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Adla Massoud

Adla Massoud

Adla Massoud is The National’s New York and United Nations correspondent, where she reports on diplomacy, politics and the Middle East’s shifting conflicts. Also a documentary filmmaker, she was recognised in 2022 by the Arab Film and Media Institute as one of six “Rising Arab Women in Filmmaking.”
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South African judge Navi Pillay has headed the independent UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 2021. AFP
Former UN rights chief quits Israel-Palestine probe

Two other team experts also stepped down

USJuly 15, 2025
Tom Barrack, US special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey, speaks in New York on July 11. Adla Massoud / The National
ExclusiveLebanon's future at risk unless it tackles Hezbollah weapons, US envoy warns

Tom Barrack tells The National that Beirut has been 'responsive' to US proposal to disarm Iran-backed group

USJuly 11, 2025
A meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York. AFP
UN two-state solution conference rescheduled to end of July

Meeting postponed last month after Israel launched attack on Iran

MENAJuly 11, 2025
New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani campaigns on July 9. AFP
Mamdani's campaign to be New York mayor marred by death threats and Islamophobia

The increasingly vitriolic backlash is exposing divisions about race, religion and identity in the city

USJuly 11, 2025
Johnnie Moore, executive chairman of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Reuters
InterviewGaza Humanitarian Foundation 'here to stay', its chairman says

GHF leader Johnnie Moore speaks to The National about controversial group's work

USJuly 10, 2025
Yemen's Houthi Media Centre on July 8 released footage of the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Magic Seas being sunk. AFP
UN envoy warns of worsening Red Sea tension after Houthi attacks off Yemen's coast

The attacks, both of which were claimed by the rebels, were the first in seven months

MENAJuly 10, 2025
Ahmad Al Shara is expected to attend the UN’s annual General Assembly gathering in September. AP
When will UN lift sanctions on Syria’s interim government?

Restrictions on HTS and Ahmad Al Shara are rooted in group’s deep ties to Al Qaeda and role in Syria’s civil war

USJuly 03, 2025
UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese says people in Gaza continue to endure suffering beyond imagination. Getty Images
Israel responsible for one of the ‘cruellest genocides in modern history’, says UN expert

Francesca Albanese says Israel is testing new weapons and surveillance technologies

USJuly 03, 2025
UN special envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg, left, with Yemen's Prime Minister Salim bin Buriek, right, in Aden Yemen. Mr Grundberg is in Aden to revive Yemen peace talks amid rising humanitarian and regional tension. Photo: OSESGY
UN Yemen envoy visits Aden to push for restart of stalled peace talks

Hans Grundberg said now is the time to 'redouble our efforts'

USJuly 01, 2025
An Alawite woman with her belongings at the Hmeimim Air Base in Latakia. Thousands of Alawite families sought refuge there after deadly attacks by pro-government forces. Reuters
Special investigationSyria's Alawite women and girls disappear in abductions

The National looks into the growing pattern of kidnappings and hears from relatives of those missing

MENAJuly 01, 2025
People carrying Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid parcels in northern Gaza. AFP
UK slams Israel for 'inhumane' aid delivery system in Gaza

UN says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid

USJuly 01, 2025
Palestinians carry aid from a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation centre in central Gaza on June 8. AFP
GHF sends letter to UN chief requesting partnership through its aid delivery model

Johnnie Moore says UN relies on system that has allowed 'mass diversion, looting and manipulation of humanitarian flows'

USJune 24, 2025
Palestinian children gather near containers used for water, in Gaza City. Reuters
Israel and Hamas on UN blacklist for violence against children for second year running

Annual report documented 25 per cent surge in severe abuses compared to 2023

MENAJune 20, 2025
An attack on the Bushehr nuclear power plant would have dire consequence inside and outside of Iran, the UN heard. AFP
IAEA warns of 'serious consequences' if Israel attacks Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant

Millions of people may be required to take iodine tablets and could face food shortages if strikes affect nuclear plant

MENAJune 20, 2025
A missile is launched from Iran towards Israel on June 18, the sixth day of fighting between the two foes. AFP
Iran calls on UN chief to take Israeli conflict to Security Council

Tehran calls for Antonio Guterres to invoke rarely used Article 99 of UN Charter

MENAJune 18, 2025
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