UAE investment fuels Syria's postwar economic recovery with $7B property deal The deal would see UAE-based Arada develop a major real estate project in Damascus. Syria
Bessent defends sanctions push as US, Iran trade strikes The top Treasury official spoke a week after launching a new economic squeeze on Iran. Iran
Iraq sentences kidnapper of US journalist Shelly Kittleson to 15 years: What to know The first sentencing in relation to Shelly Kittleson’s abduction comes as Iraq moves to rein in Iran-backed militias. Iraq
Culture Turkish ceramicist Leyla Borovali shapes Aegean heritage into clay Named by AD Middle East as one of 11 artists from Turkey to know, Leyla Borovali belongs to a new generation building on a ceramic tradition shaped by figures from Fureya Koral and Alev Ebuzziya Siesbye to Elif Uras. Turkey
India, Iran hold sidebar as SCO summit opens amid US strikes The meetings come as tensions between Tehran and Washington have once again escalated. Iran
Pentagon inks 7-year missile-production deal amid Iran war shortage The Defense Department has been hammering out new agreements with top defense manufacturers as the Iran war has rapidly depleted Washington's interceptor stockpiles. United States
