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Pro-Palestinian supporters hold a picket line outside Columbia University, Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo / Yuki Iwamura)

Palestine and pressure on campus

Academic freedom comes into question as quiet firings and pending lawsuits carry into the new year.

People gather for Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, after fighters of the ruling Syrian body ousted Bashar Al Assad. Reuters

What next for Syria and the region after Assad?

How will the power balance in Syria shift?

Will the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah stick?

Egypt

FILE - Jimmy Donaldson, the popular YouTube video maker who goes by MrBeast, wears a Lionel Messi jersey as he stands in a sideline box at the start of an MLS soccer match between Inter Miami and CF Montreal, March 10, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell, File)

MrBeast did not rent pyramids for 100 hours, Egyptian authorities say

World's most popular YouTuber claimed he was free to 'explore anywhere I want' at ancient landmark

Pop Culture

Egypt hosts presidents of Iran and Turkey at summit of eight Muslim-majority nations

MENA

AD Ports awards Egypt’s Hassan Allam contract for Safaga Terminal on Red Sea coast

Economy

Iran's president expected in Egypt on milestone visit amid Middle East upheavals

MENA

Lebanon

Israeli emergency services work at the scene of a missile strike that, according to Israel’s military, was launched from Yemen and landed in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv, Israel, December 21, 2024. REUTERS / Stoyan Nenov

Latest updatesHouthis confirm missile attack on central Israel

Sixteen people were injured after a projectile launched from Yemen landed in Jaffa

MENA

ExclusiveSyrian army generals and security officers fled to Lebanon, sources say

MENA

Beirut’s Metropolis cinema to return amid Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

Culture

EditorialGuns in Lebanon should be in the hands of its army

Editorial

Israel's eviction orders on Lebanon 'grave breach' of humanitarian law

MENA

ExclusiveAK-47 for $25: Lebanon 'flooded' with Syrian firearms after army collapse

MENA

Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire monitors meet for second time in Lebanon

MENA

Top 15 New Year's Eve concerts in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Two Emiratis killed and three injured in Saudi car crash

In picturesHot air balloon festival in Qatar to ice skating in Japan

Christmas in the UAE: Where to see the best holiday decorations in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

Samsung awarded $4.8bn incentive to help boost US production under Chips Act

ExclusiveInside the abandoned Hezbollah training base in Syria's Al Qusayr

IMF approves $1.1bn disbursement for Ukraine and praises 's

Sixteen injured in Houthi-claimed attack in Tel Aviv

AK-47 for $25: Lebanon 'flooded' with Syrian firearms abandoned after army collapse

Lights off along Tehran's highways as Iran scrambles to save energy

Latest: Fourteen injured as missile 'launched from Yemen' lands near Tel Aviv

Inside the abandoned Hezbollah training base in Syria's Al Qusayr

Syria latest: UN calls on Syria's new leaders to protect mass grave sites and preserve evidence of crimes

Inside a Syrian 'reconciliation centre' handling soldiers of fallen Assad regime

Lost limbs of Gaza: Israel’s war on the strip leaves hundreds of children facing lifelong struggles

UNRWA says vote on Israel's Gaza aid obligations shows 'solidarity' with Palestinians

Assad regime forces surrender their weapons in Hama

Assad regime forces surrender their weapons in Hama

Israeli air strikes in Yemen after Houthi missile intercepted over Israel

Israeli air strikes in Yemen after Houthi missile intercepted over Israel

Vladimir Putin proposes missile duel with the US

Vladimir Putin proposes missile duel with the US

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