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Matthew Hoare

Hoare

Matthew Hoare is a political journalist with more than six years reporting from the region.

Prior to joining The New Arab, he worked as a senior editor at Egypt’s largest independent business news outlet, Enterprise.

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More than two-thirds of Palestinians believe the Arab world has failed to do enough to support people in Gaza amid Israel's brutal military offensive

20 March, 2025

The Kurdish-led SDF say the constitution places too much power in the hands of President Al-Sharaa and does not represent the interests of all Syrians.

14 March, 2025

Jurisdictional issues mean that the court is likely to throw out the case and decline to issue a provisional order against the UAE.

08 March, 2025

Making peace with the PKK could help Ankara secure its interests in Syria and shore up President Erdogan's position domestically, analysts say.

01 March, 2025

Qaradawi's family say they have been able to speak to him for one minute - their first contact since he was forcibly disappeared in the UAE last month.

21 February, 2025

Supporters and critics of the government are calling on the Egyptian president to free dozens of journalists and political prisoners.

19 February, 2025

Security forces raided several schools in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday after Netanyahu ordered the enforcement of law banning the UN agency from Palestine.

19 February, 2025

Israeli police triggered outrage on Monday when they raided the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, arresting the owners on 'terror' offences and seizing books.

13 February, 2025

Trump announced plans to 'take over' the Gaza Strip, ethnically cleanse its Palestinian inhabitants, and build a 'Riviera of the Middle East'.

05 February, 2025

Al-Qaeda's influence in Syria has waned since 2020 after Ahmed al-Sharaa's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) cracked down on hardline jihadist groups in Idlib.

29 January, 2025