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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.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast boat in the Strait of Hormuz as US strikes test the Iran ceasefire

US Strikes Iran Near Hormuz, Testing the Truce Washington Signed

The truce was seventeen days old when American warplanes struck Iran's coast over a drone attack near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it has already hit back, leaving a

June 28, 2026

by Arab Desk

Satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman

Iran IRGC Strikes Evergreen Ship on UN Hormuz Route, IMO Halts Sailor Evacuation

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a Singapore-flagged Evergreen container ship following the UN's southern Hormuz evacuation route on Thursday, forcing the International Maritime Organization to pause its plan to extract 11,000 stranded sailors. The attack exposed the fundamental gap

June 27, 2026

by Arab Desk

Ships navigating the Strait of Hormuz evacuation corridor before the IMO suspended the programme

IMO Halts Hormuz Evacuation After Cargo Ship Hit on Route Iran Explicitly Rejected

The IMO suspended its Hormuz evacuation after the Ever Lovely was struck on the corridor Iran

NASA MODIS satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway between Iran and Oman through which one-fifth of global oil passes

Iran’s Strike on Ever Lovely Halts Evacuation of 11,000 Sailors From the Persian Gulf

Iran's IRGC struck the Ever Lovely in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, pausing the IMO's

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On Thursday, the Russian police found the inventor of a vaccine"Sputnik" The anti-coronavirus, Andrei Potykov, was killed in his apartment, in Moscow, according to a magazine "Newsweek" American. The Russian authorities said

March 4, 2023

Health·News

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Running is considered one of the exercises recommended by experts and is known to raise physical fitness, but the American plastic surgeon Gerald Ember had a shocking opinion, so he confirmed that

March 4, 2023

News

Al-Nassr augmented their advantage by three points against Al-Batin squad.

Al-Nasr team snatched an exciting victory over its guest Al-Batin, by three goals to one, today, in the matches of the nineteenth round of the Saudi Football League. Al-Nasr turned its delay

March 4, 2023

News·Sports

The Vice Emir proffered felicitations to the President of Vietnam

His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, Deputy Emir, sent a cable of congratulations to President Vu Van Thong on the occasion of his election and swearing in as President of

March 4, 2023

News

A digital milieu that amasses 195 million dollars from myriad Egyptians and vanishes without a trace.

Thousands of Egyptians were surprised by the platform’s users "Hugh Paul" (Hogg pool) for investment and profits by closing the platform and losing the ability to access it after seizing about 6

March 3, 2023

News

Qatar avows its steadfast posture towards Sudan’s equilibrium, solidarity and territorial wholeness.

The State of Qatar affirmed its keenness to promote and protect human rights in Sudan, and its firm stance towards its stability, unity and territorial integrity, renewing its support for the brotherly

October 4, 2025

News

At least sixteen fatalities were reported in the wake of a devastating conflagration that erupted at an Indonesian fuel depot, leaving two minors among the casualties.

At least 16 people were killed when a massive fire broke out at a fuel storage station run by Indonesia’s state energy company Pertamina, an official with the main fire brigade in

March 3, 2023

News

Is the selection process for the Golden Ball with respect to Ronaldo and Messi manipulated?

I opened a newspaper "ace" The Spanish vote file for the Golden Ball granted by FIFA,Football,Soccer to the best player in the world, speaking of suspicion of fraud in voting for the

March 3, 2023

News·Sports

Karim Benzema thwarted Haaland’s potential transfer to Real Madrid.

newspaper revealed "El Mundo" Spanish for one of the main reasons behind the failed transfer of Norwegian striker Erling Haaland to Real Madrid last summer. According to the newspaper, Real Madrid put

March 3, 2023

News

His mother forsook him in Algeria.. the narrative of the picture disseminated on social media of the warrior bearing a burro.

A picture has been circulating on social media for years, its publishers claiming that it is of a soldier carrying a donkey in a minefield, for fear that the animal would take

March 3, 2023

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US Strikes Iran Near Hormuz, Testing the Truce Washington Signed

Iran IRGC Strikes Evergreen Ship on UN Hormuz Route, IMO Halts Sailor Evacuation

IMO Halts Hormuz Evacuation After Cargo Ship Hit on Route Iran Explicitly Rejected

Iran’s Strike on Ever Lovely Halts Evacuation of 11,000 Sailors From the Persian Gulf

The cat is sleepingThe feline is slumbering

The cat is sleepingThe feline is slumbering

Al-Nassr augmented their advantage by three points against Al-Batin squad.

The Vice Emir proffered felicitations to the President of Vietnam

A digital milieu that amasses 195 million dollars from myriad Egyptians and vanishes without a trace.

Qatar avows its steadfast posture towards Sudan’s equilibrium, solidarity and territorial wholeness.

At least sixteen fatalities were reported in the wake of a devastating conflagration that erupted at an Indonesian fuel depot, leaving two minors among the casualties.

Is the selection process for the Golden Ball with respect to Ronaldo and Messi manipulated?

Karim Benzema thwarted Haaland’s potential transfer to Real Madrid.

His mother forsook him in Algeria.. the narrative of the picture disseminated on social media of the warrior bearing a burro.

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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