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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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Hussein and Zahraa, 3, displaced Lebanese twins who fled with their parents from their village of Mais Al Jabal in south Lebanon, play on a gun with a twisted barrel statute, symbolising anti-violence, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, October 31, 2024. AP
Hezbollah and Israel offered ceasefire deal monitored by US-led body

Beirut officials say draft proposal, which allows Israel to operate in Lebanon, goes beyond UN Resolution 1701

MENAOctober 31, 2024
Jihad Azour, director of Middle East and Central Asia at the International Monetary Fund. Bloomberg
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InterviewIMF regional director warns of 'dire situation' in Palestine and Lebanon

Jihad Azour also highlights the impact of conflict on neighbouring economies

EconomyOctober 31, 2024
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant with defence officials on Saturday. Photo: Israeli Prime Minister's Office
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Iran says it is entitled to defend itself after Israeli attacks

The Iranian Foreign Ministry called the attacks 'blatant violation of international law'

NewsOctober 26, 2024
Lebanese mourn those killed in an Israeli air strike on the country. The conflict has displaced more than 1.2 million in the country. Getty Images
ExclusiveThreat of indefinite Israeli war against Hezbollah looms over Lebanon

Questions arise about whether UN Resolution 1701 still offers viable path forward amid escalating conflict

MENAOctober 15, 2024
Esmail Qaani was appointed as the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Quds Force in 2020. Reuters
Was Tehran's Esmail Qaani the target of Israeli strike on Beirut?

Tehran say Quds Force commander is in 'good health', but sources in Beirut do not rule out Qaani being harmed

MENAOctober 07, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approves Israeli air strikes on Beirut over the phone from New York on September 27. Reuters
ExclusiveIsrael deceived western mediators on Lebanon ceasefire, sources say

Israel torpedoed a truce deal at the last minute to kill Hezbollah's leader and escalate its war in Lebanon, sources tell The National

MENAOctober 05, 2024
Marwan Muasher, former Jordanian foreign minister, told The National that Israel wants control of Palestinian territories without the people on the land. Reuters
InterviewJordan's first ambassador to Israel warns of threat to kingdom’s stability, one year into Gaza war

Marwan Muasher, who helped negotiate the country’s peace treaty with Israel, says Jordan cannot afford another Palestinian refugee wave

MENAOctober 04, 2024
An anti-Israel billboard depicting people, among them Israeli soldiers, running away from an explosion and reading 'We will take revenge from where you imagine and not' hangs from a building in Palestine Square in Tehran. EPA
ExclusiveIs the Iran-led militant 'unity front' against Israel still united?

The Middle East militias’ joint command, formed at the start of Gaza’s war, appears weakened following Israel's escalation against Hezbollah

MENASeptember 26, 2024
Pro-Houthi forces march during a military parade in Sanaa, Yemen in 2022. EPA
Special reportDagger at the Red Sea: Charting the rise of the Houthis

Experts and officials describe how the once-obscure militia obtained a vast arsenal and disrupted one of the world's key trade routes

MENASeptember 21, 2024
Lebanese troops prepare to destroy a communication device found on the ground in southern Lebanon, after 37 people were killed in blasts involving pagers and walkie-talkies. AFP
ExclusiveBatteries failing, Hezbollah suspicious: Why pagers were detonated at 3.30pm

Exclusive: The National uncovers the story behind the timing of the attacks that rocked Lebanon to its core

MENASeptember 19, 2024
H.E. Josep Borrel Fontelles, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice President of the European Commission. Antonie Robertson/The National
ExclusiveBorrell urges 'compromise' for a ceasefire in Gaza

EU's foreign affairs chief tells The National that Israel's war against Hamas has pushed the Middle East into 'the most perilous situation' in years

MENASeptember 17, 2024
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was one of the masterminds of the October 7 attacks and is thought to be living in a network of tunnels under Gaza. AFP
Hamas will not accept Israeli safe passage offer for Sinwar, source says

Group insists leader is not considering leaving Gaza under any deal

MENASeptember 12, 2024
The Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion burning in the Red Sea on September 2 following attacks by the Houthis. AP
Yemen's Houthis step up attacks on international shipping in Red Sea

US military describe missile and drone strikes as 'reckless acts of terrorism'

MENASeptember 03, 2024
A woman carries a portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah past houses hit by Israeli air strikes, in Aita Al Shaab, a village on the border with Israel, on June 29. AP
ExclusiveTalks involving Iran halted greater Israel-Hezbollah conflict

Tehran has become a behind-the-scenes player in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, sources tell The National

MENAAugust 26, 2024
People listen to a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah broadcasted on Hezbollah's al-Manar television channel, at a coffee shop in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. AP
Hezbollah and Israel trade blows but play down fears of wider war

Source close to the group says the Iran-backed militants were attempting to reinstate deterrence balance

MENAAugust 25, 2024
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