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  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Grief and questions over killing of Shireen Abu Akleh in West Bank

    Arab journalist’s shooting highlights challenges Palestinians face in holding the Israeli army to account for civilian deaths

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    Travel
    The King’s Highway: Jordan’s ancient artery of civilisation

    A journey along the country’s spine, in the footsteps of John the Baptist and TE Lawrence

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    United Arab Emirates
    UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan dies

    Powerful younger brother Sheikh Mohammed set to become next leader of oil-rich Gulf state

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    United Arab Emirates
    Dubai’s workers struggle with cost of living crisis

    Rare and illegal strike by Talabat food delivery drivers comes as oil and food prices rocket

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Seyed Hossein Mousavian
    Diplomats face one last chance to revive Iran’s troubled nuclear deal

    Scepticism among US Republicans suggests any new JCPOA agreement may be shortlived

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    The best books of the week
    Nine Quarters of Jerusalem — a cycle of destruction and reconstruction

    Matthew Teller’s history disputes simplistic division of the Old City into four areas — and laments present-day tensions

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Lebanon
    UN lambasts Lebanon’s central bank for ‘human rights violations’

    Banque du Liban criticised in report for alleged role in ‘man-made crisis’ that pushed population into poverty

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Veteran Al Jazeera journalist shot dead in West Bank

    Shireen Abu Akleh was reporting on Israeli military raid in refugee camp when she was struck

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    News in-depthTurkish politics
    Egyptian media exiles pressured by Erdoğan’s regional reset

    Turkey’s role as a safe haven for critical media in the Arab world is under threat as president seeks rapprochement

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Iran
    Iran upholds death sentence for Swedish researcher

    Tehran rules out prisoner swap for man accused of spying for Israel

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Wizz Air Holdings Plc
    Wizz explores launching flights to Saudi Arabia

    Move by Hungarian airline is part of ambitious expansion strategy

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Iran’s Raisi cuts back on bread subsidies

    Rare move as wheat prices soar globally and Tehran tries to steer economy hard hit by sanctions

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    UK Government
    UK government authorised payments to Saudi royals to secure military contracts, court told

    Trial of top executive at Airbus subsidiary hears that British defence ministry ‘required’ alleged bribes to be made

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Lebanon
    Patronage and threats favour Lebanon’s Hizbollah in key election

    Absence of an alternative means Iran-backed group set to dominate in upcoming vote, say experts

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Global InsightLaura Pitel
    Tension over Turkey’s 4mn refugees nears boiling point

    With troubled economy and elections ahead, incomers are an easy target for politicians

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    NSO Group Technologies
    NSO Group keeping owners ‘in the dark’, manager says

    US consultancy overseeing Israeli spyware company tells EU lawmakers it is being stonewalled by management

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    Taliban
    Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces in public

    Return of repressive decrees undermines vows last year of more moderate regime than in 1990s

  • Saturday, 7 May, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    EU makes last-ditch effort to save Iran accord

    Borrell seeks middle ground over terrorist designation on Revolutionary Guards in move to revive deal

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Israel
    Israel says Putin has apologised over anti-Semitism row

    Phone call with Bennett comes in wake of Lavrov comments, but Kremlin readout of talks mentions no admission

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    Airbus and Qatar battle signals balance of power shift

    Aircraft manufacturers now have more sway in negotiations with customers as airline industry recovers

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    OutlookNajmeh Bozorgmehr
    A visit to conservative Kashan unveils Iran’s gradual social change

    Not long ago, most women in the desert city would have worn full Islamic covering. Not any more

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Israel’s ‘King Bibi’ plots his comeback

    Netanyahu tries to take advantage of political crisis that has shaken the disparate governing coalition

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    Dubai
    Rich Russians consider London-Dubai property swap to avoid financial scrutiny

    Prospective UAE buyers also being offered deep discounts on UK luxury homes

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    Turkish politics
    Erdogan’s embrace of Saudi crown prince signals end of dispute over Khashoggi murder

    Meeting marks shift in relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia reduces number of Syrian and Wagner troops in Libya

    Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine strains its deployments across north and west Africa

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