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Ronel Barak emigrated to Israel from her native South Africa in 2010. She runs a cafe in Mitzpe Yair, a settlement in the South Hebron Hills. Willy Lowry / The National

Inside an Israeli settler outpost in the occupied West Bank

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A Palestinian inspects the damage after an Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city. EPA

Doctors Without Borders president trapped in West Bank hospital

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Labour leader Keir Starmer. PA

Starmer in productive talks with Arab ambassadors over Gaza

A mural in Cairo in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas. Reuters

International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians

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International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians

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The southern Gaza city of Khan Younis has received thousands of refugees from the north amid Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip. Reuters

A post-truce invasion of southern Gaza would be disastrous

A pro-Palestinian rally in Paris last week. AP

Israel's next step requires a radical shift in thinking

Hamas fighters accompany newly released Israeli hostages Shiri Weiss (L) and her daughter Noga, to a Red Cross vehicle, in the Gaza Strip early on November 26. AFP

A longer truce in Gaza is imperative

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Palestinians look down on buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes during the Gaza war. Reuters

What's next for Qatar talks on longer Gaza truce?

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Palestinians crossing from the northern Gaza Strip to the southern Gaza Strip along Salah Al Din road. EPA

Israel cannot displace as many in south Gaza as it did in north, US says

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Belong founders. Photo: Belong

Generation Start-up: How Dubai’s Belong is building friendships

A Fawry payment point at the Gezira Sporting Club in Zamalek, Cairo. Nada El Sawy / The National

Fawry: Financial information not compromised in ransomware breach

iraq

Mazin Sharhan Al Sudani says installing solar panels in his home was not only a game-changer but also brings him peace of mind with stable, cheap and clean electricity. Photo: Mazin Sharhan Al Sudani.

Solar power eases financial burden on Iraqi families

Farmers abandon fields as climate change ravages Iraq

Attacks against US troops foiled, say Iraqi security forces

Attacks by Iran proxies on US troops pose challenge for Baghdad

Iraq condemns US air strikes against Iran-backed militias

Iran

A Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet. Reports suggest Russia is to send 24 of the aircraft to Iran. AFP

Iran claims delivery of Russian SU-35 fighter jets is imminent

White House says Wagner group ready to help Hezbollah or Iran

Iran nuclear row escalates as Biden asks Xi to pressure Tehran

Iranian MP moves against Foreign Minister over Israel policy

US conducts 'self-defence' strike on Iran-backed base in Syria

Lebanon

Hamas has capitalised on the temporary truce, disseminating videos of its armed wing releasing Israeli captives in northern Gaza. Reuters

Hamas seeks 'all-for-all' hostage swap and political settlement

'I can't sell poison': Lebanese farmers say white phosphorus ruined crops

Wary villagers return to south Lebanon homes during Gaza truce

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Displaced Lebanese have little faith in temporary Gaza truce

Hezbollah MP's son killed in Israeli air strike on Lebanon

Jordan

In a video statement, Yael Lempert speaks in front of a US transport plane as it is loaded with aid at Amman's Marka airport. AFP

US ambassador films aid for Gaza video amid rising anger in Jordan

Jordan says Israel has ordered field hospital to be removed from Gaza

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Global economy to take hit if world dragged into Israel-Gaza war

EU unveils Jordan aid package worth about $1 billion

Jordan receives UAE's Abdullah bin Zayed for Israel-Gaza talks

Riad Salameh, a towering figure in Beirut. Nick Donaldson / Unsplash - Piotr Chrobot

Salameh accused of using embezzled millions to build property empire

Riad Salameh, whose brother is linked to property in New York. Nick Donaldson / AFP

Raja Salameh's international real estate empire, from Europe to the US

The building housing the Optimum offices in Beirut.

Lebanese central bank broker accused of 'extravagant' irregularities

The Munich skyline. Unsplash

Salameh's son and nephew named as 'money-laundering accomplices' in probe

Syria

Demonstrators display pictures of people they say disappeared in Syria, outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands. AP

Top UN court orders Syria to end torture programme

France issues arrest warrant for Syrian leader Al Assad

The intensifying US-Iran power game in eastern Syria

Half last year's landmine victims were children, most in Syria

US strikes two Iran-backed sites in Syria

Tunisia

Farmer Hatem Mattousi with peach trees dried out by drought at his farm in Mattis, Beja, north-west Tunisia. Hasan Mrad / The National

Farmers struggle as Tunisia's 'map of thirst' expands

One Tunisian dead from West Nile virus

Five convicted terrorists escape from prison in Tunisia

Tunisian prosecutors extend prison sentence for opposition leader

Tunisia Parliament Speaker faces backlash as anti-Israel normalisation vote postponed

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Nabil Najjar, Conservative Party Councillor in Wiltshire. Photographed for a feature in The National (UAE)

English gent with an Arab heart: Nabil Najjar’s humanitarian passion

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War on Captagon and shifting regional sands test Jordan-Syria ties

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In a video statement, Yael Lempert speaks in front of a US transport plane as it is loaded with aid at Amman's Marka airport. AFP

US ambassador films aid for Gaza video amid rising anger in Jordan

Jordan says Israel has ordered field hospital to be removed from Gaza

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Global economy to take hit if world dragged into Israel-Gaza war

EU unveils Jordan aid package worth about $1 billion

Jordan receives UAE's Abdullah bin Zayed for Israel-Gaza talks