الحرب في الاخبار.

A natural Egyptian pronunciation would be:

el-ḥarb fil-akhbār

A few notes:

• الحرب → el-ḥarb
• في → fi
• الأخبار → el-akhbār

In fast speech, fi + el- often becomes fil-, so في الأخبار is commonly heard as fil-akhbār.

Because Arabic usually drops the verb to be in the present tense.

So instead of saying The war is in the news, Arabic simply says:

الحرب في الأخبار

This is completely normal in Egyptian Arabic.

If you wanted past tense, then you would use a verb, for example:

• الحرب كانت في الأخبار = The war was in the news

الـ is the Arabic definite article, equivalent to the in English.

So:

• حرب = war
• الحرب = the war

and

• أخبار = news / pieces of news
• الأخبار = the news

In Egyptian Arabic, الـ is usually pronounced el- or il-.

في basically means in.

But Arabic often uses في in places where English might say either in or on depending on the expression.

So:

• في الأخبار literally = in the news
• but in natural English, on the news may also be possible in some contexts

In this sentence, في is the normal preposition.

Because Arabic treats news differently from English.

• خبر = a piece of news / a report / an item
• أخبار = news, news items

So أخبار is grammatically a plural form, but it is often used like the English mass noun news.

That means:

• خبر = one news item
• الأخبار = the news

This is very common and natural.

It works in both, which is one reason it is easy for learners.

In Egyptian Arabic, you would pronounce it as:

el-ḥarb fil-akhbār

In Standard Arabic, the same words are used, though the pronunciation is a bit different, especially in formal speech.

So an Egyptian learner can safely use this sentence.

Yes, the standard spelling is:

الأخبار

with a hamza on the first alif.

In informal writing, many people leave hamzas out and write:

الاخبار

You will see that a lot online, in texting, and in casual writing. But if you are learning the standard spelling, it is better to write:

الأخبار

The two main ones are:

• ح in الحرب
• خ in الأخبار

1. ح

This is not the normal English h sound.
It is a stronger, deeper sound made farther back in the throat.

So حرب is not harb with a normal English h.
It is more like ḥarb.

2. خ

This is the sound in أخبار.
It is like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch.

So أخبار sounds roughly like:

akhbār

not like English akbar with a regular k.

It can function as a full sentence in Arabic, because present-tense sentences often do not need is.

But it can also sound a bit headline-like, depending on context, similar to English newspaper style.

So it can be understood as:

• a normal short sentence, or
• a concise headline-style phrase

Both are possible, and that is very common in Arabic.

الحرب في الأخبار is the normal, neutral order.

It is structured as:

• الحرب = the topic / subject
• في الأخبار = where it is being mentioned

So this order is the most straightforward way to say it.

If you changed the order, it would usually sound more marked or more literary. For everyday Egyptian Arabic, الحرب في الأخبار is the natural basic form.