Mat Nashed

Journalist and Analyst at Freelance

Journalist, MENA at Al Jazeera English

Journalist for Al Jazeera. Covering Sudan and Israel-Palestine.

Articles

Sudan's aid workers fear crackdown under strict new army rules

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Mat Nashed

Aid workers and activists are fearful that new regulations announced by Sudan's army-backed government will lead to a crackdown on local relief volunteers, exacerbating the catastrophic hunger crisis affecting 25 million people across the country. A directive announced by Khartoum state on its official Facebook page this month said all relief initiatives in the state must register with the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), a government body that oversees humanitarian operations in Sudan.
South Sudan on edge as Sudan's war threatens vital oil industry

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Mat Nashed

South Sudan relies on oil for more than 90 percent of its government revenues, and the country depends entirely on Sudan to export the precious resource. But this month, Sudan's army-backed government said it was preparing to shut down the facilities that its southern neighbour uses to export its oil, according to an official government letter seen by Al Jazeera.
Here's what to know

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Mat Nashed

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) says it is disbanding after more than 40 years of armed struggle against the Turkish state. The announcement came after the PKK held its congress in northern Iraq on Friday, about two months after its imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan, also known as "Appo", called on the group to disarm in February. Recommended Stories For most of its history, the PKK has been labelled a terrorist group by Turkiye, the European Union and the United States.
Sudan's war raises regional tensions

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Mat Nashed

On May 4, Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a barrage of suicide drones at Port Sudan, the army's de facto wartime capital on the Red Sea. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) accused foreign actors of supporting the RSF's attacks and even threatened to sever ties with one of its biggest trading partners. Recommended Stories The RSF surprised many with the strikes.
How Israel's 'plan' for Gaza could turbocharge ethnic cleansing

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Mat Nashed |Maram Humaid

Israel's far-right government has approved a "plan" to carve up and ethnically cleanse Gaza, analysts told Al Jazeera. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the plan, couching it in claims that its goal is to dismantle Hamas and retrieve the 24 or so living captives taken from Israel on October 7, 2023.
ICJ hearing on Israel's obligation to allow aid to Palestine: Key takeaways

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Mat Nashed

On May 2, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concluded public hearings into what Israel's obligations are regarding allowing United Nations agencies and other relief groups to work in the Palestinian territory it occupies. A panel of judges has heard oral arguments from 40 countries since Monday, including China, France, Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia and the United Kingdom.
Why the Palestinian Authority's Abbas is under pressure to pick a successor

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Mat Nashed

The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), under pressure to appoint a second-in-command to its ageing leader, Mahmoud Abbas, created a vice president position after meeting with senior officials on April 24. Abbas, who is also president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), promised during an emergency Arab summit in early March that the position would be created. Yet it remains unclear who will eventually fill the post.
Unpacking Israel's war on international humanitarian law

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Mat Nashed

On March 24, Israel struck a car in northern Gaza and killed Al Jazeera correspondent Hossam Shabat. The 23-year-old is one of countless civilians - men, women and children - Israel has killed since launching what legal scholars describe as a "genocidal" war on Gaza. Recommended Stories Israel often justifies its killings by claiming that the targets are people sympathetic or affiliated with Hamas or other armed factions. This was the justification given for killing Shabat.
Palestinian Bedouins say Israeli settlers terrorising them off their land

2 months ago | aljazeera.com | Mat Nashed

When Israel began bombing Gaza on October 7, 2023, Fayez Atil sensed his community in the occupied West Bank would soon come under attack too. Atil is from the Palestinian village of Zanuta, a traditional herding community in the Jordan Valley. Recommended Stories Settlers from illegal Israeli settlements had harassed and attacked his village for years. Still, the violence escalated sharply after Israel launched what many describe as a "genocidal" war on Gaza.
Hungry, scared Darfur civilians fear RSF attack, plead for army help

2 months ago | aljazeera.com | Mat Nashed

Civilians in Sudan's North Darfur's capital, el-Fasher, and surrounding towns are starving. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have imposed a siege on them for about a year, yet they managed to forestall an invasion thanks to the Joint Forces - an array of local armed factions backed by the army.