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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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Eyes on returning Donald Trump and welcoming Syria's Al Shara to UN. Getty Images, Reuters
UNGA 2025 schedule: Eyes on Trump's return and Al Shara's debut at UN

Leaders of the UN's 193 members to address the international community from New York

USAugust 20, 2025
Ibrahim Olabi attends the International Conference on Syria in Paris, in February. AFP
Human rights lawyer named Syria's ambassador to the UN

At 34, Ibrahim Olabi brings British education and international experience to post, signalling generational shift in Damascus

MENAAugust 19, 2025
Palestinians in need queue up to receive aid parcels, distributed by UNRWA, on January 21, 2025 in Khan Younis, Gaza. Reuters
Number of aid workers killed reaches all-time high, says UN, with nearly half of them in Gaza and West Bank

A total of 383 aid workers were killed last year

MENAAugust 19, 2025
The aftermath of deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes and government forces in Sweida, Syria. Reuters
ExclusiveSweida operation: How a lightning offensive became a war

Sources told The National that officials underestimated the consequences, paving the way for Israeli intervention and mass killings

MENAAugust 06, 2025
Celebrations in Damascus after US President Donald Trump said he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria. Reuters
Row among UN Security Council members over lifting sanctions on Syria

Russia, China and France among those favouring measured approach

MENAJuly 30, 2025
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Malta's capital Valletta. Reuters
Group of western nations ‘express willingness’ to recognise Palestinian statehood

Foreign ministers issue joint statement calling recognition an essential step towards the two-state solution

NewsJuly 29, 2025
Khalifa Al Marar, UAE Minister of State, welcomed 'the steps and commitments expressed by the international community' towards recognising a Palestinian state. AFP
Arab and Muslim nations back French-Saudi plan urging Hamas to disarm and cede Gaza control

Text echoes key demand of Israel and western powers while also emphasising need for tangible steps towards Palestinian statehood

MENAJuly 29, 2025
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan speak at the UN in New York. AP
'No alternative' to two-state solution, says France

UN conference on Palestinian-Israeli conflict in New York criticised by US State Department as a 'reward for terrorism'

MENAJuly 28, 2025
Palestinians wait to cross the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. AFP
UN conference will test global resolve for Palestinian statehood

Saudi Arabia and France are leading this week's conference on a two-state solution

NewsJuly 28, 2025
US Senator Lindsey Graham referred to Hamas as 'religious Nazis'. AFP
Trump ally says Israeli military will 'take Gaza down like we did Tokyo and Berlin'

US Senator Lindsey Graham says country has concluded that dismantling Hamas is only way to ensure its security

USJuly 27, 2025
Former national security adviser Mike Waltz. Reuters
US Senate panel narrowly approves Mike Waltz's nomination for UN ambassador

Former national security adviser has pledged to 'make the UN great again'

USJuly 24, 2025
Ian's ambassador to the IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi says Tehran is open to renewed nuclear talks but insists on clear guarantees. AP
Iran agrees to UN nuclear watchdog visit 'in two to three weeks'

Planned IAEA visit comes after President ended co-operation with agency

USJuly 23, 2025
Unesco headquarters in Paris. The agency has diversified its sources of funding, receiving only about 8 per cent of its budget from Washington. AFP
Trump pulls US out of Unesco in blow to culture and education agency

President first withdrew from UN body in 2017, a decision reversed by Joe Biden 2023

USJuly 22, 2025
Palestinians carry sacks of humanitarian aid in the northern Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025. AFP
UN chief warns Gaza’s ‘last lifelines’ near total collapse as humanitarian crisis worsens

Israeli tanks push into southern and eastern districts of Deir Al Balah for the first time

USJuly 21, 2025
Mike Waltz, nominee for US ambassador to the UN, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday. EPA
Mike Waltz vows to make the UN 'great again’

President Donald Trump's former national security adviser grilled for first time since Signal scandal

USJuly 15, 2025
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