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      Mohamad Ali Harisi

      Mohamad Ali Harisi

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      Mohamad Ali Harisi is The National's Foreign Editor, overseeing its worldwide output with a focus on the Middle East. Previously, he served as AFP’s news editor for the Gulf region and Yemen. He was also the Deputy Director. Before moving to the UAE, he was Libya’s Bureau chief, based in Tripoli, and Iraq’s Deputy Director, based in Baghdad. Since 2005, he has reported on major events across the Middle East and played a central role in leading newsrooms, coordinating coverage and directing writers and correspondents. Mohamad Ali has also conducted interviews with senior politicians in the region and beyond. He is fluent in English, French and Arabic.
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      Palestinians queue for water in Gaza. AFP
      Israel pressuring talks with threat to deport Gazans to places like South Sudan

      Calls to forcibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza have drawn widespread condemnation

      MENAAugust 13, 2025
      Israel's war in Gaza has left Palestinians in the strip desperately short of food. Reuters
      Hamas negotiators in Cairo to discuss blueprint for 'comprehensive' Gaza deal

      Egypt-Hamas contact resumes after Turkish mediation ended quarrel over Gaza aid

      MENAAugust 12, 2025
      Destruction in Gaza as seen from a German Air Force plane airdropping humanitarian aid. EPA
      Israel to seize Gaza’s capital as gateway to reoccupying entire territory

      Netanyahu intends to displace half of population and forcibly push Palestinians south

      MENAAugust 08, 2025
      Israeli soldiers patrolling an area near the occupied Golan Heights village of Majdal Shams, in Syria. EPA
      ExclusiveLebanon fears Israeli advance from Syria into eastern region

      Forces 'quietly' moving through Syria near Lebanese border, security officials say

      MENAAugust 06, 2025
      When he introduced 'The Green Book', Muammar Qaddafi declared parliament inherently undemocratic. Getty
      Fifty years since Qaddafi's Green Book, Libya has yet to turn the page

      The book may belong to the past, but its ghost still haunts the present

      CommentAugust 06, 2025
      Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, centre, leads the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. EPA
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      Lebanon's cabinet fails to vote on disarming Hezbollah in stormy meeting

      Ministers to resume talks on Thursday and order army to draw up plan to disarm group by end of 2025

      MENAAugust 05, 2025
      Flags on a phone illustrate a summer friendship. Mohamad Ali Harisi / The National
      Postcard from CannesHow the French Riviera turns Gulf in July

      The region's presence is keenly felt in restaurants and beaches across the south of France

      MENAAugust 01, 2025
      The Trump administration will refuse to grant US visas to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and other leaders
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      US 'punishes' Palestinian leadership for seeking recognised state

      Sanctioned officials will be denied American visas

      USJuly 31, 2025
      A Palestinian man who was injured while seeking humanitarian aid at the Rafah corridor, is carried into the Red Cross field hospital in the Mawasi area of Rafah. AFP
      Hamas demands guarantee of positive results for Gaza ceasefire talks to continue

      Core issue is cessation of aggression, senior official insists

      MENAJuly 28, 2025
      Syrian security forces walk together along a street, after clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida. Reuters
      Spillover of Syrian violence to Lebanon adds 'new layer of worry'

      Lebanese security sources say clashes in neighbouring country have increased internal tension

      MENAJuly 17, 2025
      Inmates in Roumieh Prison, north-east of Beirut. AFP
      Damascus presses Beirut to release thousands of Syrian prisoners

      Estimated 2,000 to 3,000 detainees include some convicted of terrorism

      MENAJuly 12, 2025
      A Palestinian man inspects the site of Israeli strikes on buildings at Gaza's Old City market. Reuters
      Hamas credits Trump for progress in Gaza ceasefire talks

      Negotiations moving forward because of pressure from US president, Palestinian official says

      MENAJuly 09, 2025
      The Lebanese government has given US Special Envoy Thomas Barrack, pictured, an 'unbelievably satisfying' response in regards to the disarming of Hezbollah. EPA
      ExclusiveKey points from Lebanon’s response to US demand to disarm Hezbollah

      The National has been told of content of document that centres on full Israeli withdrawal

      MENAJuly 07, 2025
      Palestinians at the site of an Israeli strike on residential buildings, at Al Shati refugee camp, in Gaza city. Reuters
      Play00:32
      Hamas wants guarantees from Trump and 'not anyone else' on Gaza ceasefire

      Palestinian faction wants to ensure war will end and Israel will fully withdraw

      MENAJuly 05, 2025
      Men carry the bodies of children killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike on Gaza city. AFP
      Hamas reviews Gaza ceasefire proposal as Netanyahu vows 'it's over' for group

      US President Donald Trump has pledged to be 'very firm' with Israel on need to end conflict during next week's talks

      MENAJuly 02, 2025
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