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Nada AlTaher

Nada AlTaher

Senior Foreign Reporter
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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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A displaced Palestinian boy carries a box of emergency supplies provided by the World Food Programme from an aid distribution point in the ruins of Nuseirat, central Gaza. AFP
Dozens of NGOs appeal to Israeli court as Gaza and West Bank ban looms

Failure to reverse imposed deregistration process will create aid gap that Israel has legal obligation to fill

MENAFebruary 24, 2026
Israeli settlers deface and set fire to mosque in Nablus during first week of Ramadan
Israeli settlers deface and set fire to mosque in Nablus during Ramadan

Settler attacks have become a near-daily occurrence since October 7, 2023

MENAFebruary 24, 2026
Syria's President Ahmed Al Shara, left, met US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington in November. AFP
Trump says he 'essentially put' Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara in office

US planning to potentially reopen its embassy in Damascus

MENAFebruary 21, 2026
Journalist Rami Abu Zubaida told CPJ he lost 35kg over his year held in Israeli detention facilities. Photo: CPJ / Rami Abu Zubaida
Palestinian journalists 'tortured in Israeli prisons', says charity

Committee to Protect Journalists reveals claims of torture, starvation and sexual abuse inflicted by Israeli authorities

MENAFebruary 19, 2026
A man in Tehran reads an Iranian newspaper, as nuclear talks between the US and Iran have resumed. EPA
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Beyond the HeadlinesWhat does the US want from a deal with Iran?

A weakened Tehran enters negotiations again, giving Washington leverage to extract more either by diplomacy or force

Beyond the HeadlinesFebruary 19, 2026
Forensic experts examine the bodies of Gazans in Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza city, earlier this month. AFP
Gaza death toll 50 per cent higher than ministry figures, says Lancet study

Report published by renowned medical journal suggests loss of life has been significantly underestimated

MENAFebruary 19, 2026
US Vice President JD Vance says the Iranians 'are not yet willing to acknowledge and work through'. Getty Images
Red lines remain in US-Iran talks, JD Vance says

Both sides acknowledge some progress has been made

MENAFebruary 18, 2026
People gather at Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli to mark the anniversary of the February 17 Revolution that led to the fall of Muammar Qaddafi’s rule in 2011. AFP
Libya marks 15 years since protests that toppled Qaddafi

Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah announces national holiday on February 17

MENAFebruary 17, 2026
Yemen's new government gathers in Riyadh to be sworn in. Photo: Yemen Presidency
Yemen's new government sidelines southern separatists, experts say

New government dynamics have shifted alliances

MENAFebruary 13, 2026
A vendor sells strawberries at the Israeli-controlled Qalandiya checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. AFP
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Beyond the HeadlinesWhere is the 'red line' in the occupied West Bank?

New, widely condemned Israeli measures could embolden settlers to take over more Palestinian land and lead to annexation

Beyond the HeadlinesFebruary 13, 2026
A Palestinian child waves the national flag atop the rubble of a destroyed building in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. AFP
Interim Palestinian constitution could bolster bid for statehood, experts say

Draft offered for review by Palestinians amid growing support for two-state solution

MENAFebruary 11, 2026
Left, Palestinian Moazaz Obaiyat trains in a gym before his arrest; right, a screengrab shows him leaving an Israeli jail near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, in 2024. Saddam Obaiyat; Reuters
Israel keeps prisons holding Palestinians off limits to Red Cross

Legal battles continue while families of detainees remain in the dark about the fate of their loved ones

MENAFebruary 06, 2026
US deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus (C) raises her hand to veto a draft resolution during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York on September 18, 2025. The UN Security Council is slated to vote on the latest call for a ceasefire and increased humanitarian access to Gaza, a move supported by a majority seeking to act despite repeated US vetoes. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
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Beyond the HeadlinesIs it time for serious reform of the UN and humanitarian law?

Experts argue that outdated systems must adapt to manage power imbalance at the UN and restrict modern warfare

Beyond the HeadlinesFebruary 06, 2026
An elderly Palestinian woman casts her vote at a polling station during municipal elections in the village of Deir Al Hatab, east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Getty Images
AnalysisWhat do Palestine's PLO parliament elections mean?

Experts say vote called by President Mahmoud Abbas would be welcome, but doubt whether polling will go ahead or galvanise long-awaited reforms

MENAFebruary 05, 2026
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black conducts a routine maritime exercise with IDF Israeli naval ship INS Eilat in the Red Sea following a previously scheduled port call, Feb 1, 2026. Photo: Centcom
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Diplomatic push for US and Iran to keep region 'out of flames of war'

Several Arab and Muslim leaders urged White House to accept Tehran's request for change of location

GulfFebruary 05, 2026
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