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      Fatima Al Mahmoud

      Fatima Al Mahmoud

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

      Articles

      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
      Play01:14
      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
      Play01:28
      '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
      Play01:08
      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.
      Interview'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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