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Chloe Cornish is the FT's Middle East correspondent, covering Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
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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

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