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Aveen Karim

Aveen Karim

Assistant Foreign Editor
Abu Dhabi
Aveen Karim is Assistant Foreign Editor at The National, based in Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining the team, she was head of Rudaw English in Erbil. A Kurdish-Romanian-British journalist, she has experience covering geopolitics and security in the Middle East

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said the country will respond to an attack by Israel. AFP
Iran's Foreign Minister to visit Saudi Arabia as Tehran braces for Israeli attack

His visit is part of a regional tour amid high tension in the Middle East

MENAOctober 08, 2024
Aveen Karim
Esmail Qaani was appointed as the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Quds Force in 2020. Reuters
Was Tehran's Esmail Qaani the target of Israeli strike on Beirut?

Tehran say Quds Force commander is in 'good health', but sources in Beirut do not rule out Qaani being harmed

MENAOctober 07, 2024
Aveen Karim
Iranians celebrate on a street after Tehran's attack on Israel on Tuesday evening. AFP
From exploding pagers to Iranian missiles: How Israel's war on Hezbollah escalated

A fortnight of intense escalation saw retaliatory border strikes with Hezbollah turn into an open-ended war that threatens to drag in Iran

MENAOctober 01, 2024
Aveen Karim
Israeli soldiers during a raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday. AFP
Israeli strikes kill at least nine Palestinians in West Bank

Foreign Minister Israel Katz calls for evictions to make way for raids

MENAAugust 28, 2024
Aveen Karim
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian announcing his cabinet selection at the Iranian Parliament in Tehran. Reuters
Who are the key ministers in Iran's new government?

Major policy changes not expected under newly installed cabinet

MENAAugust 22, 2024
Aveen Karim
Members of the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Dhiban, Deir Ezzor province, eastern Syria, in September 2023. EPA
At least 11 killed in clashes in eastern Syria

The latest wave of fighting comes amid growing regional tension

MENAAugust 09, 2024
Aveen Karim
A Palestinian woman and her daughter pass the ruins of houses destroyed during the Israeli military offensive in Khan Younis. Reuters
Israel evacuation Gaza Khan Younis

At least 30 people killed in a strike on a school in Deir Al Balah

MENAJuly 27, 2024
Aveen Karim
Relatives and friends mourn over the bodies of three children killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon. AFP
Family of Syrian children killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon struggle for answers

'I don't know why this happened – for five months, nothing had happened, we were never targeted,' says father of one of the three boys killed by a drone

MENAJuly 17, 2024
Aveen Karim
Palestinians inspect the damage at a clinic in Gaza city after it was hit by an Israeli strike. AFP
Air strikes pound Gaza as Netanyahu says fighting will wind down

Prime Minister says forces will be redeployed to Lebanon border

MENAJune 24, 2024
Nagham Mohanna
Palestinians who fled Rafah look out over tents for displaced people in Khan Younis, Gaza. EPA
Palestinians in Gaza caught in an endless cycle of displacement

World Refugee Day is observed on Thursday as war continues to force people to flee

MENAJune 20, 2024
Nagham Mohanna
Iran's six presidential candidates take place in the first televised debate ahead of the June 28 elections. EPA
Economic policies dominate Iran presidential debate ahead of vote

Decades of international sanctions have crippled the Iranian economy

MENAJune 18, 2024
Aveen Karim
A charity distributes food to Palestinians. Unicef on Tuesday said about 3,000 malnourished children in Gaza were at risk of dying. Reuters
UN accuses Israel and Hamas of crimes against humanity and war crimes

Report says Israel used sexual violence, torture and a campaign of settler violence in the occupied West Bank

MENAJune 12, 2024
Aveen Karim
People wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on the floot at Deir al Balah's Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. AFP
Hundreds of wounded lie on Gaza hospital floor waiting for treatment

About 700 people were injured in Saturday's deadly Israeli attack on Nuseirat refugee camp

MENAJune 10, 2024
Nagham Mohanna
Israeli military vehicles in convoy during a raid on Far'a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday. EPA
Two killed in Israeli raids on West Bank as air strikes pound Gaza

Israeli occupation forces carry out dozens of arrests in occupied Palestinian territories

MENAJune 10, 2024
Aveen Karim
ISIS shorthand gif
SPECIAL REPORTHow the rise and fall of ISIS changed Iraq forever

War on terrorist group between 2013 and 2017 killed about 60,000 Iraqis, displaced more than a million and caused $100 billion in damage

MENAJune 09, 2024
Robert Tollast
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