Mat Nashed

Nashed

Mat Nashed is an award-nominated journalist who has covered the MENA region since the Arab Spring. He was previously the feature's print correspondent for Al Jazeera English and has written and reported for various other platforms, including Newlines Magazine, The New Humanitarian, The Committee to Protect Journalists, the Carnegie Endowment, and many others. He has extensively covered politics and conflict in the Nile Basin and the Levant.

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What the RSF's battlefield setbacks mean for Sudan's war

Analysis: As the RSF loses ground, it is turning to renewed UAE-backed supply lines and tribal mobilisation to keep its war machine going

13 August, 2026

The siege of El-Obeid: Sudan's next humanitarian catastrophe?

In-Depth: As the RSF tightens its siege of El-Obeid, fears are growing of a repeat of El-Fasher, where international warnings gave way to mass atrocities

06 July, 2026

Will RSF defections mark a turning point in Sudan's war?

In-depth: As a wave of defections exposes fractures within the RSF, the Sudanese army's strategy of absorbing fighters also brings its own risks

02 June, 2026

Is a regional war looming between Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea?

Analysis: With Ethiopia and Eritrea's internal strife threatening to merge with Sudan's war, the Horn of Africa could be heading towards a wider conflict

21 May, 2026

Little faith in south Lebanon that ceasefire will last

Civilians in south Lebanon's Sour said they are struggling to survive and that they have little faith that the ceasefire will hold.

20 April, 2026

Families search for missing after Israel massacre in Lebanon

Beyond the legal implications, Israel's disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks ruptured and killed entire families, say witnesses and survivors.

10 April, 2026

Israel is 'systematically' killing Lebanese healthcare workers

"When you look at the health care personnel who have been killed, they have been killed in a very brazen way," said Firas Abiad, former health minister.

07 April, 2026

How the war on Iran could impact Sudan's conflict

Supply lines and financing for warring sides will face short-term disruption, but Sudan could become a more contested theatre for external powers in the future

17 March, 2026

The Houthis weigh risk over loyalty in the US-Israel war on Iran

Aligned with Iran, Yemen's Houthis are treading carefully amid the US-Israeli war, as they calculate the cost of involvement to their own survival

03 March, 2026

How a drone strike on a tribal leader may reshape Sudan war

Observers believe that Hilal’s tribal status as a sheikh has long posed a threat to Hemedti's authority over Arab tribes in Darfur.

27 February, 2026