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Friday, 5 March, 2021

Iraq
Iraq gets ready for Pope’s historic first visit
Pontiff to bring a message of hope to country trying to recover from years of sectarian violence
Wednesday, 3 March, 2021

Lebanon
Lebanese currency plunges to new low fuelling nationwide protests
Sinking pound stokes rising inflation even as most workers’ wages are falling
Sunday, 28 February, 2021

News in-depthIraq
Shadowy militants in Iraq complicate US efforts to ease tensions
Biden administration’s first military attack in region comes as Washington seeks to re-engage with Iran on nuclear deal
Sunday, 28 February, 2021

Global InsightLebanon
Lebanon’s queue jumping affair threatens World Bank vaccine lifeline
International lender is reviewing the case of 16 MPs receiving the BioNTech/Pfizer jab
Friday, 26 February, 2021

UK politics & policy
Shamima Begum cannot return to UK for citizenship battle, Supreme Court rules
Decision in case of ‘jihadi bride’ represents victory for home secretary Priti Patel
Sunday, 21 February, 2021

Lebanon
Currency crisis leaves Lebanese cupboards bare
Hunger threatens to reignite unrest as dollar peg slips and inflation soars in heavily import-dependent country
Thursday, 18 February, 2021

Middle Eastern politics & society
Lebanese court removes judge from Beirut port explosion case
Victims condemn decision that follows legal complaint by two former ministers charged in the probe
Tuesday, 16 February, 2021

Syrian crisis
Syrian jihadi overhauls image in effort to hang on to power
HTS rebrands itself as the moderate face of Islamist militancy in opposition stronghold Idlib
Thursday, 4 February, 2021

Lebanon
Hizbollah critic Lokman Slim shot dead in Lebanon
Publisher and activist who documented country’s violent past had previously received death threats
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Thursday, 4 February, 2021

Lebanon
Venezuelans in Lebanon wonder which country is worse
A diaspora’s untimely return to the Middle East from Latin America sparks nostalgia and regret
Thursday, 28 January, 2021

Lebanon
‘The country is falling apart’: Lebanon’s hospitals overwhelmed by Covid surge
Stricken nation’s pandemic response hindered by financial crisis and fallout from Beirut port blast
Sunday, 24 January, 2021

News in-depthSyria
American entrepreneurs wade into murky Syrian oil business
Analysts are sceptical that, even with US support, oil company can succeed in Kurdish-held area
Friday, 22 January, 2021

Iraq
First large attack in Baghdad for 3 years kills 32 people
Double suicide bombing underscores Iraq’s continuing vulnerability to terrorism
Tuesday, 19 January, 2021

Lebanon
Switzerland says it is investigating Lebanese central bank
Fresh blow for embattled Banque du Liban as it faces first European probe
Wednesday, 13 January, 2021

Middle Eastern politics & society
Israel launches air strikes against Iranian-linked targets in Syria
Dozens of soldiers reported killed in big bombing raid ahead of Trump’s departure
Friday, 8 January, 2021

Long Story Short
A selection of the FT’s biggest stories and best reads every Friday
Chloe Cornish’s top reads this week: A dark day for Washington | Music’s gold rush | Lunch with Assange’s lawyer
Sunday, 3 January, 2021

Iraq
Iraq boosts coffers by $2bn in Chinese prepaid oil deal
Unnamed buyer locks in price while Baghdad gets short-term fiscal relief, say analysts
Sunday, 20 December, 2020

Lebanon
Lebanon’s national airline set to accept ‘fresh dollars’ only
Move raises questions about real value of $87bn of deposits trapped in moribund banks
Sunday, 20 December, 2020

Middle Eastern economy
Iraq devalues currency by a fifth as oil-price collapse hits
Revenues in Opec’s second-largest crude producer have been halved by price crash
Thursday, 10 December, 2020

Lebanon
Lebanese judge charges prime minister over Beirut port disaster
Hassan Diab and 3 ex-ministers charged with criminal negligence after protesters demand indictments
Wednesday, 9 December, 2020

Iraq
Eight protesters killed in renewed unrest in Iraq’s Kurdistan
Public employees in northern provinces have not been paid for months
Saturday, 5 December, 2020

FT SeriesWomen of 2020
How nurse Pamela Zeinoun rescued three babies after Beirut’s explosion
She picked her way through debris to extract them from smashed incubators. Then she carried them for hours to safety
Friday, 4 December, 2020

ObituarySyrian crisis
Walid al-Muallem, Syrian foreign minister, 1941-2020
An immovable stalwart in Bashar al-Assad’s regime
Tuesday, 1 December, 2020

Iraq
Iraqi translators live in terror as the west withdraws
The interpreters who worked for UK and US forces fear they are an easy target for Iran-backed militias
Sunday, 29 November, 2020

Middle East
Iraq empties camps for the displaced as military warns on Isis
Officials say sprawling sites could become breeding grounds for extremism