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      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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      A bulk carrier anchored at Sultan Qaboos Port in Oman on March 23. Getty Images
      ExclusiveUN Security Council to consider resolution allowing military action to protect ships in Strait of Hormuz

      The draft put forward by Bahrain says Iran's actions are threat to international peace and security

      USMarch 23, 2026
      A UN arms expert collects samples in 2013 in Damascus's Eastern Ghouta suburb during an investigation into a suspected chemical weapons strike. AFP
      Syria unveils 'historic' plan to eliminate Assad-era chemical weapons

      Proposal will establish joint task force to find, secure and dismantle country's remaining chemical arms stocks

      MENAMarch 18, 2026
      US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack speaks during a UN Security Council meeting in New York. Reuters
      US envoy Tom Barrack backs Lebanon’s push for direct talks with Israel

      Long-standing taboos against engaging with Israel no longer reflect current realities, US official says

      USMarch 18, 2026
      Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed. Victor Besa / The National
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      UAE could play role in ensuring security in Strait of Hormuz, says Gargash

      Diplomatic adviser to President says effort to protect ships in vital waterway would be part of US-led initiative

      USMarch 17, 2026
      Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, right, and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Beirut. AFP
      Unifil peacekeepers targeted in Lebanon as Guterres conducts 'solidarity' visit

      Strike causes fire but no serious injuries reported

      MENAMarch 14, 2026
      Hezbollah fighters raise their group's flags and shout slogans as they attend the mass funeral of Hezbollah's chief of staff Haytham Tabtabai (Sayyed Abu Ali) in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, in November. EPA
      Why Lebanon’s push to disarm Hezbollah faces major obstacles

      Government faces mounting international pressure, as well as fears of internal strife

      USMarch 13, 2026
      Ahmad Arafa, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the UN, addresses a Security Council meeting in New York City. AFP
      Lebanon tells UN ‘no return to the past’ as Beirut moves to rein in Hezbollah

      Lebanese government working to 'reclaim authority, restrict weapons to state institutions and extend control'

      USMarch 11, 2026
      A US Air Force bomber is loaded on the tarmac at Fairford airbase in the UK. AFP
      UN Security Council adopts resolution condemning Iran's attacks on Gulf states

      Submitted on behalf of GCC states, Bahrain's resolution has 136 backers

      MENAMarch 11, 2026
      Iran's economy has been hit hard by tough international sanctions. AFP
      War, sanctions and crypto: Inside Iran’s $7.8bn digital economy

      Cryptocurrency outflows surge in days after US-Israeli strikes on Tehran

      USMarch 10, 2026
      Mamdani explosive Gif
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      Home-made bomb thrown outside Zohran Mamdani’s New York residence at anti-Muslim protest

      Officials investigating incident as 'act of ISIS-inspired terrorism'

      USMarch 09, 2026
      Smoke from the fire at the Tehran Oil Refinery covers the skyline of the Iranian capital on Sunday, March 8, 2026. AFP
      Iran rejects unconditional ceasefire and vows to fight until war ends

      Abbas Araghchi demands that US and Israel 'explain why they started this aggression'

      USMarch 08, 2026
      Mazlum Haftan, a commander in the Kurdish-Iranian Kurdistan Free Life Party, near the Iraqi border with Iran. AFP
      Iran's armed Kurdish groups are a potential ground force against Tehran

      Factions regarded as most organised part of country's otherwise fragmented opposition

      USMarch 05, 2026
      Bahrain's UN ambassador Jamal Fares Alrowaiei speaks on behalf of the GCC countries during a Security Council meeting in New York. Bloomberg
      Gulf states condemn Iran's 'cowardly' attacks at UN Security Council

      Iran calls US-Israeli strikes a 'war crime' and 'crime against humanity'

      USFebruary 28, 2026
      Fighters with the insurgent group Hayat Tahrir patrol in the city of Homs on January 22, 2025. Getty Images
      UN Security Council removes Al Nusra Front and Hayat Tahrir from sanctions list

      Move follows the delisting in November of Syria’s President Ahmad Al Shara

      USFebruary 27, 2026
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      How can the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict be defused?

      US President Donald Trump signals openness to getting involved

      USFebruary 27, 2026
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