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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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Israeli forces digging along the Alpha Line separating the occupied Golan Heights from a demilitarised zone in Syria patrolled by UN forces. Photo: PBC
UN warns Israeli actions on Syrian border breach 1974 ceasefire deal

Observers monitoring engineering groundwork by Israeli forces along several sections of the Alpha Line

MENANovember 12, 2024
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US president Donald Trump at the UN in 2017. Reuters
How would a second Trump presidency impact the UN?

Donald Trump and many Republicans are deeply distrustful of the UN and other international forums

USNovember 06, 2024
A Palestinian carries an aid box distributed by UNRWA in Deir Al Balah. Reuters
UNRWA chief urges international community to block implementation of Israel’s ban

Philippe Lazzarini says laws outlawing UNRWA pose 'imminent and existential threat to agency'

MENANovember 06, 2024
A displaced Palestinian boy stands outside a damaged store where he is sheltering with his family, who have fled northern Gaza. Reuters
North Gaza 'apocalyptic' and residents at 'imminent risk' of death, warn UN agencies

Israeli army engaged in complete siege of northern Gaza Strip, restricting access to food, water and medical supplies

MENANovember 01, 2024
Schoolgirls walk home in Khost, Afghanistan. A rise in 'grave violations' against girls worldwide has been reported. AFP
Misogyny in politics creates more conflicts, head of UN Women warns

Sima Bahous says an estimated 612 million women and girls are now affected by war, a 50 per cent rise on a decade ago

NewsOctober 24, 2024
An Israeli soldier near signs pointing to different cities, on Mount Bental, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Photo: UPI
Israeli conducts 'construction activities' in occupied Golan Heights, UN official says

Special envoy says Israel has in the past month conducted the most rapid and wide-reaching air strike campaign in Syria in 13 years

USOctober 23, 2024
An Israeli shell that appears to contain white phosphorus explodes over a house in Al Bustan, a Lebanese village along the border with Israel, on October 15. AP
Fifteen peacekeepers injured as Israel is suspected of using white phosphorus

Bases operated by the UN mission in southern Lebanon have been repeatedly damaged by Israeli forces

USOctober 22, 2024
A damaged wall bearing the UNRWA logo at a camp for displaced people in Rafah, southern Gaza. AFP
More than 120 countries express alarm over Israeli actions against UNRWA

Israel's parliament last week approved two bills aimed at ending the work and privileges of UNRWA

MENAOctober 18, 2024
Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Reuters
UN rights chief warns Israel against 'large-scale, forcible transfer' from north Gaza

Israeli army has intensified operations over the past 10 days in northern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people are trapped amid the fighting

MENAOctober 17, 2024
Certain Lebanese citizens already in the US as of October 16 can apply for temporary protected status but those arriving after then are excluded. Getty Images
US grants Lebanese citizens protected status amid Hezbollah-Israel conflict

Measures expected to benefit about 11,000 Lebanese citizens and 1,740 students

USOctober 17, 2024
Palestinian children receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Khan Younis. Reuters
US warns Israel against 'policy of starvation' in northern Gaza

Humanitarian crisis worsens as attacks intensify

MENAOctober 16, 2024
Unifil vehicles near the border with Israel in southern Lebanon. Reuters
Israeli troops injure two more UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon

It is the second time in as many days that UN forces have been wounded amid Israel's invasion

USOctober 11, 2024
UN peacekeepers monitor the Lebanon-Israel border from a watch tower. Reuters
UN peacekeepers wounded by Israeli attacks in Lebanon

Attack comes after Israeli military drone seen at UN site, peace mission says

USOctober 10, 2024
A damaged wall bearing the UNRWA logo at a camp for displaced people in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
Israel's attacks on UNRWA set 'grave precedent', says Lazzarini

Israel's parliament on Sunday approved two bills aimed at ending the work and privileges of the UN agency in the country

MENAOctober 09, 2024
Tom Fletcher is the UN's undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief co-ordinator in the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Delores Johnson / The National
Guterres appoints ‘Naked Diplomat’ writer as UN humanitarian chief

New OCHA undersecretary general is an 'internationally recognised communicator', world body says

UKOctober 09, 2024
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