The Arab Weekly

The Arab Weekly Newspaper caters to both Western and Arabic audiences who are not only influential but also wealthy. Spanning Europe, the Middle East, and North America, The Arab Weekly engages with key opinion leaders and notable personalities. It offers valuable insights and commentary on news at national, international, and regional levels, with a particular focus on Arabic nations and communities.

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Iranians battle ‘water bankruptcy’ as shortages disrupt daily lives, fuel anguish

1 month ago | thearabweekly.com | Sanam Mahoozi

LONDONAs Iranians scrubbed their homes and hosed their gardens ahead of the Persian New Year celebrations, they were told to slash their water use if the country was to avoid total “water bankruptcy”. Water levels in dams around the capital have plunged and water rationing and power cuts are forecast for the summer as the rain-starved country wilts under a severe drought. Lakes are disappearing, farmers are struggling and huge sinkholes have appeared in cities as water tables decline.
Unpacking Azerbaijan and UAE’s green energy partnership | Nikola Mikovic | AW

1 month ago | thearabweekly.com | Nikola Mikovic

Oil and gas-rich Azerbaijan seeks to expand its economic partnership with the Middle East, including the Gulf region. Although Israel recently granted Azerbaijani energy giant SOCAR a licence for natural gas exploration in Israeli waters, Baku also appears keen on intensifying economic ties with other regional actors. While promoting cooperation with the West, as well as with the Turkic world, Azerbaijan seems to pay equal attention to its ties with Middle Eastern countries.
In boost for new authorities, EU suspends range of sanctions against Syria | | AW

1 month ago | thearabweekly.com | Iman Zayat

BRUSSELSEuropean Union countries on Monday suspended a range of sanctions against Syria with immediate effect, including restrictions related to energy, banking, transport and reconstruction. The EU has a range of sanctions in place targeting both individuals and economic sectors in Syria. European leaders began rethinking their approach after insurgent forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) ousted former President Bashar al-Assad as president in December.
Hamas parading of bodies of hostages draws condemnation

2 months ago | thearabweekly.com | Emma Farge

GENEVAThe United Nations rights chief said on Thursday the parading of the bodies of hostages in Gaza was abhorrent and flew in the face of international law. Hamas handed over the bodies of four hostages to the Red Cross on Thursday. The coffins had been placed on a stage, with armed Hamas militants in black and camouflage uniforms surrounding the area.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians flee West Bank refugee camps as Israeli offensive rages on | Ali Sawafta | AW

2 months ago | thearabweekly.com | Ali Sawafta

JERUSALEM –Tens of thousands of Palestinians living in refugee camps in the occupied West Bank have left their homes as a weeks-long Israeli offensive has demolished houses and torn up vital infrastructure in the heavily built up townships, Palestinian authorities said.
Israel claims US support to stay in Lebanon beyond truce deadline

2 months ago | thearabweekly.com | Maya Gebeily |Laila Bassam

BEIRUT –Israel’s public broadcaster said on Wednesday the US had authorised a “long-term” Israeli troop presence in southern Lebanon, after sources told Reuters Israel had sought an extension to a February 18 deadline to withdraw its forces. Under a truce deal brokered by Washington in November, Israeli troops were granted 60 days to withdraw from southern Lebanon where they had waged a ground offensive against fighters from Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah since early October.
Iran alerts UN to Trump threat of force, vowing to defend itself

2 months ago | thearabweekly.com | Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS – Iran alerted the United Nations on Tuesday to what it described as “reckless and inflammatory statements” by US President Donald Trump threatening the use of force, and warned that “any act of aggression will have severe consequences.” In a letter to the UN Security Council, Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani referenced remarks made by Trump in interviews with the New York Post and Fox News, in which he spoke of a preference to do a deal to stop Tehran getting a nuclear...
Egypt tells US top diplomat Arab states reject Trump’s Gaza plan

2 months ago | thearabweekly.com | Muhammad Al Gebaly |Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON –Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states rejected US President Donald Trump’s widely-condemned plan to displace Palestinians in Gaza and take control of the enclave. Egypt’s foreign ministry said Abdelatty, in a meeting in Washington, stressed the importance of expediting Gaza’s reconstruction while Palestinians remained there.
Maintaining chaotic approach to Gaza’s future, Trump denies right of return for Palestinians

2 months ago | thearabweekly.com | Simon Lewis |Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON –US President Donald Trump said Palestinians would not have the right of return to the Gaza Strip under his proposal to redevelop the enclave, contradicting his own officials who had suggested Gazans would only be relocated temporarily.
OPEC+ sticks to oil output plan, ditches Trump’s price demand

2 months ago | thearabweekly.com | Ahmad Ghaddar |Olesya Astakhova

LONDON-OPEC+ agreed to stick to its policy of gradually raising oil output from April on Monday and removed the US government’s Energy Information Administration from the sources used to monitor its production and adherence to supply pacts. OPEC+ and Donald Trump clashed repeatedly during his first administration in 2016-2020 when the US president demanded it raise production to compensate for the drop in Iranian supply that resulted from US sanctions.