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Syria's Sharaa 'target' of foiled assassination attempts in 2025

The UN said the assassination attempts targeting Sharaa say are evidence that the Islamic State group remains intent on undermining the new government.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 February, 2026
Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad waves a sunflower outside the courthouse in New York
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US jails man over plot to kill Iranian-American journalist

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 January, 2026
Secret Service Thwart Apparent Assassination Attempt On Donald Trump
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Prosecution presses Trump assassination attempt case

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 September, 2025
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Syria denies reports of IS assassination attempt on al-Sharaa

Adnan Ali
The New Arab Staff
29 June, 2025
Hadi Matar, the man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie speaks during his sentencing hearing at the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Chautauqua, New York, on May 16, 2025.
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Salman Rushdie assailant sentenced to 25 years in prison

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 May, 2025
Masih Alinejad speaks on stage during the "Foreshadowing From Abroad" panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024
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Prosecutor says Iran put bounty on head of Masih Alinejad

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 March, 2025
In Brasilia, Brazil, on February 18, 2025, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after lunch and a visit to the Liberal Party (PL) leaders in the Federal Senate.
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Brazil prosecutor charges Bolsonaro over failed coup plot

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 February, 2025
Masoud Pezeshkian insisted that Iran's nuclear programme is peaceful [Getty]
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Iran president denies plot to kill Trump and warns against war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 January, 2025
Donald Trump injured after being shot in the ear at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania
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Secret Service report offers new details on failures during Trump assassination attempt

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 November, 2024
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Israel arrests citizen in Iran plot to kill Netanyahu

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 September, 2024
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Sisi slams 'treacherous’ assassination attempt against Trump

Thaer Mansour
14 July, 2024
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Sisi, Abbas lead MENA reactions to Trump shooting

The New Arab Staff
14 July, 2024
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FBI identifies Thomas Matthew Crooks in Trump rally shooting

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 July, 2024
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Palestinian leaders on high alert amid Israel's threats

Sally Ibrahim and Nick McAlpin
24 August, 2023
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrested at court

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 May, 2023
Tunisia
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Tunisia jails all-women jihadist group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 January, 2023
Pakistan
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Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan leaves hospital after shooting

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 November, 2022
Imran Khan was shot while leading a political rally to demand elections [Getty]
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan stable after shooting

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 November, 2022
Imran Khan was attacked while leading a protest convoy to call for early elections [Getty]
Pakistan
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Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan wounded in gun attack

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 November, 2022
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Ex-minister shot in Nablus, Mahmoud Abbas orders probe

The New Arab Staff
23 July, 2022
Deniz rest
Iraqi Kurdistan
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Iranian Kurd severely wounded in car bomb in Erbil

Dana Taib Menmy
07 June, 2022