https://www.arabnews.com/cat/2/rss.xml en https://www.arabnews.com/node/2620837/middle-east PORT OF SUDAN: UN chief Antonio Guterres called for an immediate end to military escalation in Sudan on Thursday after reports that more than 460 people were shot dead in a maternity hospital by paramilitary forces.Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries which recently seized the city of El-Fasher from army forces, has vowed the country would be unified by “peace or through war.” Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:10:51 +03 rbksa 2620837 at https://www.arabnews.com https://www.arabnews.com/node/2620832/middle-east UR: Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilization, with thousands of years of history at risk of disappearing as Iraq’s ancient southern cities face erosion because of climate change. Harsh, dry weather is increasing salinity in the soil and damaging the historical monuments in the ruins of cities such as Ur, the birthplace of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Babylon, once-magnificent capital of empires. Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:10:54 +03 rbksa 2620832 at https://www.arabnews.com https://www.arabnews.com/node/2620831/middle-east ISTANBUL: A seven-story apartment building in Turkiye’s northwestern city of Gebze collapsed early Wednesday, trapping a family of five under the rubble and killing four of them. State-run TRT news channel identified those who died as members of the Bilir family: father Levent, 43, mother Emine, 37, daughter Hayrunnisa, 14, and son Muhammed Emir, 12. Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:10:20 +03 rbksa 2620831 at https://www.arabnews.com https://www.arabnews.com/node/2620817/middle-east CAIRO: After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt’s ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign currency in the cash-strapped country. Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:10:41 +03 rbksa 2620817 at https://www.arabnews.com https://www.arabnews.com/node/2620816/middle-east SINJIL, West Bank: Since Israel ‘s war with Hamas began more than two years ago, Israel has erected nearly 1,000 barriers in cities and towns in the occupied West Bank, further stifling movement for Palestinians and hindering daily lives, a local government body says. While Israel’s military has long imposed movement and access constraints after capturing the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, the number of new barriers is unprecedented, residents say. Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:10:55 +03 rbksa 2620816 at https://www.arabnews.com https://www.arabnews.com/node/2620801/middle-east JERUSALEM: Israel has banned the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from visiting Palestinian prisoners detained under a law targeting “unlawful combatants,” the country’s defense minister said on Wednesday. “The opinions presented to me leave no doubt that Red Cross visits to terrorists in prisons would seriously harm the state’s security. The safety of the state and our citizens comes first,” Israel Katz said, according to a statement from his office. Thu, 30 Oct 2025 03:10:12 +03 romulo 2620801 at https://www.arabnews.com https://www.arabnews.com/node/2620798/middle-east NEW YORK CITY: The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, on Wednesday said that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons, pushing back against what he described as persistent misquoting of the agency’s position. Speaking at the UN headquarters in New York, he said the Iranians “are not, and they were not,” attempting to develop nuclear weapons. “I want to be very clear on this,” he added. “We are often misquoted about this and people say that we have said things we never said.” Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:10:17 +03 seamus.obuachalla 2620798 at https://www.arabnews.com https://www.arabnews.com/node/2620796/middle-east LONDON: US President Donald Trump should encourage Israel to release Marwan Barghouti after decades of imprisonment, an influential group of global former politicians has said. The release of Barghouti — consistently the most popular Palestinian leader in opinion polls — would represent an important step toward a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the group said. Set up by the late South African President Nelson Mandela in 2007, The Elders is chaired by former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, a Nobel peace laureate. Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:10:25 +03 seamus.obuachalla 2620796 at https://www.arabnews.com https://www.arabnews.com/node/2620791/middle-east DAMASCUS: Kurdish forces in northern Syria killed two Syrian soldiers and wounded another in a missile attack on Wednesday, official state media reported, with the Kurds denying involvement and blaming land mines. Citing the Syrian defense ministry, SANA news agency reported that the two soldiers were killed and a third “seriously injured” when their position near Tishrin Dam was targeted by the Syrian Democratic Forces with a guided missile. Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:10:10 +03 rbksa 2620791 at https://www.arabnews.com https://www.arabnews.com/node/2620788/middle-east LONDON: The UAE evacuated dozens of patients from the Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment as part of its humanitarian efforts to assist Palestinians. On Wednesday, a mission was conducted to evacuate 57 patients from Gaza, along with their family members, via Ramon Airport in Israel and through the Karam Abu Salem crossing, to receive medical treatment in the UAE. Since October 2023, under “Operation Chivalrous Knight 3,” the UAE has evacuated 2,961 patients and their companions from Gaza, according to the Emirates News Agency. Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:10:29 +03 mustafaxsneineh 2620788 at https://www.arabnews.com