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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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      US President Donald Trump meeting Arab leaders and other heads of state at the UN to discuss Gaza. AFP
      Play01:01
      Gaza in focus at landmark meeting between Trump and Arab officials

      Separate meeting brought together European and Arab officials to discuss 'day after'

      USSeptember 23, 2025
      Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara and retired Gen David Petraeus speak onstage during the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit. Getty Images / AFP
      Play02:36
      Syria's Al Shara calls for new chapter in US ties as he meets former battlefield foe

      Discussion with retired US Gen David Petraeus highlights rebel insurgent commander's evolution into US ally

      USSeptember 22, 2025
      Pro-Palestine protesters rally outside the UN's headquarters in New York, before the General Assembly. AFP
      'Deeply offensive' that Palestinian figures frozen out of UN summit, says Irish FM

      Simon Harris tells The National that preventing the Palestinians from coming to New York is 'illogical, offensive, and dangerous'

      USSeptember 22, 2025
      People walk next to a Palestinian flag made of photographs of dead civilians, displayed on a street in Sarajevo, Bosnia. AP Photo
      CommentNetanyahu tried to kill Palestine. Instead, he gave it new life

      Palestinian statehood is becoming less of a demand and more of a fact on the international stage

      CommentSeptember 21, 2025
      The timing of the Doha attack is no coincidence. International recognition of Palestine would mark a point of no return for Israel. EPA
      CommentStriking Doha was Israel’s big tantrum over Palestine recognition

      Every strike in Doha and beyond pushes Israel further from the regional integration of which it once dreamed

      CommentSeptember 10, 2025
      Houthi soldiers stand guard on a missile carrier during an official military parade in Sanaa. AFP
      InterviewYemeni minister accuses Houthis of manufacturing chemical weapons

      Moammar Eryani warns of potential for 'catastrophic scenarios'

      MENASeptember 04, 2025
      West Bank Gif 1
      UAE warns Israeli annexation of West Bank undermines Abraham Accords

      Lana Nusseibeh says move would be a 'red line'

      NewsSeptember 03, 2025
      Al Nuri Mosque ceremony Mosul GIF
      UAE-led restoration project removes scars of Mosul’s ISIS destruction

      Al Nuri Mosque and churches of Our Lady of the Hour Convent and Al Tahera were revived

      MENASeptember 01, 2025
      Lebanese army commander in chief Rodolphe Haykal. Photo: CEMA
      Lebanon army chief raised prospect of resignation over Hezbollah disarming plan

      The army is still 'expected' to submit the plan to dismantle the once-dominant Iran-backed force

      MENAAugust 29, 2025
      UN peacekeepers inspect a destroyed Hezbollah position in southern Lebanon. AP
      No withdrawal from Lebanon until army begins disarming Hezbollah, Israel says

      Hezbollah insisted the group would not give up its weapons, saying that disarming it would be like “taking its soul out"

      MENAAugust 25, 2025
      Lebanese army soldiers stand next to a van loaded with weapons handed over by Palestinian factions at the Burj Al Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut on Thursday. AP Photo
      Play01:26
      Lebanese officials announce start of disarming Palestinian camps

      Handover is part of broader effort to assert state sovereignty by gradually disarming armed factions across Lebanon, including the powerful Hezbollah

      MENAAugust 21, 2025
      Gaza Israel deal gif 1
      Hamas says Israeli troops must leave Gaza residential areas for deal to happen

      Israel has yet to formally respond to ceasefire proposal

      MENAAugust 20, 2025
      US special envoy Tom Barrack 'did not specify' what Israel's step is, 'nor whether Washington will exert real pressure on Israel to take it', a source close to Hezbollah has said. AFP
      Ball is now in US and Israel's court, sources close to Hezbollah say

      American envoy has called on Israel to comply with Lebanese government actions

      MENAAugust 19, 2025
      Ali Larijani, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has held meetings with leaders in Iraq and Lebanon. AP
      ExclusiveIran tells Lebanon Hezbollah’s arsenal is off-limits as war with Israel looms

      Details emerge of Ali Larijani’s message to Beirut as he stressed militant group's weapons are a red line

      MENAAugust 18, 2025
      Supporters of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip attend a rally demanding their release from Hamas captivity and calling for an end to the war, in Tel Aviv. AP
      All eyes on Israel as Hamas agrees to proposal for 60-day Gaza ceasefire

      Qatari PM in Egypt in effort to push truce talks forward

      MENAAugust 18, 2025
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