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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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Smoke rises following Israeli air strike during a military operation in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. EPA
Prospect of full Israeli incursion into Gaza 'terrifying', UN rights chief says

Volker Turk says his office has repeatedly warned against actions that violate the laws of war

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 12, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for a meeting with French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne in Jerusalem. AFP
Netanyahu: Enough hostages alive to warrant more Gaza action

Israeli Prime Minister claims one Palestinian civilian has been killed for every Hamas fighter killed in Gaza

USFebruary 11, 2024
Israeli troops at the border with Lebanon as the army continues its actions against Hamas. AFP
UN official says Israel's actions breach Geneva Conventions

Geneva Conventions prohibit 'destruction by the occupying power of property belonging to private persons', Volker Turk says

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 08, 2024
People inspect their homes in Rafah for damage done by Israeli air strikes. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres criticised the collective punishment of Palestinians. Getty images
Israel bringing historic levels of destruction in Gaza, UN chief says

Secretary General Antonio Guterres says world is in a chaotic era

USFebruary 07, 2024
Nawaf Salam is the first Lebanese and second Arab to occupy this position. Photo: ICJ
Lebanese judge new President of International Court of Justice

The former ambassador to the UN becomes the second Arab to hold the position at the ICJ

WorldFebruary 06, 2024
Members of the Popular Mobilisation Forces carry images of comrades who were killed in recent retaliatory US air strikes in western Iraq. EPA
Iraq and wider region on 'knife edge', warns UN envoy

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert tells Security Council an 'enabling environment' is essential for Iraq to progress, and this 'requires restraint from all sides'

IraqFebruary 06, 2024
A flag of the Kataib Hezbollah militia group is waved during a protest in Baghdad. Reuters
US calls on UN Security Council to 'rein in' Iran and proxies

Since mid-October, Iraqi and Syrian militia groups backed by Iran have launched dozens of attacks on US military assets in the region

WorldFebruary 05, 2024
The aim of the review is to identify the mechanisms and procedures that the agency currently has in place to 'ensure neutrality and to respond to allegations or information indicating that the principle may have been breached'. AFP
UN chief announces independent panel to review UNRWA's neutrality

Panel will begin work in mid-February and is expected to submit a final public report in April

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 05, 2024
'The quicker we do our study of these alleged crimes, the sooner we can get money back from UNRWA’s normal donors,' says UN aid chief Martin Griffiths. AFP
ExclusiveUN humanitarian chief says UNRWA 'needs to survive' inquiries

The National speaks with Martin Griffiths about hopes for funding for the UN agency as well as its future

WorldFebruary 02, 2024
Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip along the border with southern Israel. AFP
UN Security Council addresses ICJ provisional measures in genocide case

Top UN court has found it is 'plausible' that Israel committed acts that violated the Genocide Convention

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 31, 2024
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. AP
Gaza's economy could take decades to recover, says UN

Unctad estimates that, as of late November, about 18 per cent of Gaza's total structures had been damaged or destroyed

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 31, 2024
A Palestinian supporter holds a placard during a protest against the UNRWA funding cuts, in Beirut, Lebanon, on January 30. AP
Guterres: UNRWA backbone of humanitarian response in Gaza

Antonio Guterres appeals to all member states to guarantee continuity of UNRWA’s life-saving work.

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 31, 2024
An UNRWA vehicle drives past displaced Palestinians walking near the Egyptian border in Rafah. EPA
UNRWA cannot be 'replaced or substituted', says Gaza aid co-ordinator

Sigrid Kaag's remarks came as UN chief met 36 donor countries to discuss funding for agency

USJanuary 30, 2024
The civil war has mostly been centred in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, but it has also reignited the long-simmering conflict in Darfur. AFP
War crimes by both sides in Sudan's Darfur, says ICC prosecutor

Karim Khan of the International Criminal Court says evidence suggests Rome Statute crimes are being committed in the restive Sudanese region

AfricaJanuary 29, 2024
Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the UN headquarters in New York on January 26, 2024. AFP
UN takes 'swift action' against relief staff tied to October 7 attacks, Guterres says

UN chief Antonio Guterres also warns of imminent funding collapse for aid work in Gaza

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 28, 2024
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