA)

Netanyahu and Trump on Collision Course as US, Iran Agree to Halt War

Benjamin Netanyahu bet that his joint war alongside Donald Trump would topple Iran's clerical rulers and bolster himself ahead of elections at home, as the…

Features Displaced families drive past a man holding the Hezbollah party flag as they drive along the highway through the area of Jiyyeh as they return to their home villages in southern Lebanon on June 15, 2026. (AFP)

US-Iran Deal Leaves Major Lebanon Questions Unresolved

A deal between Washington and Tehran that ends the Israel-Hezbollah war leaves many issues in Lebanon unresolved, failing to mention Israel withdrawing from…