Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, for the first time on the sidelines of the summit held to discuss Gaza’s reconstruction in Cairo on Tuesday. Al-Sharaa, who was once an affiliate of al-Qaeda, has been trying to gain support from Arab and...

The Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, welcomed a reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip that was adopted Tuesday at an emergency Arab summit in Cairo. It also backed the summit’s call for a political and economic boycott of Israel. Hamas said in a statement after the summit that the...

The US Air Force lost contact with an unmanned MQ-9 Reaper drone while it was operating over the Red Sea this week, a US defense official told Al Arabiya English on Tuesday. The MQ-9 was conducting operations in support of Operation Poseidon Archer, which refers to US military efforts...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa condemned on Tuesday the call to displace the Palestinian people from their land, considering it a "disgrace against humanity" and a "threat to the entire Arab nation". This came in his speech before the emergency Arab summit in the Egyptian capital, Cairo,...

Syrian forces launched a security campaign in the coastal city of Latakia after “militia remnants” supporting ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad killed two personnel in an ambush, state media reported Tuesday. “Groups of al-Assad militia remnants killed two members of the Syrian defense ministry...

Arab leaders are gathering in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss an alternative to a widely condemned plan from US President Donald Trump to assume control of war-battered Gaza and displace its Palestinian population. The Arab League summit on the territory’s reconstruction comes a day after...

A child was killed and four others were injured in a shooting by a local group targeting a camp for displaced people in the southern countryside of Sweida province, the local Suwayda 24 website reported on Monday. Local sources said, that the incident occurred near the town of Al-Tha'la...

Palestinians living in war-ravaged Gaza say they fear food shortages and price hikes after Israel halted the entry of aid into the territory to pressure Hamas to agree to its terms for a ceasefire extension. The effect of the Israeli announcement on Sunday was immediate, and sent ripples...

The Trump administration has ordered a halt on future military aid shipments to Ukraine, a US official told Al Arabiya English on Monday. “We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution,” a White House official said. This decision came after a...

The German Federal Government has provided financial support to 133 Syrian refugees who have decided to return to their country voluntarily. The return assistance programme was launched in January 2025 to support Syrian refugees living in Germany who wish to return to their war-torn...

The Israeli military said on Monday it struck a military site in Qardahah, Syria, where weapons belonging to the former Syrian regime were stored. An army statement said that Israeli forces “struck a military site where weapons belonging to the previous Syrian regime were stored in the area...

Three people were killed and 20 others injured in an explosion in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor region, the state news agency reported on Monday. The first explosion occurred on Monday near the "Al-Tayyarah" roundabout in the border city of "Al-Bukamal" after a fuel tanker exploded, killing...

After a long-running legal row over his appointment, Iran's deputy president for strategic affairs, Javad Zarif, announced his resignation on Monday. In a detailed post on X, the former top diplomat said he had worked with dedication in President Masoud Pezeshkian's government over the past...

Two Palestinians were killed and three others injured by Israeli army fire in southern Gaza on Monday, in the latest violation of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement, medics said. A medical source said two people lost their lives in a drone strike in central Rafah city in the southern...

After seven years of operating discreetly in exile, the National Syria Gathering held its first conference in Damascus under government auspices and in the presence of over 100 Syrian businessmen from inside and outside the country. The conference, opened by Finance Minister Mohamed Abazid,...

The director of the Syrian Bakeries Corporation confirmed that reducing the weight of the loaf of bread from 1500 grams to 1200 and raising its price to 4 thousand liras aims to preserve the strategic stock of wheat, noting that the economic conditions and the decline in financial resources...

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced on Sunday the formation of a seven-member committee to draft a constitutional declaration for the country’s transition after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The new authorities are seeking to rebuild Syria and its institutions...

The Israeli government halted the entry of humanitarian aid into the war-torn Gaza Strip on Sunday, just hours after the expiry of the first phase of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office claimed that the aid was stopped over Palestinian...

The Turkish capital Ankara will host consultative talks between Turkish and British officials on Monday to discuss the Syrian file and regional issues of common interest. According to diplomatic sources, Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz and British Minister of State for the Middle...

The Israeli government approved a bill allowing the military to call up an additional 400,000 reserve soldiers amid delays in the start of negotiations for the second phase of a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement. Israeli Channel 14 said the decision came amid fears of renewed...