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Syria authorities say armed groups have agreed to disband
13 hours ago · Syria's new leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country's rebel groups on their dissolution and integration under the defence ministry.. Absent from the meeting were representatives of the US-backed, Kurdish-led forces that control swathes of Syria's northeast. The meeting between the rebel groups and Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa "ended in an agreement ...
Israeli army presence led to killing of 6 Gaza captives: probe
4 hours ago · The Israeli army said on Tuesday it had concluded that military operations in southern Gaza likely led to the killing of six captives in August.. In late August, after troops found the six captives' bodies in an underground shaft in Rafah, the military said they were killed just before soldiers reached them.
Palestinian officials: Israeli forces killed 2 in West Bank raid
12 hours ago · Palestinian officials reported that Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a woman, during a raid at a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, while the military said it had "eliminated a terrorist".. According to the Palestinian ministry of health, 53-year-old Khawla Ali Abdullah Abdo was killed in an air strike at …
UN team: Syria's new authorities 'receptive' to Assad probe
17 hours ago · The UN organisation assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria said Monday the country’s new authorities were "very receptive" to its request for cooperation during a just-concluded visit to Damascus, and it is preparing to deploy.. The visit led by Robert Petit, head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria, was the first since the organization ...
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Dec 16, 2024 · The New Arab covers a wide range of news, including politics, culture, and human interest stories from the Arab world.
Netanyahu's ceasefire bluff? Inside talks to end the Gaza war
1 day ago · Despite optimism surrounding the latest ongoing round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still hellbent on sabotaging the talks while using them to buy time and fool US President-elect Trump, several senior officials directly involved in the talks have told The New Arab.. Latest state of affairs. Since July, when Hamas accepted US President Joe ...
Lebanese army takes over three bases held by Palestinian groups
3 days ago · The Lebanese army on Saturday announced that it had taken control of three strategic bases in eastern Lebanon, previously held by armed Palestinian factions that had close ties to the former Syrian regime. It comes less than two weeks after Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was ousted following a ...
World - The New Arab
Dec 17, 2024 · Western powers are looking to establish contact with Syria's new rulers, aiming to avoid Iraq- or Libya-style chaos after the fall of the Assad regime.
MENA - The New Arab
4 days ago · Asaad al-Shibani has been named Syria's new foreign minister, who led the political department of a rebel group in Idlib.