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Saturday, 25 March, 2023

Oil
Iraq wins landmark case against Turkey over Kurdish oil exports
Nine-year dispute over region’s energy sales settled by international court
Thursday, 16 March, 2023

Money laundering
Lebanon’s central bank chief in court to face money-laundering allegations
Riad Salameh for the first time appears in front of European investigators probing the accusations
Tuesday, 14 March, 2023

Lebanon
Lebanon’s banks begin strike action over ‘arbitrary’ judicial decisions
Closures are the latest blow for the country’s depositors who are already struggling to access their own money
Wednesday, 8 March, 2023

News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
Spy chief’s daughter highlights UN’s tangled relations with Syrian regime
Sanctioned figure’s daughter works for UN agency as quake exposes compromises in aid provision benefiting regime
Wednesday, 15 February, 2023

FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
Dispatch from northwest Syria
Smaller-than-expected fall in US inflation will fuel concern over persistence of higher prices
Wednesday, 15 February, 2023

News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
Syrians left to fend for themselves as earthquake relief fails to materialise
Residents of rebel-held territory tell of sense of abandonment after devastating February 6 disaster
Monday, 13 February, 2023

FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
Syrian refugees in Turkey face rising hostility
YouTube Shorts takes on TikTok in battle for younger users
Monday, 13 February, 2023

News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
‘They hate us’: quake tests ties between Syrian refugees and Turkish hosts
Many of those who crossed the border to escape civil war and are now homeless face growing hostility
Friday, 10 February, 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake
Financial help grows for Turkey and Syria as quake death toll tops 22,000
World Bank commits $780mn to rebuild infrastructure and US pledges $85mn to fund humanitarian efforts
Wednesday, 8 February, 2023

Natural disasters
Syria suffers disaster upon disaster as earthquake follows years of war
Aid agencies struggle to support millions of vulnerable people in a region broken by conflict
Tuesday, 7 February, 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake
Erdoğan declares state of emergency in Turkey after deadly earthquake
More than 7,200 people confirmed dead in Turkey and Syria as search goes on for survivors
Tuesday, 7 February, 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria leave thousands dead
Early morning 7.8 magnitude quake and big aftershock trigger desperate search for survivors
Monday, 6 February, 2023

News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
‘We are without hope’: desperate aftermath of huge Turkey-Syria quake
Race to tackle growing humanitarian crisis amid scenes of devastation
Monday, 6 February, 2023

Lebanon
Re-opening of Beirut blast probe reignites feud inside Lebanon’s judiciary
Stalled investigation has been mired by accusations of interference and rows over role of judges
Wednesday, 1 February, 2023

Lebanon
Lebanon devalues official exchange rate by 90%
Central bank move to re-peg the currency still leaves the pound far above its parallel black market rate
Tuesday, 24 January, 2023

News in-depthNadhim Zahawi
From Iraqi oilfields to Tory HQ: how Nadhim Zahawi mixed business and politics
The UK Conservative party chair’s tax travails are the latest chapter in a career that has brought him great wealth
Tuesday, 24 January, 2023

Lebanon
Lebanon prosecutor challenges reopening of Beirut explosion probe
Investigation into 2020 tragedy had been frozen amid accusations of high-level political meddling and impropriety
Monday, 23 January, 2023

Iraq
Iraq sacks central bank governor as dinar slides in value
Former governor Ali Mohsen al-Allaq returns as Baghdad struggles with a lack of dollars
Monday, 16 January, 2023

Lebanon
European investigators arrive in Beirut for corruption probe
Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh alleged to have laundered public money
Thursday, 22 December, 2022

Syria
Syria racked by fuel crisis ‘in worst year yet’
Acute shortages have paralysed regime-held parts of the country as economy nears brink of collapse
Wednesday, 7 December, 2022

News in-depthLebanon
Lebanon water crisis fuels cholera outbreak: ‘Things are coming to a head’
Nearly half of cases are children as fears grow that disease could become endemic
Monday, 28 November, 2022

News in-depthFIFA World Cup
Qatar World Cup provides rare source of unity to Arab states
Anger at western hectoring and giant-killing performances have fostered a sense of solidarity
Sunday, 27 November, 2022

Middle Eastern politics & society
Iran targets Kurds sheltering in Iraq: ‘We’re being used as a scapegoat’
Tehran seeks to blame dissident groups across the border for anti-government protests
Monday, 21 November, 2022

FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
Cracks in the US Treasury bond market
Large asset managers are invested in companies allegedly linked to Uyghur Muslims repression
Sunday, 20 November, 2022

Turkish politics
Turkish jets strike Kurdish militants after Istanbul bombing
Foreign minister says ‘it’s reckoning time’ following overnight attacks in Syria and Iraq