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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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Firefighters douse a burning car after it was hit in a reported Israeli drone attack in south Lebanon. AFP
Israel steps up military attacks on Lebanon despite US-mediated talks

Hamas official Hadi Mustafa reportedly killed in a drone strike on a car near the city of Tyre

LebanonMarch 13, 2024
Jasem Al Budaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Co-operation Council. Getty Images
ExclusiveNothing justifies 30,000 deaths in Gaza, GCC Secretary General says

Jasem Al Budaiwi also says Gulf nations believe in dialogue with Iran and the Houthi rebels in spite of major obstacles

MENAMarch 10, 2024
Packages fall towards northern Gaza, after being dropped from a military aircraft. Reuters
Riyadh to host Arab ministers for Gaza aid talks and ceasefire strategies

Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Egypt and Palestine are expected to attend meeting

MENAMarch 09, 2024
Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed El Khereiji speaks during a gathering in Riyadh on International Women's Day to celebrate the achievements of women from Gulf countries.
Saudi calls to protect Palestinian women against Israel's 'war machine'

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

MENAMarch 08, 2024
President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, left, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen visiting the joint search and rescue co-ordination centre in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Friday. AFP
What we know about the new Cyprus-Gaza aid corridor

UAE is pushing for the delivery of aid shipments by sea to start before Ramadan

Palestine-IsraelMarch 08, 2024
US envoy Amos Hochstein arriving for a meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut on Monday. EPA
Israel-Lebanon border deal moves forward despite Gaza ceasefire link

Agreement includes achieving a cessation of hostilities and disputes over land border

LebanonMarch 07, 2024
The flag of the Kataib Hezbollah militia group is raised during a protest outside the US Embassy in Baghdad in December 2019. Reuters
Exclusive'Unannounced truce' halts Iraq militia attacks against US forces

The pause agreement involves Baghdad and Tehran and was reached after the last strike on February 4

IraqMarch 07, 2024
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh also called on the Arab world to support 'the resistance' in Gaza and the occupied West Bank with money and weapons 'before it is too late'. Reuters
Hamas says it is showing 'flexibility' to reach pause in Gaza war

Leader Ismail Haniyeh also calls on Arab countries for funding and supply of weapons

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 28, 2024
Rockets being fired from southern Lebanon into Israel on Monday. AFP
Israel and Hezbollah preparing for war, security sources say

If the Israeli army does not go into Lebanon soon it will have to in the 'long run', the sources said

MENAFebruary 28, 2024
Rubble at the site of an Israeli air strike near Baalbek city in the central Bekaa plain. AFP
Baalbek strike shows Israel willing to 'step up the heat' in war with Hezbollah

Israel says attack was retaliation for downing of drone but experts say it shows Israeli appetite to expand the war on its northern front

LebanonFebruary 27, 2024
Amal Jadou is tipped to become Palestine's first female foreign minister as part of a cabinet reshuffle. Shutterstock
The woman who could be Palestine's first female foreign minister

Sources tell The National cabinet reshuffle is expected after resignation of prime minister and call for reforms

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 27, 2024
Central to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan for Gaza is the disarmament of Hamas and other factions. Reuters
Netanyahu: No Gaza reconstruction without demilitarisation

The Israeli PM's conditions also include closing UNRWA and indefinite 'freedom' of military action

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 23, 2024
Palestinians search for bodies and survivors among the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli air strike on Deir Al Balah. EPA
Mediators begin meetings in Paris in renewed push to halt Gaza war

Israeli strikes kill dozens of Palestinians ahead of the talks bringing together senior officials from the US, Israel, Egypt and Qatar

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 23, 2024
An Israeli tank moves along the border with Gaza against a backdrop of destroyed and damaged buildings. Getty Images
Hamas, Israel and US indirect negotiations in Cairo at 'critical phase'

The flurry of diplomatic activity is part of a renewed drive to head off an Israeli ground offensive in Rafah

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 21, 2024
Smoke billows from a building that was hit by an air strike in Ghazieh, south Lebanon. Reuters
Lebanese mayor rejects Israel's claim it struck weapons depot

Thick smoke continued to billow from attack site hours after the strike on Ghazieh in south Lebanon

LebanonFebruary 20, 2024
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