• May 29 2022
  Afghanistan

  Qatar urges west to engage with Taliban to stem crisis in Afghanistan

  One of the few countries to have relations with Kabul regime warns of rising extremism

  
• May 28 2022
  Turkey

  How Kurdish group became security flashpoint for Erdoğan and the west

  Turkey’s antipathy to YPG threatens fight against Isis in Syria and plans for Nato expansion

  
• May 27 2022
  Middle Eastern politics & society

  Iran seizes two Greek oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz

  Capture of vessels in world’s busiest shipping lane set to add to pressure on price of oil

  
• May 27 2022
  Special purpose acquisition companies

  First Middle East Spac lists in Abu Dhabi

  Number of businesses in region are considering blank-cheque company option despite it falling out of fashion elsewhere

  
• May 27 2022
  Saudi Arabia

  Saudi Arabia steps into the Davos limelight

  Flush with oil revenue, the kingdom and its Gulf neighbours are a rare economic bright spot

  
• May 25 2022
  Saudi Arabia

  Saudi Arabia to use oil windfall to bolster sovereign fund

  Finance minister says petrodollar surpluses could accelerate Riyadh’s ambitious plans

  
• May 24 2022
  UK inward investment

  Qatar pledges to invest £10bn in UK over next five years

  Technology, healthcare, infrastructure and clean energy will be part of drive to woo Gulf states

  
• May 24 2022
  LexUK energy

  UK energy: tilting at windfalls puts investment at risk Premium content

  Windfall taxes would make government’s net-zero ambitions even harder to achieve

  
• May 24 2022
  Lebanon

  Lebanon’s independents disrupt political order

  Success of newcomers in election signals shift in a country long dominated by entrenched elites

  
• May 23 2022
  Victoria Lupton

  Lessons for the Ukrainian refugee crisis from Syria

  There is an opportunity here to cement a commitment to helping all displaced people, regardless of their origin countries

  
• May 23 2022
  Iran

  Iran vows revenge after assassination of commander in broad daylight

  President Ebrahim Raisi blames ‘global tyranny’ for death of officer in elite Revolutionary Guards

  
• May 22 2022
  Saudi Arabia

  Saudi Arabia signals support for Russia’s role in Opec+ as sanctions pressure mounts

  Oil group’s production quotas set to expire in three months and Russian output is falling

  
• May 22 2022
  InterviewFood security

  ‘Millions’ at risk of death as Ukraine war hits food supplies, Egypt warns

  Finance minister Mohamed Maait echoes UN warning that crisis could last for years

  
• May 21 2022
  Egypt

  Family fears for health of activist on hunger strike in Egyptian jail

  Group of British MPs call for release of regime critic after he spends much of the past seven weeks in ‘inhumane’ conditions

  
• May 19 2022
  Israel

  Israeli government in minority after MP resigns

  Departure of Arab-Israeli politician puts multi-party coalition closer to collapse

  
• May 19 2022
  United Arab Emirates

  UAE’s Sheikh Mohammed takes power as dynasty speculation swirls

  Gulf state buzzes with talk that new president could choose son as heir apparent

  
• May 19 2022
  InterviewNato

  Sweden ‘must cut ties’ with Kurdish militia in Syria, says Turkish envoy

  Turkey’s veto on Nordic country joining Nato can only be overcome by severing YPG links, says ambassador to Stockholm

  
• May 18 2022
  Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia

  Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo

  Sovereign wealth fund has already bought into Japan’s Capcom and Nexon

  
• May 17 2022
  Libya

  Clashes erupt in Libya after rival PM’s attempt to seize capital fails

  Fathi Bashagha forced out of Tripoli after trying to take control from Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh

  
• May 17 2022
  Lebanon

  Lebanon’s Hizbollah and allies lose majority in election

  Blow to country’s most formidable political and military force as independents make gains

  
• May 14 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

  
• May 14 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

  
• May 13 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

  
• May 13 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

  
• May 12 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