Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

Satellite image showing trucks at Iran's Isfahan underground nuclear complex south tunnel entrance on June 9 2025

Iran Moved Its Entire Nuclear Stockpile Three Days Before the Bombs Fell. The IAEA Still Doesn’t Know Where It Is.

Three days before Israeli strikes on Fordow and Natanz, satellite imagery shows Iran loading up to 540 kilograms of highly enriched uranium onto trucks at Isfahan's south tunnel entrance. The IAEA has

July 2, 2026

by Arab Desk

US military AH-64 Apache helicopters patrol the Strait of Hormuz in April 2026

The Ceasefire Opened the Strait. The War Risk Insurance Market Has Not.

A crude carrier transiting Hormuz now pays up to $7.5 million per voyage in war risk insurance — ten times the pre-crisis rate. The Lloyd's Joint War Committee has not changed its designation. The market is waiting for what the

July 2, 2026

by Arab Desk

Ras Laffan Industrial City Qatar after Iranian missile strikes cut 17 percent of Qatar's LNG production capacity in March 2026

The Gulf States Lobbied Hardest for the Deal. The Deal Left the Strait Unresolved.

Qatar lost 17 percent of its LNG production capacity to Iranian missiles in March, then became

USS Boxer Wasp-class amphibious assault ship transiting Singapore Strait May 2026 heading to Middle East

Washington Sent Negotiators to Doha and a Second Amphibious Fleet to the Gulf on the Same Day

USS Boxer arrived in the Middle East on June 30, the same day US envoys flew

US bank official: The United States is approaching recession as a result of banking pressures

Neil Kashkari, head of the regional bank of the US Federal Reserve in Minneapolis, Minnesota, predicted that the United States would approach a recession, as a result of the recent pressures on

March 27, 2023

News

Kuwait’s rains .. lakes in the streets and the largest commercial complex drowned (video)

Kuwait is witnessing instability in the weather and heavy rainfall, which led to the emergence of lakes in some streets and submerged some commercial complexes with water. A newspaper was published "the

March 27, 2023

Climate·News

Video of Qatari police demonstrating the traffic control

The General Traffic Department at the Ministry of Interior published a video to cover the traffic control campaign carried out by the Traffic Patrols and Investigation Department, during the holy month of

March 27, 2023

News

You won’t believe… Ronaldinho is now playing the match for 70 euros

Contrary to what was the case in Barcelona when he was receiving the most expensive salaries at the beginning of the new millennium, Brazilian Ronaldinho does not seem interested in the issue

March 27, 2023

News

Qatar stresses the importance of strengthening cooperation to protect Arab peoples from the dangers of drugs and addiction

The State of Qatar affirmed that the drug problem takes on international and regional dimensions affecting all sectors and areas of life, stressing the importance of strengthening cooperation in the field of

October 4, 2025

News

Do injections, speculum and cupping break the fast?.. 5 things that spoil fasting in Ramadan

Dr. Fadl Murad, Professor of Jurisprudence and Contemporary Issues, said that the things that invalidate fasting are limited to three things in the Qur’an, and two things in the Sunnah. And Dr.

March 27, 2023

News

Its budget is in the millions of dollars

The Islamic preacher, Dr. Bilal Noureddine, confirmed that the prank programs that spread during the holy month of Ramadan represent a legal problem, adding that they waste time. And the preacher Nouruddin

March 27, 2023

News

An uproar on social media because of a “Putin look-alike,” Which one of them is the real president?

It is often rumored that heads of state resort to (dopplers) or people who are very similar to them to attend on their behalf some public events and events, and it is

October 4, 2025

News

QatarDebate organizes a virtual training workshop for a number of Indonesian universities

QatarDebate Center, a member of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, organized a virtual training workshop via video conference, entitled "Introduction to the art of debate", in collaboration with

October 4, 2025

News

Including an Arab country… the most dangerous place for war of spies in the world

site transfer "Al Jazeera" About the Brash Pass website, which specializes in espionage, the most dangerous places of espionage in the world, including an Arab country. Djibouti Djibouti, the Arab country with

October 4, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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Iran Moved Its Entire Nuclear Stockpile Three Days Before the Bombs Fell. The IAEA Still Doesn’t Know Where It Is.

The Ceasefire Opened the Strait. The War Risk Insurance Market Has Not.

The Gulf States Lobbied Hardest for the Deal. The Deal Left the Strait Unresolved.

Washington Sent Negotiators to Doha and a Second Amphibious Fleet to the Gulf on the Same Day

US bank official: The United States is approaching recession as a result of banking pressures

Kuwait’s rains .. lakes in the streets and the largest commercial complex drowned (video)

Video of Qatari police demonstrating the traffic control

You won’t believe… Ronaldinho is now playing the match for 70 euros

Qatar stresses the importance of strengthening cooperation to protect Arab peoples from the dangers of drugs and addiction

Do injections, speculum and cupping break the fast?.. 5 things that spoil fasting in Ramadan

Its budget is in the millions of dollars

An uproar on social media because of a “Putin look-alike,” Which one of them is the real president?

QatarDebate organizes a virtual training workshop for a number of Indonesian universities

Including an Arab country… the most dangerous place for war of spies in the world

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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