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Fatima Al Mahmoud

Fatima Al Mahmoud

Foreign Affairs Reporter
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Fatima Al Mahmoud is a Foreign Affairs Reporter at The National and a fellow with the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Programme.

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conduct a military drill in the Arabian Gulf. EPA
Iran announces naval drills with Russia, raising fears of accidental escalation

The exercise comes days after IRGC drills in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz

GulfFebruary 18, 2026
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has warned the US: 'The strongest military force in the world may at times be struck so hard that it cannot get up again.' Reuters
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US cannot overthrow Iranian regime, says Khamenei

US President previously suggested regime change would be 'best thing that could happen'

NewsFebruary 17, 2026
An image from the IRGC's website shows a military drill in the Arabian Gulf on Monday. EPA
Strait of Hormuz closes 'for few hours' due to Iranian live fire drills

Tehran flexes muscles in one of world's busiest oil and shipping channels as talks with US begin in Geneva

MENAFebruary 17, 2026
Palestinian farmers drive past a site taken over by Israeli settlers near Burqa, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, as regional countries condemn Israel’s move to designate more land there as 'state land'. AFP
Israel's land registration plan is 'grave escalation', warn Arab states

Israeli government on Sunday cleared way to claim large parts of West Bank as 'state land'

MENAFebruary 17, 2026
Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi, right, with US representatives Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Geneva. Photo: Foreign Ministry of Oman / X
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'Progress made' but long way to go on Iran talks, US says after second round

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says negotiators will work on text of possible nuclear agreement amid threat of war

MENAFebruary 17, 2026
Indonesian soldiers train in Jakarta before potential overseas assignments, including peacekeeping missions. EPA
Indonesia to send 8,000 troops to Gaza by June, army says

Jakarta will use Board of Peace to protect Palestinians, Foreign Ministry says

MENAFebruary 16, 2026
Cars were vandalised by Israeli settlers near Nablus in the latest bout of violence. AFP
More than 50 Palestinians injured in surge of settler violence across West Bank

Attacks come days after Israeli cabinet announced new measures that embolden settlers

MENAFebruary 13, 2026
An average of only 12 patients a day have been allowed to leave Gaza to receive medical care since the Rafah border was partially reopened. Getty Images
Injured Gazans face 'slow death sentence' at border, Save the Children warns

Seven-year-old boy dies waiting to be evacuated at crossing partially reopened under ceasefire

MENAFebruary 13, 2026
Indonesian troops prepare to depart for a UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2019. Getty Images
Indonesia prepares to send peacekeeping troops to Gaza

Jakarta expects up to 8,000 of its soldiers could be deployed in the Palestinian enclave

MENAFebruary 10, 2026
Lebanese government troops in the southern Litani sector, in Alma Al Shaab, near the border with Israel. AFP
US Centcom chief praises Lebanese army for finding 'massive Hezbollah tunnel'

Beirut is working to bring all weapons under state control amid growing pressure from Washington

MENAFebruary 10, 2026
Sarab Atway has been teaching yoga in Ramallah since 2014. Photo: Sarab Atway
Ramallah yoga classes offer an oasis of stillness amid the trauma of occupation

Instructor Sarab Atway says yoga gave her a 'sense of self and safety' that she now hopes to offer her Palestinian students

MENAFebruary 06, 2026
Syria's Justice Minister Mazhar Al Wais, left, and Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Metri exchange signed prisoner swap agreements at the Grand Serail in Beirut. AFP
Lebanon and Syria sign deal to repatriate more than 300 prisoners to Damascus

The agreement is the latest attempt by Lebanese authorities to ease the burden on overcrowded jails

MENAFebruary 06, 2026
Iran US nuclear talks Oman Gif
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Trump imposes tariffs on Iran after nuclear talks conclude 'positively'

Tehran said subject of negotiations was 'strictly nuclear' after US pushed to widen their scope

MENAFebruary 06, 2026
Jared Kushner presented the US vision for a 'New Gaza' at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 22, 2026.
'No new New York': Macron ally cautions against talk of skyscraper-studded Gaza

Paris is keen on working with Arab states on a 'more realistic' plan for the future of the enclave, says French MP

NewsJanuary 29, 2026
Displaced Palestinian children attend class at a tent school in the Tal Al Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza city. EPA
School supplies boost Gaza aid as Palestinians wait for Rafah crossing to open

Health officials say 20,000 patients hoping to travel abroad for treatment

MENAJanuary 27, 2026
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