Al-Araby

An athlete is set to become the first Israeli to compete in a race in Saudi Arabia this weekend, amid increasing speculation regarding the normalisation of ties between the two countries. Shachar Sagiv, an Israeli triathlete, competed in the men’s tria…

Lebanon is moving to settle its maritime borders with Cyprus and Syria, capitalising on the momentum from its deal to delineate its sea border with Israel two weeks prior. If Lebanon can successfully negotiate with Syria and Cyprus, it would have fully…

Cholera, a disease hoped banished from Syria, has re-emerged among the country’s sprawling city-sized camps and neglected towns of the east. At least 24,000 cases and 80 deaths have been reported in Syria, which the UN has warned is spreading with alar…

Hundreds of Iraqis on Tuesday gathered on the streets to commemorate the 2019 October public protests and express refusal of Iraq’s prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. On 1 October 2019, thousands of Iraqis held large demonstrations in Baghdad, cal…

Protests engulfing Iran have reached a point of “no return” as demonstrators demand wide reforms beyond the end of mandatory hijab rules, said British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who spent six years detained in Tehran. She said th…

Turkish police on Wednesday arrested the head of Turkey’s doctors’ union after she called for a probe into the army’s alleged use of chemical weapons against Kurdish militants, prosecutors said. Sebnem Korur Fincanci was being detained on “terror propa…

Supermodel Bella Hadid proclaimed her love for Qatar and Palestine after visiting a Palestinian embroidery show in Doha on Tuesday. Hadid an American supermodel with Palestinian and Dutch roots visited Qatar to attend the Embroidering Palestinian Histo…

Youssef En-Nesyri’s goal drought sharpens the focus on others to score for Morocco at the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar. En-Nesyri has not scored for Sevilla in the Spanish league, after he netted 18 league goals two seasons ago. En-Nesyri has consi…

Ever since President Ebrahim Raisi’s administration assumed power last year, US-Iran relations have circled around talks to resuscitate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). If Tehran fulfils the conditions, a revival of the deal can do away …

Tunisia’s bar association has filed a lawsuit against a company that offers a three-step pathway to divorce under the charge of ‘encouraging divorces and undermining family values.’ “That [the divorce campaign] is unacceptable and poses a threat to the…