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2 months ago | 
arabnews.com | Anan Tello
LONDON: On March 18, Gaza’s deadliest day since October 2023, Israel shattered the fragile ceasefire that had been in place since late January with a renewed wave of strikes, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 560 in mere hours, according to local health authorities. The raids, which Israeli officials claim are intended to pressure the Palestinian militant
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
arab.news | Anan Tello |Ephrem Kossaify
Vital civilian infrastructure in Sudan hit by surging violence /node/2588037/middle-east January 27, 2025 22:13 Vital civilian infrastructure in Sudan hit by surging violence GENEVA: The International Committee of the Red Cross warned on Monday that surging attacks in Sudan had severely disrupted access to clean water and electricity for millions of people across the war-ravaged country.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
arabnews.com | Anan Tello |Robert Edwards
LONDON: As Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas marks 20 years in office, his leadership remains a complex chapter in the Palestinian national story, characterized by division, disillusionment, but also dogged determination. Having succeeded Yasser Arafat in 2005, Abbas’ lengthy tenure has been shaped by challenges that have profoundly impacted the Palestinian people, the pursuit of statehood, and the prospects for peace with Israel.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
arabnews.pk | Anan Tello
LONDON: Although Syria remains in a precarious state just days after the fall of the regime of Bashar Assad, hundreds of displaced Syrians have flocked to border crossings in Lebanon and Turkiye, eager to return to their homeland after more than 13 grueling years of civil war.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
arabnews.com | Anan Tello
LONDON: Although Syria remains in a precarious state just days after the fall of the regime of Bashar Assad, hundreds of displaced Syrians have flocked to border crossings in Lebanon and Turkiye, eager to return to their homeland after more than 13 grueling years of civil war.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
arab.news | Najia Houssari |Anan Tello
Assad’s feared dungeons give up their secrets /node/2582591/middle-east December 11, 2024 00:26 Assad’s feared dungeons give up their secrets Thousands of intelligence files lay abandoned, many of them scattered on the floor, detailing the activities of ordinary citizens subjected to draconian surveillance by security service agents DAMASCUS: Syrians lived in terror for decades of what went on behind the concrete walls of Damascus’s security compound.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
arabnews.jp | Anan Tello
Home Article Authors Anan Tello How Israeli raids transformed a Gaza hospital into a symbol of conflict’s cruel toll How Israeli raids transformed a Gaza hospital into a symbol of conflict’s cruel toll Short Url: 08 Dec 2024 01:12:57 GMT9 Shambolic state of Kamal Adwan Hospital underscores the deepening humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza Facility pays a high price as Israeli forces conduct repeated operations against Hamas fighters in surrounding areas LONDON: Kamal Adwan Hospital, the last...
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
arabnews.com | Anan Tello
LONDON: Kamal Adwan Hospital, the last partially functioning medical facility in northern Gaza, has been rendered non-operational following nearly seven weeks of heavy Israeli shelling, a renewed blockade and a deadly raid. The hospital, located in Beit Lahia, north of Jabalia, has become an emblem of the destruction wrought by the conflict in the Gaza Strip, leaving the region’s already fragile health care system in tatters.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
arabnews.com | Najia Houssari |Anan Tello
BEIRUT/LONDON: The world has largely welcomed a ceasefire deal which ends 13 months of fighting betrween Israel and Hezbollah that has claimed the lives of at least 3,700 Lebanese and more than 130 Israelis. The deal between the governments of Israel and Lebanon, brokered by the US and France, came into effect on Wednesday at 4 a.m. local time. From the Israeli army’s perspective, the war in Lebanon was coming to a point of diminishing returns.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
arab.news | Najia Houssari |Anan Tello |Ephrem Kossaify
NEW YORK CITY: The US on Wednesday used the power of veto it holds as one of the five permanent member of the UN Security Council to block a resolution demanding “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza and “the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.” The resolution was put forward by the 10 elected, non-permanent members of the council. The US was the only one of the 15 members not to vote in favor of it.
