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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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      Customers at a jewellery shop in Dubai. The value of gold passing through the UAE last year was $186 billion. EPA
      UAE reveals gold imports from Sudan in 2024 accounted for 1% of total trade

      Combined value of gold passing through the country reached $186 billion that year, including $1.97 billion from Sudan's gold

      MENANovember 19, 2025
      Gen Rodolphe Haykal, centre, commands the Lebanese armed forces tasked with disarming Hezbollah. EPA
      US scraps Lebanese army chief's trip to Washington

      Rodolphe Haykal's visit scrapped after his forces denounce Israeli 'enemy' attacks on Lebanese territory

      MENANovember 18, 2025
      Iraq's legislators said they were asked to vote without seeing diplomatic nominees’ CVs. Photo: Office of the Parliament Speaker
      Iraq’s diplomatic reboot threatens credibility crisis abroad

      The 93 nominations for ambassadorships were intended to revive the country's global representation after years of paralysis - then the names were revealed ...

      MENAOctober 16, 2025
      UAE Minister of State for International Co-operation Reem Al Hashimy told The National the country stands ready to continue playing a proactive and constructive role in Gaza. AFP
      UAE focused on accelerating Gaza aid delivery in coming days

      Minister of State for International Co-operation tells The National ceasefire opens door for lasting peace

      MENAOctober 14, 2025
      Journalists work in a makeshift shelter in Rafah on the southern Gaza Strip on December 11, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel bombed southern Gaza's main city of Khan Yunis on December 11, after Hamas warned no Israeli hostages taken during the October 7 attack would leave the territory alive, unless its demands for prisoner releases were met. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
      The longest two seconds in Gaza’s two years of war

      For journalists covering any conflict, it feels like a sprint between reality and death

      CommentOctober 12, 2025
      Palestinians celebrate the announcement of a ceasefire in Khan Younis. The Israeli war, classified by a UN commission of inquiry as a genocide, has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, the majority of them civilians. EPA
      CommentThere is no victory, only relief, in this Gaza deal

      A managed climb-down by Israel and a Hamas left in survival mode come amid a scale of loss that is beyond imagination

      CommentOctober 09, 2025
      US President Donald Trump says Israel must stop its bombing of Gaza after Hamas announced it would release the remaining hostages it took in October 2023. PA
      Play01:13
      Hamas agrees to parts of Trump Gaza plan, including hostage release

      US President says Israel must 'immediately' stop bombing Gaza

      USOctober 03, 2025
      Left: Claire Magone of Doctors Without Borders. Right: Mourners carry bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike outside Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza city. MSF / AFP
      Play01:42
      InterviewMSF director: Gaza is what 'loud and clear genocide' looks like

      Israel is normalising bombing hospitals and reversing 'burden of proof' with total impunity, Claire Magone tells The National

      MENAOctober 03, 2025
      Palestinians transport the body of a member of the Doctors Without Borders NGO, who was killed in Israeli strikes in Deir Al Balah. AFP
      Dozens killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, including a Doctors Without Borders medic

      MSF has condemned the attack and urged immediate ceasefire and end to 'genocide'

      NewsOctober 02, 2025
      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S. wires
      Play00:14
      Netanyahu pits Israel against the world: We won't allow a Palestinian state

      Israeli Prime Minister's UN speech comes days before meeting Trump to discuss ending war in Gaza

      NewsSeptember 26, 2025
      Demonstrators take part in the "National March on NYC for Gaza" in New York. Reuters
      Play00:55
      AnalysisHow a comprehensive plan for Gaza has taken shape

      Diplomats hope the 'Trump 21-point plan for peace' could see light in the coming days

      USSeptember 26, 2025
      Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 80th session of the UN General Assembly via video. AP
      Play02:10
      'Palestine is ours,' says Abbas as he condemns Israel and Hamas in UN speech

      Palestinian Authority President addresses UN General Assembly via video after visa blocked by US

      USSeptember 25, 2025
      Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tanja Fajon. Joshua Longmore / The National
      Play01:48
      InterviewSlovenia presses EU to muster political courage and force Israel’s hand

      Country's Foreign Minister tells The National in an interview that recognising Palestine is 'not enough'

      USSeptember 25, 2025
      Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara addresses the General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York. AFP
      Play01:19
      Al Shara declares Syria’s return to the global stage from New York

      Many Syrians wore the flag in the US city and organised street dances, but the landmark trip isn’t all roses

      USSeptember 24, 2025
      The president of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council, Aidarous Al Zubaidi. Enas Refaei / The National
      InterviewYemen’s Al Zubaidi on Southern independence and what comes next

      Transitional Council chief says Abraham Accords will be key to stability after Gaza war

      USSeptember 24, 2025
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