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          Jordanian army training with US forces. Photo: US Central Command

          Jordan's King Abdullah orders structural changes to the military

          MENAJanuary 25, 2026
          A Syrian soldier on the front line with the Syrian Democratic Forces, nine kilometres from the city of Hasakah. EPA

          Turkey says Syria-SDF ceasefire may be extended

          MENAJanuary 24, 2026
          Emirates has cancelled a number of US flights due to adverse weather conditions. AFP

          Emirates cancels US flights due to Storm Fern

          UAEJanuary 24, 2026
          Kurdish civilians gather in Qamishli after a call to arms by the Syrian Democratic Forces. The army has sent reinforcements to flashpoint areas in northern Kurdish strongholds. AFP

          A loss of land and a sense of betrayal: How Syria’s Kurds saw their autonomy unravel

          MENAJanuary 23, 2026
          The National

          Shadi's take on TikTok's new US joint venture

          CartoonJanuary 23, 2026
          A composite image of 445 British personnel who died during the conflict in Afghanistan. PA

          Keir Starmer condemns Donald Trump's Afghanistan remarks

          UKJanuary 23, 2026
          President Sheikh Mohamed receives the heads of delegations from the US, Russia and Ukraine, at Al Shati Palace, Abu Dhabi. UAE Presidential Court

          UAE President welcomes start of US-Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi

          UAEJanuary 23, 2026
          Accused of violence against peaceful protesters, Iran has blamed the unrest on Israeli and US-backed agitators. Getty Images

          UN investigators call for accountability after Iran's 'deadliest' crackdown

          NewsJanuary 23, 2026
          Burnt-out buses in Tehran that were destroyed during protests in which thousands of people were killed across Iran. AFP

          Araghchi criticises ‘confused clown’ Zelenskyy over Iran protest remarks

          MENAJanuary 23, 2026
          More than 10,000 ISIS members, along with tens of thousands of women and children, have been held for years in prisons and detention camps in Syria. AFP

          UN set to manage Al Hol and other ISIS-linked detention camps in Syria

          MENAJanuary 23, 2026
          Syrian forces cross the Euphrates and head for the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. Kurdish forces rapidly lost ground in clashes with Syrian government forces. AFP

          Iraq opens prisons for Syria’s ISIS detainees but wants EU to take citizens back

          MENAJanuary 22, 2026
          During a speech he gave in Davos this week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the world shouldn’t mourn the old order’s passing. EPA

          Critics of the West shouldn’t rejoice at its swift collapse

          CommentJanuary 22, 2026
          The UAE is an ambitious middle power seeking to contribute pragmatically to a geopolitical landscape marked by uncertainty, polarisation and disruption. Khushnum Bhandari for The National

          In a fragmented world, strategic autonomy is the UAE's North Star

          CommentJanuary 22, 2026
          A Ukrainian serviceman fires a field gun at Russian positions in Donetsk. A former Nato official has warned that the Greenland debate must not divert support from Ukraine. EPA

          Nato pressed to ensure Ukraine goals take priority over Greenland ‘sideshow’

          EuropeJanuary 22, 2026
          A government building in Tehran that was burnt during recent public protests in Iran. AFP

          More than 3,000 people killed in Iran protests, according to state media

          NewsJanuary 21, 2026
          An observer is detained by ICE agents after they arrested two people at a home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. AFP

          ICE's rampage is a visual representation of how Trump has sullied American politics

          CommentJanuary 21, 2026
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