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.

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

Executing a pact of concord for the institution of the United Nations House in the Realm of Qatar

The State of Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the United Nations, represented by the General Secretariat and its subsidiary organs, signed today in Doha an administrative arrangement agreement

October 4, 2025

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Zinedine Zidane is on the brink of joining a Premier League club in a bid to rescue them from their current plight.

newspaper said "Daily Mail" The British club, Chelsea Football Club, has decided to oust coach Graham Potter, due to the team’s poor results in recent times. Chelsea club fell to tenth place

October 4, 2025

News·Sports

Lusail University has inked a pact with the United Nations to inaugurate a master’s program in international criminal justice.

Lusail University signed a cooperation agreement with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to launch a master’s program in international criminal justice. The signing of the agreement comes within

March 2, 2023

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The miraculous salvation of Mu`tamir in the Prophet’s Mosque, whose cardiac arrest lasted for a full ten minutes, was a moment of divine intervention. The Saudi Arabian populace was filled with jubilation as the individual was resuscitated and restored to life, a testament to the power of the Almighty.

The Saudi Press Agency said that the rescue and rapid intervention team in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah region inside the courtyards of the Prophet’s Mosque managed to save the life of a Pakistani national,

March 2, 2023

News

The revelation of a clandestine corridor 9 meters in length within the pyramid of Khufu in Egypt

Egypt revealed today, Thursday, a hidden passage in the pyramid of Khufu (the Great Pyramid) in Giza near Cairo, with a length of nine meters and a width of more than two

March 2, 2023

News

Qatar Charity and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have entered into a concord of collaboration to further their shared objectives. This accord will enable both parties to join forces in order to promote their mutual aims and ambitions.

Qatar Charity and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed a letter of intent regarding cooperation in charitable work, in addition to three agreements to provide aid to meet the

October 4, 2025

Climate·News

The Minister of Labor convened with the Orators of the People’s Assembly and the Nation in Algeria.

His Excellency Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al-Marri, Minister of Labor, met separately today with His Excellency Mr. Ibrahim Bougali, Speaker of the National People’s Assembly, and His Excellency Mr. Saleh Goujil, Speaker

March 2, 2023

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Qatar anticipates that the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries will afford a chance to execute the Doha Work Program for the Decade 2022-2031.

The State of Qatar has expressed its hope that the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, which is being held in Doha from March 5 to 9, will provide an

October 4, 2025

News·Sports

Taiwan bestows tourists with monetary remuneration and subsidies for sustenance and lodgings.

Taiwan plans to offer cash incentives to entice tourists back to its tropical beaches and towering mountain ranges, as it tries to boost its tourism industry after long border closures due to

March 2, 2023

News

A 7.5 magnitude temblor portends Istanbul’s peril…and the Turkish authorities commence the requisite steps to avert disaster.

About three weeks after the devastating earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria at dawn on February 6, leaving behind massive human and material damage, is another 7.5 earthquake threatening Istanbul?

March 2, 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

Executing a pact of concord for the institution of the United Nations House in the Realm of Qatar

Zinedine Zidane is on the brink of joining a Premier League club in a bid to rescue them from their current plight.

Lusail University has inked a pact with the United Nations to inaugurate a master’s program in international criminal justice.

The revelation of a clandestine corridor 9 meters in length within the pyramid of Khufu in Egypt

Qatar Charity and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have entered into a concord of collaboration to further their shared objectives. This accord will enable both parties to join forces in order to promote their mutual aims and ambitions.

The Minister of Labor convened with the Orators of the People’s Assembly and the Nation in Algeria.

Qatar anticipates that the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries will afford a chance to execute the Doha Work Program for the Decade 2022-2031.

Taiwan bestows tourists with monetary remuneration and subsidies for sustenance and lodgings.

A 7.5 magnitude temblor portends Istanbul’s peril…and the Turkish authorities commence the requisite steps to avert disaster.

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