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Haneen Sayyed

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Minister warns aid cuts to Lebanon risk empowering Hezbollah

Lebanese Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed warns of resurgent sectarian tensions as Israeli strikes drive mass displacement into overcrowded Beirut.

Haneen Sayyed

Haneen Sayyed

Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs

Children and families gather to receive free meals shortly before Iftar during the holy month of Ramadan at a displacement camp in central Gaza City, on Feb. 27, 2026.

Iran war deepens Gaza crisis as prices soar, aid falters

Gazans fear that Israel could exploit the wider regional war to reenter Gaza, especially as buffer zones along the border continue to expand and civilians are targeted to keep them away.

Daoud Kuttab

By Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa depart after speaking to the media following talks at the Chancellery on March 30, 2026, in Berlin, Germany.

Analysis

Why Germany may struggle to meet Merz’s 80% Syria repatriation goal

Germany, which hosts the EU’s largest Syrian refugee population, is pushing to repatriate Syrians, but Syria’s domestic issues and legal protections for asylum seekers complicate those efforts.

By Rosaleen Carroll

In Washington, DC, US, reporting on the Middle East

Lin Jian

China to send aid to Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan as Trump delays Beijing summit

The aid announcement comes as President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his late March visit to China would be postponed.

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Iran’s communications blackout limits assessment of war’s humanitarian toll

A man walks past destroyed buildings following airstrikes in central Tehran on March 4, 2026.

'No meaningful protection': Israel’s new Gaza aid rules raise data, security risks

People walk through a heavily damaged street in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 12, 2025.

US says Sudan warring parties back withdrawal plan as donors pledge $700M in aid

US Department of State's senior advisor to the president for Arab and African Affairs Massad Fares Boulos attends the Sudan Humanitarian Fund event at the Institute of Peace in Washington, on Feb. 3, 2026.

RSF shells Sudan’s Kordofan as US-Saudi truce plan stalls: What to know

Sudanese army soldiers parade in the streets of eastern Sudan's city of Gedaref on Aug. 14, 2025, to mark the 71st anniversary of the formation of the Sudanese army.

France s President Emmanuel Macron receives Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati before their bilateral meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Oct. 23, 2024.

France seeks 3 objectives at Lebanon conference in Paris, aims to raise $400M

The Lebanon conference set to take place in Paris on Thursday will focus on raising financial aid and rallying the international community behind efforts for a cease-fire.

Displaced families fleeing Israeli army operations in Jabalia in northern Gaza take the main Salah al-Din road toward Gaza City on Oct. 23, 2024.

Tens of thousands flee Jabalia after Israel sends more troops to northern Gaza

The Israeli military's push into northern Gaza has killed at least 770 Palestinians, according to Gaza's government office, and has caused tens of thousands to flee the Jabalia area.

A member of a "joint security cell" made up of various military and security services affiliated with Sudan's army takes part in a parade in Gedaref in the east of the war-torn country, on July 28, 2024.

Russia investigates downed aircraft in Sudan: What we know

A plane allegedly shot down by a Sudanese paramilitary group has shined a light on the web of foreign influence affecting the ongoing war in Sudan.

View taken on Oct. 27, 2008, of the Israel Aerospace Industries booth at the world's leading trade show for naval and maritime safety, in Le Bourget, north of Paris.

France again bans Israeli firms from defense fair, deepening diplomatic rift

In another sign of deteriorating bilateral relations between Israel and France, Israeli companies will be prevented from featuring their products at the international maritime exposition Euronaval in Paris in November.

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UN says 400,000 trapped in north Gaza as Israel ups strikes, limits aid

UN agencies and rights groups are sounding the alarm in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel besieges the Jabalia area.

US President Joe Biden speaks to the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2024 as he heads to South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Ting Shen / AFP) (Photo by TING SHEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden postpones Germany, Angola trips over Hurricane Milton

The White House cited the need to prepare for the "projected trajectory and strength of Hurricane Milton" as well as deal with the impacts of Hurricane Helene.

Refugees, mostly women and children, wait for a WFP food distribution point.

As war rages on, new Sudanese group hopes ‘localized’ aid can save lives

Activists and humanitarians who spoke to Al-Monitor said the grassroots initiative is crucial to aid efforts in Sudan due to the localized nature of their response and difficulties international organizations face in the country.

Mayssa (C), 15, and Yara (R), 10, from Khan Younis, on board the UAE evacuation flight that arrived from Eilat to Abu Dhabi on Sept. 9, 2025.

UAE evacuates nearly 100 Gaza patients as 10,000+ await transfer

Abu Dhabi has pledged to bring in 1,000 injured children and 1,000 cancer patients from the Gaza Strip to be treated in the its hospitals.

United Arab Emirates

Displaced Palestinians walk next to the border fence between Gaza and Egypt, on February 16, 2024 in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. Nearly 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are trapped in Rafah -- more than half of Gaza's populations -- seeking shelter in a sprawling makeshift encampment near the Egyptian border. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Egypt fed up with Netanyahu, but crisis with Israel deeper than Philadelphi

Bilateral relations between Israel and Egypt have been extremely tense, mostly due to disagreement over the Philadelphi Corridor, but not only that.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands before a map of the Gaza Strip during a news conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024.

Netanyahu snubs critics, says Israel holding Philadelphi key to free hostages

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that the parties are far away from reaching a deal, reiterating that Israel will not agree to fully withdraw its forces from the Philadelphi Corridor during the first phase of a truce with Hamas.

Passengers wait for flights at Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv during a nationwide strike, Sept. 2, 2024.

General strike in Israel as thousands protest for Gaza hostage deal

Labor unions across Israel announced a general strike Monday, to enable their people to demonstrate against the government, in calls to conclude a deal to bring back the hostages.

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell attends a debate on Iran's unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response, as part of a plenary session at the European Parliament, Strasbourg, France, April 24, 2024.

EU's top diplomat asks member states to sanction some Israeli ministers

Meeting with European Union foreign ministers, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell advances sanctions against some Israeli ministers.