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Lebanon: Judicial Warrants Target Suspects in Hezbollah Explosives Case

Arab World Lebanon’s Military Court (National News Agency)

Lebanon: Judicial Warrants Target Suspects in Hezbollah Explosives Case

The investigation into a Hezbollah explosives shipment has widened, with Lebanese authorities issuing search notices for two people who went into hiding after…

Youssef Diab (Beirut)
Arab World Two Iraqi security personnel flash victory signs in Baghdad on September 30 to mark the withdrawal of US forces (EPA)

Baghdad Fears Armed Factions Could Join Potential US-Iran War

Iraq's push to bring armed factions under state control faces a critical test as fears mount of renewed war between the United States and Iran, raising the…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Aden Governor Abdulrahman Sheikh tours Aden airport before the Houthi militia attack. (Saba)

Aden Governor After Escaping Airport Missile Attack: Hostilities Will Not Deter People of Yemen

Aden Governor Abdulrahman Sheikh narrowly escaped a ballistic missile strike on Wednesday when it landed near the city's international airport shortly after he…

Saeed al-Abyad (Jeddah)
Arab World A Palestinian woman picks olives during the harvest season in a Palestinian-owned olive grove in the village of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on October 20, 2026. (AFP)

Emboldened Israeli Settlers Lead a Surge of Attacks on Palestinians’ Olive Harvest

Attacks by Jewish settlers have surged this year during the Palestinians’ annual olive harvest in the occupied West Bank. Scenes of Palestinians, journalists…

Arab World Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (R) speaks to media after the meeting of the top diplomats of the R4 mechanism and the European E3 mechanism, in Istanbul on October 23, 2026. (AFP)

Italy Calls for Release of Five Activists Held by Israel in West Bank

Italy has called for the immediate release of five Italian activists, all women, held by Israeli forces in the West Bank, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said…


Arab World Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (L), Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah (2-L), French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (3-L), German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (4-L), Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (4-R), British Foreign Minister Edward Miliband (3-R), Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar (2-R) and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (R) pose for a group photograph during the R4 and E3 foreign ministers' meeting in Istanbul, Türkiye , 23 October 2026. (EPA)

Middle East, European FMs Hold Talks on Regional Developments in Istanbul

Foreign ministers from eight European and Middle Eastern countries met in Istanbul on Friday in an unprecedented format for talks on reopening the Strait of…

Arab World Syrians wave flags and hold portraits of people who were arrested during Israeli military incursions in southern Syria, as they protest near the United Nations building in Damascus, on October 23, 2026. (AFP)

Hundreds of Syrians Protest Repeated Israeli Incursions

Hundreds rallied across Syria on Friday condemning Israeli incursions in the country's south including one this week that killed a man with a disability, AFP…

Arab World Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a toast-raising event hosted by his Likud party, in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 17, 2026. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Netanyahu Says Extensive West Bank Military Operation ‘On the Way’ After Attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday warned of an imminent large-scale military operation in the West Bank and vowed to displace some residents…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Yemenis on their motorcycles at a market in Sanaa (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Houthis Deplete Motorcycle Market for Military Use

As living conditions deteriorate and job opportunities shrink in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the group is stepping up purchases of motorcycles from…

Asharq Al Awsat (Sanaa)
Arab World Arab League Strongly Denounces Houthi Attacks on Dammam Airport, Shaybah Oil Field

Arab League Strongly Denounces Houthi Attacks on Dammam Airport, Shaybah Oil Field

The Arab League strongly rejected the attacks launched by the Houthi militia targeting King Fahd International Airport in Dammam and the Shaybah oil field in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Palestinian students attend their first day of the new school year in a makeshift classroom inside a tent at a school in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on September 19 (Reuters)

Gaza's Education System Could Take Seven Years to Recover

Julia Dicum, Director of Education at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), has warned that Gaza's education system could…

Chadi Abdel Sater (Beirut)
Arab World Jordanian security personnel in the capital, Amman (Reuters/File Photo)

7 Killed in Armed Attack on Church in Jordan's Hammoud Village

Eyewitnesses told Asharq Al-Awsat that unidentified gunmen armed with automatic weapons attacked a church in Hammoud village, home to Christian communities in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Amman)
Arab World Palestinians fill plastic bottles with water at a tent camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Did Hamas Threaten Israel with Another October 7 Attack?

Israeli newspapers have repeatedly reported a similar account claiming that Hamas warned Israel it would carry out another attack on the scale of October 7,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World File: Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reviews the 'E1' settlement map in the West Bank (Archival - AFP)

Far-right Israeli Minister Orders Buildings Demolished in West Bank after Attack

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he had ordered the demolition of buildings near a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank that…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World A view of the consultative meeting on coordinating peace initiatives and efforts in Sudan on October 21, 2026 (Saudi Foreign Ministry). 

International Meeting Rules Out Military Solution to Sudan War

International representatives meeting in Geneva have declared that there is no military solution to Sudan’s war, calling for an urgent humanitarian truce, an…

Ahmad Yousef (Kampala)
Arab World Palestinians try to extinguish a fire in a vehicle destroyed by an Israeli airstrike south of Gaza City on Thursday. (EPA)

Escape Attempts, Assassination Plots Expose Rifts within Gaza’s Armed Gangs

Reports of attempted assassinations, defections and deadly escape attempts have exposed growing tensions within Israeli-backed armed gangs operating in areas…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World A man removes debris from his destroyed house, in Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh village, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (AP)

Fear of Another War Weighs on Lebanon amid Regional Tensions

Lebanese people are once again confronting the possibility of war as mounting regional tensions raise fears that their country could be drawn into a wider…

Paula Astih (Beirut)

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Arab World Prime Minister Nawaf Salaf (The office of the Prime Minister) 

Political Talks Ease Tensions Over Seized Hezbollah Explosives in Lebanon

Intensive political contacts ahead of Thursday’s Lebanese cabinet meeting helped defuse tensions over a shipment of Hezbollah explosives seized in Dahr al…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World  Israeli soldiers and emergency personnel gather near ambulances following a shooting attack near Yehuda Junction, near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP)

Netanyahu Orders West Bank Closure as Attack Wounds Israelis before Election

Palestinian militants wounded five Israelis in an attack on Friday before being killed in a prolonged shootout with soldiers, leading Prime Minister Benjamin…

Arab World The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Türkiye and Pakistan meet in Amman on August 5. (Turkish Foreign Ministry)

Istanbul Hosts Middle East, European FMs to Discuss Regional Crises

Foreign ministers from seven European and Middle Eastern countries will hold talks in Istanbul Friday focusing on the Strait of Hormuz and the crises in the…

Arab World Members of Harakat al-Nujaba movement attend a gathering in Baghdad on Oct. 8, 2023 (AFP)

Iraq Fears Return of ‘Shadow Factions’ to Regional ‘Unity of Fronts’ Campaign

Fears are mounting in Iraq that armed factions’ refusal to surrender their weapons may be an attempt to buy time ahead of a possible resumption of the war with…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Arab World A cargo truck overturns on a road between Lahj and Taiz after the Houthis blocked the main route (X)

Yemen’s Houthis Blow Up Roads, Loot Homes in Rural Taiz

Houthi militias are tightening their grip on rural communities in southwestern Yemen, blowing up roads, erecting military barricades and digging trenches as…

Waddah Aljaleel (Aden)
Arab World Palestinians gather around a burning a vehicle after it was hit by an Israeli strike, according to health officials, in Gaza City, October 22, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Israeli Fire Kills Three People in Gaza

Israeli fire killed one person in a car in Gaza City and at least two others in other parts of the enclave on Thursday, health officials there said. A crowd…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Dr. Fuad Hussein (Saudi Foreign Ministry)

Iraq Condemns Attacks on Saudi Arabia, Rejects Use of Its Territory to Target the Kingdom

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein condemned the recent terrorist attacks targeting areas of Saudi Arabia, reaffirming his government's rejection of attacks…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World  A Palestinian boy throws stones at Israeli troops during an Israeli army raid at Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, 21 October 2026.   EPA/ALAA BADARNEH

Sources Reveal to Asharq Al-Awsat Details of Fatah-Hamas Talks in Cairo

Several Palestinian sources have revealed details of meetings held in Cairo days ago between a senior Fatah delegation and leaders and representatives of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World King Fahd International Airport in Dammam (SPA)

Jordan, Egypt Condemn Attack on King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia

The Jordanian government condemned the terrorist attack carried out by the Houthi militia against King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, which resulted in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Syrians walk past shops down an alley at the Old City in Damascus on October 21, 2026. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Man with Disability Killed by Israeli Fire in Syria

A man with a disability was killed Thursday by Israeli army fire during an incursion in southern Syria, where it has stepped up operations, Syria's state news…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus)
Arab World Opposition politician Olfa Hamdi

Tunisia: Former Presidential Candidate Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison

A Tunisian military court sentenced opposition politician Olfa Hamdi to four years in prison on charges of plotting against state security and inciting the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Tunis)
Arab World Tal Qulaib in Syria's Sweida province (File photo: SANA)

Druze Source Denies Reports of Plans for Israeli Base in Rural Sweida

A Druze source in Syria's southern Sweida province who opposes the policies of Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri has dismissed reports of plans to…

Muwafaq Mohammed (Damascus)