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    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israeli businesses buckle as war hits economy

      Demand has plummeted and companies have shut as consumers and workers are either drafted or shielding

    • Saturday, 4 November, 2023
      Gaza conflict shakes Middle East economies

      Rising death toll and fears of wider war deter tourists and investors

    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Saudi Arabia
      ‘Davos in the Desert’ gathering steers clear of Israel-Hamas conflict

      Host Saudi Arabia hopes to send business-as-usual message that it remains open for investment

      Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with others at the conference
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
      ‘There is no work’: war with Hamas hits Israel’s economy

      Economists forecast sharp contraction and big government deficits as fears mount of extended conflict

      Montage of the Tel Aviv skyline and charts
    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      ‘The worst day’: Israeli warning triggers Palestinian exodus from north Gaza

      Egypt resists pressure to open humanitarian corridor as thousands displaced

      Palestinians with their belongings leave their homes in Gaza City following the Israeli army’s evacuation warning
    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Saudi-China collaboration raises concerns about access to AI chips

      Fears grow at Gulf kingdom’s top university that ties to Chinese researchers risk upsetting US government

    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      Saudi Arabia
      Saudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojects

      Preliminary budget statement pares growth forecast for this year to 0.03%

      An artist’s sketch of Neom
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      News in-depthLebanon
      ‘It’s cool to have money again’: wealthy Lebanese party out the crisis

      High-end hospitality bounces back from country’s economic crash

      People having a night out at Parasol, a club in Beirut
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Saudi official meets Palestinians as diplomats step up talks on regional accord

      Envoy’s visit to occupied West Bank comes as US leads efforts to broker grand Middle East pact with Israel

      Nayef bin Bandar al-Sudairi and others in the West Bank
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      UAE boosts trade with Iran after eased restrictions on business activity

      Flourishing relationship reflects Gulf state’s pivot towards regional de-escalation

      Shipping containers at Khalifa port
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      Syria
      Syrian protesters call for Assad’s removal as economic crisis spirals

      Anti-regime demonstrators in Sweida say they are struggling to feed their families

      Protesters gather in the southern city of Sweida
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Accountancy
      Saudi Arabia consulting boom bolsters PwC’s UK partner pay

      State-backed Middle East clients drive up Big Four firm’s regional revenues by 40%

      The PwC logo on the side of an office building
    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      Iran
      Iran grapples with unintended consequences of ultra-cheap petrol

      Authorities under pressure to remove expensive subsidies that keep fuel prices as low as $0.03 a litre

      A customer refuels her car at a petrol station in Tehran, Iran
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Saudi Arabia
      Saudi Arabia cuts holdings of US Treasuries to 6-year low

      Kingdom’s position in US government bonds falls by $3.2bn in June to $108bn

      Residential and commercial buildings in the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      News in-depthArtificial intelligence
      Saudi Arabia and UAE race to buy Nvidia chips to power AI ambitions

      Gulf nations acquire thousands of GPUs amid global shortage of semiconductors needed to build large language models

      Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Nvidia chief Jensen Huang
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Middle East & North Africa
      More than half of young Arabs in Levant and north Africa pin hopes on emigrating

      Bleak economic outlook and high unemployment behind desire to leave home countries, survey finds

      Young Tunisians at an anti-government protest in Tunis in 2021
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Hedge funds
      Lure of sovereign wealth fuels hedge fund rush to Dubai

      Low tax and booming internal job market helps emirate cement position as a global industry hub

      The Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Lebanon
      Lebanon central bank’s first deputy takes over as interim governor

      Wassim Mansouri warns that country has ‘last chance’ to pass laws needed to pull it out of economic crisis

      Wassim Mansouri
    • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
      Lebanon
      Lebanon fails to find successor to central bank chief as term ends

      Deputy governors to meet government to broker deal and agree on radical set of economic measures

      Riad Salameh
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Turkey
      UAE and Turkey sign multibillion-dollar agreements

      Erdoğan seeks support for economy with trade and business deals and backing for earthquake reconstruction

      Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, left, and UAE leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan on Turkish president’s tour of Gulf state
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Turkish economy
      Saudi Arabia agrees deal to buy Turkish drones

      President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan drums up business as he embarks on Gulf tour

      Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan pictured shaking hands with Saudi officials during a welcoming ceremony in Jeddah
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Lebanon
      Lebanon central bank deputy calls for urgent replacement of departing governor

      Salim Chahine says successor to Riad Salameh must be named soon to avoid further slide in volatile pound

      People sit near Lebanon’s Central Bank building
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Egypt
      Egypt announces $1.9bn sale of state assets

      First significant privatisations aimed at raising foreign currency revenue to shore up its pound

      An engineer watches as molten iron is poured into a container at Ezz Steel’s factory in Sadat City, Egypt
    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      InterviewPhilippe Jabre
      Philippe Jabre’s taste for an unexpected second act

      Hedge fund trader is now third-generation owner-manager of Beirut brewer Brasserie Almaza

      Philippe Jabre, hedge fund trader turned brewer
    • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
      Dubai
      Soaring demand helps Dubai top list for luxury property transactions

      Limited supply and rush of new buyers, including from Russia, drive high-end sales in the first quarter

      Boats sail along the Dubai Creek surrounded by high-rise buildings in the Gult emirate
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