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Aya Iskandarani

US President Donald Trump stands with Gulf leaders for a group photo during a meeting he attended with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh on May 14, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 9:34 pm
Gulf states could be left in the lurch and exposed by the US-Iran deal
After being caught in the crossfire of a war they didn’t want, wealthy Arab states are now ‘subjected to what amounts to blackmail’ from both Iran and the US, experts say
By Aya Iskandarani, Callum PATON and Sofiane Alsaar
In this August 5, 2020 photo, a drone picture shows the destruction after an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP/Hussein Malla/File)
January 17, 2025, 6:47 pm
10 charged over Beirut port blast as probe resumes after Hezbollah accusations of bias
Investigation into 2020 explosion that killed more than 220 people, injured thousands and devastated swathes of Lebanon’s capital, restarts after 2-year hiatus
By Layal Abou Rahal and Aya Iskandarani
File: Syrian children run through the snow in the Syrian refugee camp of al-Hilal in the village of al-Taybeh near Baalbek in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, on January 20, 2022. (AFP)
April 28, 2023, 10:16 am
‘I’d rather die’: Syrians in Lebanon fear prison, torture if deported home
With civil war winding down, Lebanon begins crackdown on undocumented refugees as domestic pressure mounts to send back those who poured across border a decade ago
By Aya Iskandarani and Rouba El Husseini
Illustrative: Tear gas is fired during a demonstration by retired Lebanese army and security forces veterans, demanding inflation-adjustments to their pensions, outside the government palace headquarters in the center of Beirut on March 22, 2023. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP)
March 23, 2023, 5:07 pm
IMF warns Lebanon at ‘very dangerous moment’ amid failure to pass crucial reforms
Fund’s delegation fears country faces ‘never-ending crisis,’ as Beirut struggles to approve changes to unlock $3 billion conditional loan to salvage freefalling economy
By Aya Iskandarani
Lebanon's outgoing President Michel Aoun delivers a speech to mark the end of his mandate, outside the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on October 30, 2022. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP)
October 30, 2022, 5:20 pm
Lebanese President Aoun set to exit without successor, leaving country in turmoil
In final act, Hezbollah-aligned leader formalizes resignation of caretaker government, complicating chaos; thousands gather to bid farewell to former army chief as he leaves palace
By Layal Abou Rahal and Aya Iskandarani
Syrian students wave the Syrian, Russian and Palestinian flags under a billboard bearing the portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a demonstration in support of Russia, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Aleppo University campus in the Syrian city, March 10, 2022. (Photo by AFP)
March 15, 2022, 6:06 pm
Tens of thousands of Syrians enlisting to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine war
More than 40,000 register to fight at Syrian recruitment centers, as poverty and lack of jobs push soldiers to look for a better life
By Aya Iskandarani
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