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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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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
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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
The US has blamed Iran-backed militias for a deadly attack on American troops in Jordan at the weekend. AP
EXCLUSIVERevealed: Iranian commander flew to Iraq to call off anti-US militia strikes

Intervention shows extent of Tehran's role in regional armed groups

IraqFebruary 01, 2024
US soldiers participate in a military exercise near Amman in May 2017. AFP
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US looks to respond to drone strike in Jordan without starting war with Iran

Two attacks on vulnerable outpost in the past six months were thwarted by air defences

MENAJanuary 29, 2024
US soldiers take part in a military exercise in Jordan in May 2017. The kingdom has a defence pact with the US and has several thousand American troops stationed in the country. AFP
Pro-Iranian militias test reach with attack on US base in Jordan

Strike that killed three occurred in strategic corner near American zone of control in Syrian desert

JordanJanuary 29, 2024
Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Damascus on Saturday, which killed four members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Reuters
Analysts: Israel trying to pull Iran into deeper confrontation

The killing of Iranian and Tehran-allied commanders in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq in recent weeks has opened a 'phase of reciprocal killings'

SyriaJanuary 20, 2024
Food aid for vulnerable families in Sanaa. About 24 million people out of Yemen's population of 32 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. EPA
'We are scared': Yemenis fear deeper humanitarian crisis after US-led strikes

Impoverished country has been ravaged by war between internationally recognised government and Houthi rebels since 2014

GulfJanuary 12, 2024
Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip on Friday. Reuters
Israel shifts focus in Gaza to align military and political goals

Washington has been urging for a less intense war against Hamas

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 05, 2024
A boy holds up an image of Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah as people gather to watch Nasrallah's televised speech on Wednesday in Beirut. EPA / ABBAS SALMAN
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How will Hezbollah retaliate against Israel?

Hassan Nasrallah has promised group 'cannot be silent' but it is likely to avoid risking escalation to all-out war

LebanonJanuary 04, 2024
Paramedics carry a man injured at an event marking the fourth anniversary of the killing of Qassem Suleimani in Kerman, Iran. AFP
Can Iran be walled in by assassinations and explosions?

Escalation in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the Red Sea spark fears of regional war

IranJanuary 04, 2024
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