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Nada AlTaher

Nada AlTaher

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Nada AlTaher is a Senior Foreign Reporter at The National and was previously a freelancer with CNN International. She hosts The National's Beyond the Headlines podcast and has a special interest in Palestine, Yemen and humanitarian issues.
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Demonstrators wave flags and cheer during a protest against Israeli and American attacks on Iran, on June 24, 2025 in Tehran. Getty Images.
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Beyond the HeadlinesHow did Israel and Iran go from strategic allies to bitter enemies?

Countries once enjoyed a pragmatic partnership to retain power in Middle East

Beyond the HeadlinesJune 27, 2025
Security guards ride aboard trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. President Donald Trump says "great progress" is being made in Gaza, in remarks given at the NATO leaders summit in The Hague. Photographer: Ahmad Salem / Bloomberg
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Abu Shabab back in spotlight as Israel's proxy in Gaza war

Netanyahu shifts focus back to enclave after ceasefire deal with Tehran

MENAJune 26, 2025
People take shelter in an underground parking lot under a mall in Tel Aviv, on June 21, 2025. AFP
Palestinians in Israel left scrambling for safety during war with Iran

Iranian strikes exposed gaps in a system that prioritises protection of Israeli-majority communities

MENAJune 25, 2025
The writer with her father in Abu Dhabi. Nada AlTaher / The National
ColumnAn ode to the sacrifices of a Palestinian dad for Father's Day

Even slices of fruit are pieces of the heart and a means of showing love

LifestyleJune 20, 2025
Red Crescent Society members search through rubble for victims after Israeli strikes on Iran. Photo: IRCS via Reuters
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Beyond the HeadlinesWhat happens to the Middle East if Tehran falls?

Neighbouring Arab states fear rippling consequences if Israel-Iran war intensifies

Beyond the HeadlinesJune 20, 2025
Israeli security forces gather outside a building hit by an Iranian missile in the central city of Holon. AFP
CommentIsrael's hospitals are not more important than the ones it has struck in Gaza

All hospitals remain protected under international law, despite Israel's breaches

CommentJune 19, 2025
Maj Gen Ali Shadmani was appointed to lead Iran's military emergency command after his predecessor was killed on Friday. EPA
Israel says it has killed newly appointed Iranian army chief

Maj Gen Ali Shadmani replaced Maj Gen Gholam Ali Rashid, who was killed on first day of Israeli attacks

MENAJune 17, 2025
Palestinians gather in Rafah to collect what remains of relief supplies from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Reuters.
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Beyond the HeadlinesWho are Abu Shabab, the armed militia Israel is backing in Gaza?

An Israeli strategy to counter Hamas is being criticised for engaging Palestinian gangs with criminal links

Beyond the HeadlinesJune 13, 2025
Members of a humanitarian convoy of at least 1,500 people, including activists and supporters from Algeria and Tunisia, wave Palestinian flags from a bus as the group travels toward Gaza via Egypt's Rafah Crossing, in Zawiya, Libya on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
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Former US official decries efforts to undermine public support for Gaza

Hala Rharrit says calling Global March to Gaza 'performative' echoes Israeli talking point

MENAJune 12, 2025
The US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been distributing supplies in an operation marred by violence. AFP
InterviewAnger and looting 'could push aid workers out of Gaza'

Looters are desperate Gazans, not criminals, Nestor Owomuhangi says after trip to enclave

MENAJune 10, 2025
A flag march in Gent, Belgium, in solidarity with Palestinians. AFP
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Beyond the HeadlinesWill Europe’s shift on Israel’s war in Gaza change anything?

EU plans to re-evaluate its trade pact with Israel over concerns about human rights violations

Beyond the HeadlinesJune 06, 2025
Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire near a US-backed aid centre in Rafah receive treatment at Nasser hospital in Gaza. AFP
Deny and deflect: Israel’s crisis tactics at work

Food bank shootings follow Al Shifa Hospital raid and Red Crescent paramedic shootings as examples of changing narratives

MENAJune 03, 2025
Varsen Aghabekian, Palestine's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. EPA
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InterviewMore countries expected to recognise Palestinian state in upcoming conference

Arab states are 'our backbone', says Foreign Affairs Minister Varsen Aghabekian

MENAMay 31, 2025
Displaced Palestinians carry aid supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. AFP
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Beyond the HeadlinesCan Israel be trusted to distribute aid in Gaza?

An occupying power must enable humanitarian assistance, but critics say Israel’s US-backed aid foundation presents a conflict of interest

Beyond the HeadlinesMay 30, 2025
Displaced Gazans receive food packages from a US-backed foundation that has pledged to distribute humanitarian aid in Rafah. AP
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Four dead and 46 wounded in Gaza aid distribution rush, authorities say

Israeli warplanes opened fire after chaos broke out at hub run by new US-backed foundation

MENAMay 27, 2025
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