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Malak Harb

A Lebanese jeweler arranges gold ornaments at his shop's storefront in the Beirut suburb of Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon, February 2, 2026. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
February 6, 2026, 12:16 pm
Cash-strapped Lebanon is sitting on a gold mine as precious metal prices surge
Despite 1986 law banning sale of state gold, Lebanon weighs using its reserves to bail out banks that failed in 2019 and plunged about half of country’s population into poverty
By Kareem Chehayeb and Malak Harb
A man waves an Israeli flag over a picture of Sheikh Muafak Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze in Israel, during a weekly rally in Sweida, southern Syria, on September 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fahd Kiwan)
October 1, 2025, 10:53 am
After brutal sectarian clashes, Syrian Druze pushing for autonomy, lean toward Israel
Southern Syria sect sets up de facto military, government body as community feels betrayed by new government in Damascus, grateful for support from Jerusalem
By Kareem Chehayeb and Malak Harb
Abdullah Zahra demonstrates how he was tortured in a cell at Branch 215, a detention facility run by military intelligence during Bashar al-Assad's regime, in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
January 7, 2025, 12:29 pm
‘My screams would go to heaven’: Syrians speak out about torture under Assad
Long silenced by fear, men and women finally share what happened in the 100 detention facilities where torture, brutality, sexual violence and mass executions were rampant
By Sarah El Deeb and Malak Harb
A young fragment of coral harvested from a nursery is shown off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili).
June 10, 2023, 10:40 am
UAE uses coral nurseries to help restore reefs dying in warming seas
Marine project rehabilitates corals bleached by rising sea temperatures and sun glare
By Malak Harb
Palestinians protest against the White House plan for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at Rashidiyeh Palestinian refugee camp, southern Lebanon, on January 29, 2020. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
February 2, 2020, 3:44 pm
Protesters outside US Embassy in Lebanon decry Trump plan
Hundreds take part in demonstration, with some chanting ‘Death to America! Death to Israel! We will die and Palestine survive’
By Malak Harb
In this September 20, 2019, file photo, taken during a trip organized by the Saudi information ministry, workers fix the damage in Aramco's oil separator at a processing facility after the September 14 attack blamed on Iran in Abqaiq near Dammam in the Kingdom's Eastern Province. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
November 3, 2019, 10:52 am
Saudi Arabia formally starts IPO of huge state-run oil firm
Kingdom hopes to raise billions with offer of sliver of Aramco, as it seeks to reassure investors over its valuation and potential hazards of future attacks, geopolitical risk
By Jon Gambrell and Malak Harb
Under the watchful eye of an instructor, left, Batool Lababidi, a Syrian orphan from Aleppo, stands outside her room at an orphanage in Jarablus, northern Syria, May 30, 2018. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)
June 11, 2018, 11:42 am
Syrian orphans who fled Aleppo find new home
After being forced to switch locations 3 times to avoid fighting, dozens of children finally settle in Jarablus, near the Turkish border
By Sarah El Deeb and Malak Harb
Francis Matthew, editor-at-large of Gulf News, in July 2017 (YouTube screenshot)
March 25, 2018, 9:52 am
British editor in Dubai gets 10 years for wife’s slaying
Francis Matthew faced possible death penalty for beating his wife to death with a hammer at their UAE home
By Malak Harb
Fire is seen at the 1,105 foot tall Torch tower skyscraper, August 4, 2017 in Dubai. (AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB)
August 4, 2017, 4:52 am
Flames engulf 86-story residential skyscraper in Dubai
Authorities say blaze now under control after world’s tallest apartment block caught fire, sending chunks of debris plummeting hundreds of meters below
By Malak Harb and Aya Batrawy
Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Malak Harb)
June 9, 2017, 3:27 am
Qatar denies terror links, rejects ‘blockade’ by Arab states
Gulf nation says diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia and its allies based on ‘false and fabricated news’
By Malak Harb and Jon Gambrell
Britain's Prince Charles visits the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)
November 7, 2016, 3:56 am
Britain’s Prince Charles, Camilla visit UAE mosque on tour
Royal couple begin three-nation trip of the Gulf, starting with landmark house of worship in Abu Dhabi
By Malak Harb
Emirati people wave the national flag as a convoy of UAE military vehicles and personnel travels from Al-Hamra Military Base to Zayed Military City on Nov. 7, 2015. (Ryan Carter-Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi/WAM via AP)
February 7, 2016, 3:48 pm
UAE says it’s prepared to send ground forces to Syria
Gulf state throws weight behind Saudi-led initiative to step up fight against Islamic State
By Malak Harb
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