For the first time in history, eight Arab teams have qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Football journalist @JohnnyDuerden assesses their prospects for @The_NewArab newarab.com/analysis/eight-a…

Iraq's journey back to the World Cup traces the story of a country overcoming war, invasions, and sanctions to claim a place at the biggest tournament on earth Mohammed Hannoun's in-depth dispatch from Baghdad for @The_NewArab newarab.com/analysis/40-year…

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Am being told of a HUGE, sudden mobilisation of IDF reserves starting now. From Home Front to freshly discharged conscripts.

More than a year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel’s intervention in southern Syria has evolved far beyond an immediate security response. Through military strikes, territorial expansion, and efforts to shape the post-Assad political order, Israel has steadily increased its influence inside Syria as the new government continues to consolidate power. As military infrastructure, security zones, and settlement activity continue to expand, a growing debate is emerging over whether what began as a temporary measure is becoming a long-term occupation

Who are The New Arab's top 15 players from the region to look out for at the World Cup? newarab.com/news/salah-hakim…

Always grateful to @CharlieCHoyle and the rest of the team at @The_NewArab for publishing my work. Here's my new article about #Israel and #Iran's recent military strikes, including quotes from @marinacalculli and @NegarMortazavi. newarab.com/analysis/israels…

Iran's first strike on Israel since the ceasefire shows how it is creating deterrence on its own terms, reshaping the regional equation to enhance its diplomatic leverage @pauliddon for @The_NewArab's Analysis Desk, including insights from @arash_tehran newarab.com/analysis/inside-…

From 1997 to 2007, Israel displaced 150 families from the Arab al-Jahalin Bedouin tribe to expand Ma'ale Adumim settlement Today, the remaining Bedouin community is again being pushed out for the creation of Israel’s E1 settlement newarab.com/analysis/how-isr…

The general presidency of the Sisters of the Holy Family announced that Pope Leo XIV had approved Hoayek's beatification for 25 July newarab.com/news/lebanons-fo…

Between Trump and Tehran: Why #Oman's neutrality is under strain Many thanks to @CharlieCHoyle and his colleagues at @The_NewArab for publishing my latest article, featuring quotes from @abaabood, Hamed S. Al Ghaithi, and Joseph A. Kéchichian. newarab.com/analysis/between…

When the latest ceasefire in Lebanon was announced in mid-April, some hoped that - unlike all others before it - this time it might finally lead to peace. But within hours, Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah resumed trading attacks, and any hopes of a swift truce evaporated. Over a month later, the ceasefire exists in name only, and Lebanon’s “seat at the table” looks increasingly shaky. @AlexMAstley reports from Beirut 🔗 link in replies

While recent RSF defections expose the internal turmoil within the group, SAF's decision to grant them amnesty and reward them also carries risks. My latest on #Sudan for @The_NewArab newarab.com/analysis/will-rs…

Analysis: As US-Iran diplomacy hangs in the balance, Lebanon risks becoming collateral damage in a bargain shaped by outside powers @AlexMAstley's latest from Beirut for @The_NewArab, with insights from @BeirutCalling @isalamey @paul_salem newarab.com/analysis/no-seat…

Palestine was in no way a desert, nor were its people primitive nomads. While these illusions were propagated to make the Zionist project more palatable to Jews in Europe and beyond, Zionist thinkers were well aware that there was an indigenous population. mondediplo.com/2026/05/06isr…

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Israeli forces have seized Beaufort Castle - also known as Qalaat al-Chqeef - in southern Lebanon, making the deepest ground incursion into the country in 26 years as troops encircled the city of Nabatieh. Israel also issued more than 10 forced displacement orders in the last 24 hours, including one this morning where they demanded all residents south of the Zahrani River to “evacuate” ahead of further Israeli strikes across the region.

Taybeh, the last remaining all-Christian village in the West Bank, dating to the 5th century, is fighting for its survival amid growing settler violence and expanding settlements @jess_buxbaum's in-depth report from Taybeh for @The_NewArab newarab.com/analysis/taybeh-…

Closer ties between Israel and Somaliland are fuelling fears that the Horn of Africa could be drawn deeper into a Red Sea power struggle @FaisalAHAli's dispatch from Mogadishu for @The_NewArab's Analysis Desk newarab.com/analysis/will-gr…

I told @The_NewArab that “Trump’s obsession with Obama, his jealousy and relentless Obama-bashing has led him to depict JCPOA as the worst deal ever, whereas today he’s far from having obtained even 10 % of the concessions that Obama had obtained.” newarab.com/analysis/us-iran… “Obviously we can criticise the JCPOA because there was no “linkage” to the proxies or the ballistic missiles dossiers,” Bitar added. “But when it came to the nuclear file, it was rock solid, and even members of the Israeli military and security establishment acknowledged that it prevented Iran from getting nuclear weapons. So, this entire war…comes from the original sin: Trump’s unilateral decision to tear up the JCPOA in 2018.” (…) Understanding the current crisis requires taking stock of the first Trump administration’s decision to unilaterally pull the US out of the JCPOA in May 2018. That reckless move fundamentally reshaped the trajectory of relations between Washington and Tehran while dismantling a framework that severely limited and reversed Tehran’s activities in exchange for sanctions relief. “The truth is that Trump’s obsession with Barack Obama - his jealousy, his relentless need to engage in Obama-bashing - has led him to depict JCPOA as the worst deal ever, whereas today he’s far from having obtained even ten percent of the concessions that Obama had obtained in 2015,” explained Dr Karim Emile Bitar, a lecturer in Middle East Studies at Sciences Po Paris, in an interview with The New Arab. Under the JCPOA, Iran dramatically reduced its enriched uranium stockpile, capped enrichment levels, reduced the number of centrifuges, and accepted intrusive international inspections, noted Dr Bitar, who added that even many Israeli security officials privately acknowledged that such restrictions had delayed Iran’s path toward a nuclear weapon. “So far, I do not see any major Iranian concessions on the nuclear dossier.” (…) Israel is unlikely to scale back military operationsagainst Hezbollah and may instead intensify pressure to preserve deterrence and constrain Iran’s influence after any agreement. “If Washington and Tehran reach a diplomatic agreement, [the Israelis] will not take it gladly. They will first try to torpedo the agreement, and then, if Trump insists on signing a deal with the Iranians, the Israelis will try to make sure that it does not include Lebanon. They have already managed to get [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio to say that Israel will reserve the right to defend itself, the usual formula,” said Dr Bitar. “But we all know that Israel has an elastic and extraordinarily extensive definition of this right to defend itself. So, Lebanon could be the key victim because it’s unlikely that we will see a ceasefire in Lebanon, and it’s even more unlikely that Israel will put an end to this new invasion and this occupation that is growing day after day, and they are bombing way beyond the so-called yellow zone,” he added.” By @GiorgioCafiero in @The_NewArab