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Palestinians in Gaza have voted in an election for the first time in 20 years, some for the first time in their lives. Municipal elections t...
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Dive deeper into the week's biggest stories from the Middle East and around the world with The National's foreign desk. Nuances are often missed in day-to-day headlines. We go Beyond the Hea...

Palestinians in Gaza have voted in an election for the first time in 20 years, some for the first time in their lives. Municipal elections t...

Iraq is in a race against time to choose a prime minister but, even after weeks of deadlock, the Co-ordination Framework – a coalition of ma...

Hussein Al Zweidi’s two-year detention in Israeli prisons were some of the hardest days of his life. He described a practice of physical and...

US-brokered negotiations between Lebanon and Israel began this week in Washington. This comes after at least 1,500 Lebanese have been killed...

US President Donald Trump went from warning about the demise of a “whole civilisation” to announcing a “big day for world peace” in a matter...

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned on Thursday that Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz could lead down a “slippery slope” of imp...

In his address to the nation on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said the war with Iran was nearing its end and the US had decimated the co...

It has been a month since Israel, along with the US, launched strikes on Iran, leading the Middle East into yet another conflict it tried to...

About one million people have been forcibly displaced in Lebanon and almost a thousand killed in Israel’s renewed war with Hezbollah. The Ir...

US President Donald Trump said the American-Israeli war on Iran could end soon, without specifying an end date. But almost two weeks in, mil...

Conflicting reports have circulated in recent days about Iranian Kurdish groups possibly being armed by the US to launch a ground offensive...

Israel has begun a wave of strikes on Lebanon after warning residents in the south of the country to flee north of the Litani River on Wedne...

Almost 2,000 targets in Iran have been hit by the US in the first four days of the war. US Central Command says it has severely degraded the...

As the war on Iran enters its fourth day, Tehran’s retaliatory attacks on US assets in Arab countries ramp up, testing the limits of their p...

It has been a matter of days since the US and Israel launched air strikes against Iran, and already the impact has rippled across the Middle...

The notorious Al Hol camp in north-east Syria finally closed its doors this week. Thousands of alleged ISIS members and their families had b...

The US and Iran are facing off in a battle for concessions once more, as they resume nuclear talks against the backdrop of military threats....

Israel’s recent change of land-buying policies in the occupied West Bank has been condemned by the international community and the UN. The m...

The rules-based international order is the system of principles, laws and institutions put in place since the end of the Second World War to...

Jared Kushner’s vision for Gaza may have been presented in a vibrant-coloured map and renderings of futuristic, high-rise towers, but Palest...

After days of fighting, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and government troops under President Ahmad Al Shara agreed to a fragile ce...

Two weeks of protests in Iran have been met with a regime crackdown that threatens to provoke foreign intervention. What started as demonstr...

Even though Caracas sits across the ocean, thousands of kilometres from the Middle East, the US attack on Venezuela and capture of its leade...

After the US struck ISIS targets in Syria in late December, President Ahmad Al Shara’s government stepped up its own operations, carrying ou...

The profound transformations in the Middle East this past year have rippled far beyond the region, reshaping politics and alliances around t...

Political power in Yemen is shifting once again, reigniting questions about who truly holds authority in the country and whether it is headi...

Two months have passed since a ceasefire was announced in Gaza, but the second phase of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan has yet to...

A year has passed since Bashar Al Assad’s government fell in Syria, marking the end of a brutal civil war that lasted for almost 14 years. I...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a cabinet meeting this month to discuss settler violence, but this sudden interest stands i...

Israel has bombed Lebanon on an almost daily basis over the past year, despite a ceasefire being in place. Its army claims to be attacking H...

When the Sudanese city of El Fasher fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in late October, the group gained control of the entire Da...

Iraqis are going back to polls this month for the sixth time since the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein more than 20 years ago. I...

How does the superpower rivalry between the US and China dictate international relations more broadly? And what does it mean for the future...

Under US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan, a yellow line has been traced along the inside of the enclave's land borders. It desi...

In Gaza, a fragile ceasefire comes with great uncertainty for the future. In Yemen, the Houthis are abducting humanitarian workers and journ...

Palestine’s olive harvest season started this month, and quickly became the target of Israeli settler attacks . A viral video this week show...

World leaders gathered in Sharm El Sheikh on Monday to sign a declaration of peace in Gaza. But the resurgence of armed militias brings a ne...

Palestinians in Gaza took to the streets overnight to celebrate the prospect of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. They welcomed the news...

Almost 70,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war in Gaza began two years ago after Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel. Abou...

US President Donald Trump’s strategy to end the war in Gaza and prepare for the day after has divided opinion. After two years of failed cea...

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The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly marks a milestone for the region. After years of being the exceptions, several weste...

Dozens of boats carrying activists from about 44 countries have finally set sail for Gaza after much delay. The Global Sumud Flotilla is not...

In the past month, Israel has bombed Palestine, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon, but its attack on Hamas officials in Qatar this week was most unex...

Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday drew widespread condemnation from the international community. Qatari Prime Minister She...

The Israeli army's killing of several Houthi government officials, including the prime minister, marks another serious escalation in the reg...

US envoys Tom Barrack and Morgan Ortagus were in Lebanon this week to restate a key demand: Hezbollah must disarm. The latest push from Wash...

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert supported the war in Gaza when it began, but soon changed his mind. He advocated a limited militar...

Israel has imposed a strict blockade on Gaza since March leaving 2.2 million Palestinians in the strip with practically nothing. Food, medic...

Four years after the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan remains in the shadow of that chaotic August day in 2021 when US troops finally...