• Sign out
Sign in
  • Register
  • Sign in

News
UAE
Gulf
MENA
US
UK
Europe
Asia
Business
Aviation
Economy
Energy
Money
Property
Banking
Markets
Opinion
Comment
Editorial
Obituaries
Cartoon
Feedback
Future
Science
Space
Technology
Climate
Environment
Road to Net Zero
Health
Culture
Art & Design
Books
Film & TV
Music & On-stage
Pop Culture
Lifestyle
Travel
Fashion & Beauty
Food
Motoring
Luxury
Home & Garden
Wellbeing
Things to do
Sport
Football
Cricket
F1
Tennis
Combat Sports
Horse Racing
Israel-Gaza war
Weekend

Podcasts Newsletters Follow us App Video
Israel-Gaza warWeekend
News
UAE
Gulf
MENA
US
UK
Europe
Asia
Business
Aviation
Economy
Energy
Money
Property
Banking
Markets
Opinion
Comment
Editorial
Obituaries
Cartoon
Feedback
Future
Science
Space
Technology
Climate
Environment
Road to Net Zero
Health
Culture
Art & Design
Books
Film & TV
Music & On-stage
Pop Culture
Lifestyle
Travel
Fashion & Beauty
Food
Motoring
Luxury
Home & Garden
Wellbeing
Things to do
Sport
Football
Cricket
F1
Tennis
Combat Sports
Horse Racing
News
UAE
Gulf
MENA
US
UK
Europe
Asia
Business
Aviation
Economy
Energy
Money
Property
Banking
Markets
Opinion
Comment
Editorial
Obituaries
Cartoon
Feedback
Future
Science
Space
Technology
Climate
Environment
Road to Net Zero
Health
Culture
Art & Design
Books
Film & TV
Music & On-stage
Pop Culture
Lifestyle
Travel
Fashion & Beauty
Food
Motoring
Luxury
Home & Garden
Wellbeing
Things to do
Sport
Football
Cricket
F1
Tennis
Combat Sports
Horse Racing

Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Jordan Correspondent
Jordan
Khaled has been a journalist for 25 years, mostly with Reuters in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and London. He covered the outbreak of Arab uprisings in Yemen and Syria, Hafez Al Assad's rule, Iraq under Saddam Hussein and was war correspondent in Baghdad during the 2003 US invasion. He joined The National as Chief Foreign Writer in 2019 before moving to Amman. He was a Visiting Fellow for more than three years at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin.
Follow on

Articles

Residents celebrate the signing of a breakthrough deal between Syria's interim government and the SDF in Qamishli, north-eastern Syria. AP
AnalysisWhat's next for fractured Syria after deal between Al Shara and SDF?

Agreement to end hostilities and for Kurdish fighters to join Syria security forces could remove main obstacle for new leadership

MENAMarch 11, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Syrian army forces head to the villages of the Latakia countryside and the Syrian coast with heavy weapons to fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar Al Assad. Getty Images
How did violence escalate to hundreds killed in Syria's coastal region?

Resistance to the new central government could become fiercer after mass killings by forces led by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham

MENAMarch 10, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Fighters loyal to the interim Syrian government of President Ahmad Al Shara look out over the Mediterranean Sea from Latakia on Sunday. AFP
AnalysisSyria’s sectarian violence exposes battle lines long in making

Members of Alawite minority community face threat in their heartland after one of the deadliest days in country’s recent history

MENAMarch 09, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Scenes in Syria following recent violence.
Militias ‘rampage’ into central Syria after killings in Alawite areas

The UN and US condemn mass sectarian killings after more than 1,300 people, mainly civilians from the minority community, have been killed since last week

MENAMarch 09, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Troops allied to Syria's new government gather in the southern town of Sanamayn, in Deraa province. AFP
At least 13 Syrian security troops killed in clashes with pro-Assad gunmen

Attack is among the deadliest since Syria's new administration, led by interim President Ahmad Al Shara, took power

MENAMarch 06, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Fighters affiliated with Syria's new government stand guard in Latakia in late December, after protests started by an online video showing an attack on an Alawite shrine. AFP
Violent clashes in pockets of opposition to Syria's new order

At least 20 killed as security forces battle militias in southern province of Deraa and coastal city of Latakia

MENAMarch 05, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Part of a missile at a Syrian army weapons depot that was hit by Israeli bombardment. Two more sites have been struck over the past 24 hours. AFP
Israel strikes Syrian air defence bases in latest wave of attacks

Sites hit in Tartous and Deraa in past 24 hours, sources say

MENAMarch 04, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Ahmad Al Shara meets members of the new committee on Sunday in Damascus. AFP
Syria's Al Shara signals a transition phase amid pressure

Seven people are to draft a constitutional declaration to replace the former system

MENAMarch 03, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Israeli soldiers stand on a personnel carrier in the buffer zone which separates Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights. AFP
Israel vows to defend Syria’s Druze after deadly clashes with HTS

Three people killed in Jaramana at weekend after HTS forces tried to enter suburb

MENAMarch 02, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Sheep wander the abandoned town of Jobar on the edge of Damascus. Khaled Yacoub Oweis / The National
Syria's long road to recovery: Lessons from a devastated Damascus suburb

In town of Jobar, former regime of Bashar Al Assad revelled in destruction

MENAMarch 01, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Jordan's King Abdullah II welcomes Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara at Marka airport in Amman on Wednesday. AFP
Syria's Al Shara and Jordan's King Abdullah to co-operate on security

Drug and weapons-smuggling across shared border have curbed progress on resumption of ties

MENAFebruary 26, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Syrian leader Ahmad Al Shara speaking at the national dialogue conference in Damascus. Photo: Syrian Arab News Agency
Damascus conference backs HTS government's goal to disarm civil war factions

President Ahmad Al Shara issues warning shot to rival armed groups at opening of 600-person meeting

MENAFebruary 25, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Ahmad Al Shara, the leader of Syria's new administration, with Asaad Al Shibani, Syria's new Foreign Minister
Syrian authorities hold national conference without SDF and Druze leaders

The post-Assad regime is under pressure to show it can govern inclusively

MENAFebruary 24, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Syrian Democratic Forces fighters in Qamishli, north-eastern Syria. AP
Syria's HTS government buys oil from Kurds as country remains fragmented

Deal could help de-escalate tension between the central authorities and US-backed Kurds

MENAFebruary 23, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara at the presidential palace in Damascus. The National has spoken to some who knew him in the past. Photo: Syria Transitional Government / AFP
Upbringing sheds light on mindset of Syria's leader Ahmad Al Shara

Syria's new leader has shed fatigues for suits and spoken extensively since his rebel group toppled the Assad regime, but he remains an enigmatic figure

MENAFebruary 21, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
More Articles

IPSO regulated

News
UAE
Gulf
MENA
US
UK
Europe
Asia
Business
Aviation
Economy
Energy
Money
Property
Banking
Markets
Opinion
Comment
Editorial
Obituaries
Cartoon
Feedback
Future
Science
Space
Technology
Climate
Environment
Road to Net Zero
Health
Culture
Art & Design
Books
Film & TV
Music & On-stage
Pop Culture
Lifestyle
Travel
Fashion & Beauty
Food
Motoring
Luxury
Home & Garden
Wellbeing
Things to do
Sport
Football
Cricket
Olympics
F1
Tennis
Combat Sports
Horse Racing
Weekend
Living in the UAE
Podcasts Newsletters Read E-Paper Print Subscriptions Video App
About UsContact UsWork With UsAdvertise With UsTerms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie PolicySitemapArchiveRegistration FAQsRosalynn Carter Fellowship
IPSO regulated
Follow us
Get news alerts from
The National logo
You can manage notifications at any time by clicking the notifications icon.