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  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Sibling rivalry bodes ill for Jordan

    Meddling with the Kingdom’s stability should be a red line

  • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
    Oil & Gas industry
    Saudi Aramco raises $12.4bn from oil pipeline deal

    Consortium of investors led by Washington-based group buys 49% stake in newly formed venture

  • 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, 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

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    Saudi Arabia
    Foreign companies pushed to site regional HQs in Saudi Arabia

    Riyadh to only award state contracts to businesses that establish Middle East offices in the kingdom

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    David Gardner
    A decade after Hosni Mubarak fell, Egypt is a diminished state

    Promise of the revolution has given way to stifled dissent, reduced foreign investment and a decline in regional influence

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    IMF calls on Arab leaders to take action or risk new ‘lost decade’

    Governments must implement reform to accelerate recovery of pandemic-battered economies, says fund

  • Sunday, 31 January, 2021
    Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia lays down Dubai challenge by luring multinationals

    Oyo and Bechtel set up regional headquarters in Riyadh push to become top business hub

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia
    Saudi wealth fund in talks to lure health and technology companies

    Public Investment Fund in push to have foreign groups set up operations in the kingdom

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    The Big Read
    The Abu Dhabi royal at the nexus of UAE business and national security

    The point man to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, Sheikh Tahnoon is redefining links between the state and private sector

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Tunisia
    Tunisia’s anger boils over as Covid batters economy

    Nightly riots underscore frustration with poverty and high unemployment

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    Tunisia
    Tunisian police use tear gas to break up street protests

    Second day of clashes take place in several cities a decade on from Arab spring

  • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
    Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia tries to lure multinationals from Dubai

    Crown prince spearheads campaign as part of vision to become regional business hub

  • 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
    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

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    Kuwait
    Billions in the bank, yet Kuwait is squeezed for cash

    New parliament will struggle to agree with the ruling family on how to tackle the fiscal crisis

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Special Report
    Arab World: Banking and Finance

    Low oil prices and pandemic shock force Gulf states to inject fiscal stimuli. Plus: ‘significant opportunities’ for banks’ expensive advice; profits strained at Morocco’s lenders and why regulators must clarify their cross-border roles

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Special ReportArab World: Banking and Finance
    Tough conditions strain profits at Morocco banks

    Drought and pandemic have hit lenders hard

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Special ReportArab World: Banking and Finance
    Investment banks stick with Gulf despite falling fees

    Drop in receipts belies opportunities, bankers say

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Special ReportArab World: Banking and Finance
    Gulf states turn inward as they face diminishing resources

    Pandemic and falling oil prices are piling the pressure on economies

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
    Bahrain’s divisive prime minister dies aged 84

    World’s longest-serving PM was US and Saudi ally and figurehead for hardliners after crackdowns

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    Oman
    Oman gets $1bn in aid from Qatar

    Cash-strapped sultanate is tapping richer neighbours for much-needed financial help

  • Sunday, 25 October, 2020
    Arab world’s lone growth outpost lures debt investors back

    Egypt’s finance minister Mohamed Maait points to economy’s relatively strong performance despite pandemic

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Switzerland of the Middle East: Economic crisis threatens Oman’s neutrality

    Coronavirus and plunging oil prices may force new leader to turn to Gulf neighbours for help

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    News in-depth
    Young Arabs look to emigrate as pandemic wrecks economies

    Two in five consider leaving amid uncertainty caused by Covid, conflict and corruption

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