Nada AlTaher
Nada AlTaher
Senior Foreign Reporter


People exchange banknotes before crossing into Yemen's government-controlled areas, at a road in the southern province of Lahj. EPA
Swift system restored in Houthi-held areas under Yemen de-escalation

Yemeni rebel group had threatened to retaliate against internationally recognised government if cut off from banking system

July 25, 2024, 1:17 PM
A man is seen lying on the bonnet of a military vehicle during an Israeli raid on Tulkarm refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. Photo: Wafa
Israeli troops accused again of tying Palestinian to vehicle as human shield

Ceasefire talks set to resume in Doha on Thursday, sources say

July 24, 2024, 7:48 AM
Flames and smoke rise from the site of Israeli air strikes at the port of Hodeidah, Yemen. Reuters
Yemen's Hodeidah port functioning despite major damage from Israeli strike

Smoke continues to rise from the terminal days after the attack

July 23, 2024, 1:16 PM
Displaced Palestinians leave an area in east Khan Younis after the Israeli army issued an evacuation order for parts of the city in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday. AFP
More dead in Gaza as 'cycle of displacement' continues

Israeli attacks kill at least 17 in north and central Gaza on Tuesday, as death toll from Khan Younis rises to more than 80

July 23, 2024, 6:06 AM
Mohammed Bahar was found dead days after being attacked by an Israeli army dog. Photo: supplied
Israeli military admits abandoning injured Palestinian found dead

Mohammed Bahar, who had Down syndrome, was mauled in his home by an army dog

July 19, 2024, 4:24 PM
Girls walk with water containers past a puddle of sewage water from collapsed underground pipes in Khan Younis in Gaza. Polio has been detected in samples taken from sewage in the enclave. AFP
Thousands at risk as traces of polio detected in Gaza's sewage

Disease makes a return more than 25 years after it was first eradicated

July 19, 2024, 11:59 AM
The Israeli Knesset during a meeting in Jerusalem. AFP
Israel's Knesset passes resolution rejecting two-state solution

Vote comes ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trip to Washington

July 18, 2024, 7:49 AM
A photo composite of Mazionah Damo before and after her surgery. Photos: Ahmed Damo
'I want to become more beautiful,' says Gazan girl who lost her jaw in air strike

Mazionah Damo was at home when an attack killed two of her siblings

July 15, 2024, 3:02 PM
People mourn at Nasser hospital, following the killing of Palestinians in an Israeli strike at a tent camp, amid Israel-Gaza conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 13, 2024. Reuters
'Horrific scenes' in hospital after Israeli strike on Al Mawasi

Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis admitted more than 100 people wounded after air strikes hit camp on Saturday, UN official says

July 14, 2024, 1:08 PM
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Syrian President Bashar Al Assad back in 2011. AFP
Erdogan's diplomatic overtures to Assad likely to yield only minor wins

Talks with Damascus could help Turkish leader ease domestic concerns

July 12, 2024, 3:00 AM
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mr Erdogan has said he is open to 'invite' Mr Assad to restore relation to their former self, before the Syria civil war broke out in 2011. Reuters/ AFP
Erdogan open to extending an 'invitation' to Syria's Assad to forge warmer ties

Mr Erdogan expressed a willingness to allow Russia and Iraq to mediate closer relations

July 07, 2024, 5:59 PM
Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian greets his supporters in a meeting a day after the presidential election, at the shrine of the Former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. AP
New Iranian president to be sworn in next month

The president will have 15 days to present a list of proposed ministers for a vote of confidence in parliament

July 07, 2024, 1:57 PM
Gaza faces a worsening humanitarian crisis, with a lorry carrying 'medicine and nutrition supplies for 10,000 children' among those blocked by Israel. AFP
Israel begins 'tactical pause' in operations along Gaza aid route

Hamas claims responsibility for attack that killed eight Israeli soldiers in Rafah

June 16, 2024, 8:10 AM
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Messages from Gaza: Grief, terror and even dark humour beneath the bombing

Residents share daily hardships, grief, terror and dark humour as the conflict rages on

June 14, 2024, 6:00 PM
Palestinian Minister of State for Relief Affairs Basel Nasser expects the reconstruction of Gaza to take up to 20 years. Nada AlTaher / The National
Numbers don't reflect Gaza's plight, says Palestinian minister

Virtually the entire population will need assistance once the war ends, Basel Nasser tells The National

June 12, 2024, 9:17 AM