The Latest Breaking News from Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has said that Hamas "must hand over its weapons" and called for the deployment of international forces to protect the Palestinian people, France has announced. The move comes ahead of a conference next week at which Paris could become the most prominent Western power to back…

For decades, Palestinian groups have retained arms in Lebanon. Now Mahmoud Abbas and Joseph Aoun say that must end.

Arab leaders meeting at an annual summit in Baghdad say they're trying to reach a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and promised to contribute to the reconstruction of the territory once the war stops

The war on Palestinian territory dominated the summit, especially after Israel approves plans to expand its offensive.

Mahmoud Abbas’s lining up of the next president is part of a long pattern of denying Palestinians political agency, says researcher of Palestinian and Arab politics Dana El Kurd

Fatah veteran who spent more than 10 years in Israeli jails in 1970s and 1980s is seen as a successor to Mahmoud Abbas.

Hussein al-Sheikh is a veteran leader of Abbas’s Fatah movement.

Hussein al-Sheikh has been named vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Concern is growing within the Palestinian Liberation Organization that Israel might exploit Abbas’s departure.