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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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Sami Hamdi's family are urging the British government to secure his release amid concerns about his medical condition inside an ICE detention facility.

03 November, 2025

Dozens of grapevines were destroyed on a farm north of Ramallah on Saturday as extremist settlers continue to target Palestinian farmers.

02 November, 2025

Turkey's defence industry is emerging as a key partner for European countries are they embark on their biggest rearmament drive since the end of the Cold War

28 October, 2025

The rapid evolution of Turkey's defence industry is positioning Ankara as a key player in the global arms trade, providing leverage as a foreign policy tool

22 September, 2025

Tunisian authorities claimed there was no evidence of a drone attack despite security camera footage showing a projectile hitting the vessel.

09 September, 2025

UNRWA may be unable to pay the salaries of its employees past September, threatening the future of an agency relied on by millions of Palestinians.

08 September, 2025

The Gulf state has been widely accused of arming and financing rebel militia fighting a brutal civil war against the Sudanese army.

18 August, 2025

Local and foreign journalists have reported a sustained campaign of harassment, arrests and intimidation by Israeli troops in occupied southern Syria.

11 August, 2025

Those most critical to providing humanitarian support are themselves falling victim to what the UN and rights groups say is a deliberate starvation strategy

23 July, 2025

An attempt to impeach MK Ayman Odeh failed to garner enough support in the Knesset on Monday after some opposition parties boycotted the vote.

15 July, 2025