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A picture taken from a station of Dubai's Palm Monorail shows traffic on a road in Palm Jumeirah on Aug. 28, 2025.

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Cheap oil, tighter finances, wars constrained Mid East economies in 2025

Low oil prices, tighter financial conditions and elevated geopolitical risk hampered growth across much of the Middle East and North Africa this year.

بواسطة Jack Dutton

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participates in a joint news conference with US President Donald Trump (not seen) in the State Dining Room at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Analysis

في عام 2025، أنقذ نتنياهو ائتلافه لكنه عرقل ملف غزة وإيران ولبنان

مع اقتراب نهاية عام 2025، يشعر الإسرائيليون بالإحباط إزاء رفض رئيس الوزراء بنيامين نتنياهو إنهاء حرب غزة بشكل كامل، وحل مشكلة حزب الله، والتوصل إلى اتفاق مع سوريا، أو إيجاد طريقة للتأثير بشكل بنّاء على المحادثات المتعلقة بالبرنامج النووي الإيراني.

Rina Bassist

بواسطة Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives for a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City, on Sept. 22, 2025.

بعد مرور عام، لا يزال الغموض يخيم على رهان واشنطن على سوريا

لقد رحبت إدارة ترامب بالقيادة السورية الجديدة، لكن هذا الانخراط يواجه تحديات بسبب المخاطر الأمنية والأسئلة التي لم يتم حلها بشأن سيطرة دمشق.

Armoured vehicles of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces are deployed outside the US embassy building in Baghdad's Green Zone on June 12, 2025, after an announcement by a US official the previous day that staff levels at the diplomatic mission in Iraq were being reduced over security concerns. Despite reporting progress in earlier rounds of talks between Iran and the United States, tensions have reached a fever pitch this week as Washington moved non-essential staff from bases in the region following US medi

Analysis

بعد الانتخابات العراقية، ما هي أولويات الولايات المتحدة للحكومة القادمة؟

قال مصدر لموقع "المونيتور" إن واشنطن تريد ألا يكون هناك أي جماعات خاضعة للعقوبات في الحكومة العراقية المقبلة، في ظل تنافس الولايات المتحدة وإيران على النفوذ.

Adam Lucente

بواسطة Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

A view of a concrete wall built by Israel near the Blue Line in Maroun al-Ras, Lebanon, on Nov. 13, 2025.

Analysis

فرنسا تسعى إلى دعم الجيش اللبناني من خلال تنسيق عمليات اليونيفيل، وذلك في مؤتمر للمانحين.

ترى فرنسا أن مفتاح استقرار المنطقة يكمن في دعم الجيش اللبناني حتى يتمكن من استعادة السيطرة على جنوب البلاد.

Rina Bassist

بواسطة Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

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صفقة الغاز المصرية الإسرائيلية بقيمة 35 مليار دولار تمنح الوقت وتختبر شراكة الطاقة الهشة

View of Damietta Segas LNG Terminal, in Damietta, Egypt, which is an export terminal belong to Spanish Egyptian Gas Company.

Samuel Wendel

بواسطة Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Jet carrying Libyan army chief crashes after departing Ankara

In this photograph taken on Oct. 2, 2018, Gen. Mohammad Ali al-Haddad is pictured in the Libyan capital Tripoli. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

هل يستطيع نتنياهو إقناع ترامب بالموافقة على توجيه ضربة لبرنامج الصواريخ الإيراني؟

ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

بواسطة Ben Caspit

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Analysis

تراجعت العملة الإيرانية إلى أدنى مستوى تاريخي لها وسط تبادل الاتهامات بين الفصائل.

Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran Iranian 100 rial banknotes.

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بواسطة A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

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قبرص تدرس الانضمام إلى قوة غزة، لكن وزير الخارجية يقول إن المهمة "غير واضحة بما فيه الكفاية".

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صفقة الغاز المصرية الإسرائيلية بقيمة 35 مليار دولار تمنح الوقت وتختبر شراكة الطاقة الهشة

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بواسطة Samuel Wendel

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فرنسا تسعى إلى دعم الجيش اللبناني من خلال تنسيق عمليات اليونيفيل، وذلك في مؤتمر للمانحين.

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بعد الانتخابات العراقية، ما هي أولويات الولايات المتحدة للحكومة القادمة؟

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في عام 2025، أنقذ نتنياهو ائتلافه لكنه عرقل ملف غزة وإيران ولبنان

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