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Fourth round of US strikes in Yemen as Houthis vow retaliation

AKROTIRI, CYPRUS - JANUARY 12: In this handout image provided by the UK Ministry of Defence, an RAF Typhoon aircraft returns to berth following a strike mission on Yemen's Houthi rebels at RAF Akrotiri on January 12, 2024 in Akrotiri, Cyprus. On Thursday evening, four RAF Typhoons launched from RAF Akrotiri to conduct strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have been targeting merchant vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with missiles and drones. According to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the s

Jared Szuba | Gulf | янв 17, 2024

Pakistani and Iranian flags flutter on the closed Pakistan-Iran border in Taftan on February 25, 2020 as fears over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus escalate following an outbreak in neighbouring Iran. - The Iranian outbreak where at least 15 people have already died -- the highest death toll in any country outside of China -- has aggravated already frayed nerves in neighbouring Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP) (Photo by BANARAS KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran-Pakistan tensions simmer after strikes, IRGC officer killed in southeast

Adam Lucente | Iran | янв 17, 2024

The container ship, A Daisen, with the destination 'DJJIB ARMED GUARD' seen at sea on Jan. 17, 2024, in Djibouti.

Yemen's Houthis hit another US-owned cargo ship as strikes fail to deter

Jared Szuba | янв 17, 2024

Iraq, KRG leaders cancel meetings with Iran's FM at Davos over missile row

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Amberin Zaman | Iraq | янв 17, 2024

Davos 2024: Reaching net zero without space tech 'wishful thinking,' says Saudi minister

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Jack Dutton, Andrew Parasiliti | Saudi Arabia | янв 17, 2024

US redesignates Yemen’s Houthis as terror group amid Red Sea attacks

Houthi soldiers attend a military parade marking the ninth anniversary of the Houthi takeover of the capital Sanaa on Sept. 21, 2023.

Elizabeth Hagedorn | Yemen | янв 17, 2024

Spain's Rafael Nadal hits a return against Austria's Dominic Thiem during their men's singles match at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane on January 2, 2024. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE -- (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia nabs Rafa Nadal as its star tennis ambassador amid criticism

Adam Lucente | Gulf | янв 17, 2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses a press conference in Tel Aviv on Jan. 9, 2024, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East.

Blinken says stay on the job as federal employees protest Gaza

Elizabeth Hagedorn, Joyce Karam | Israel | янв 16, 2024

A meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo on May 7, 2023.

Alarmed over Ethiopia-Somaliland deal, Arab FMs rally behind Somalia, Egypt

Beatrice Farhat | North Africa | янв 17, 2024

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Who is Peshraw Dizayee, Kurdish-Iraqi businessman killed in Iran's attack?

Adam Lucente | Iraq | янв 16, 2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) speaks with Foreign Affairs columnist Thomas Friedman during a meeting as part of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on January 17, 2024.

Davos 2024: Blinken says Palestinian statehood could help isolate Iran

Jack Dutton | Iran | янв 17, 2024

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Agence France-Presse | AFP | янв 17, 2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses a press conference in Tel Aviv on January 9, 2024

US re-designates Yemen's Huthis as 'terrorist' entity

by W.G. DUNLOP | AFP | янв 17, 2024

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Memos

Joint forces affiliated with Libya's Government of National Unity assemble inside the closed Tripoli International Airport, as they deploy on the outskirts and entrances of the capital Tripoli on July 25, 2022. - At least 16 people were killed and 52 wounded in fighting between armed groups in Tripoli, the health ministry said on July 23, following the latest politically driven violence to hit the Libyan capital. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)

Libya’s economy sustained by oil but political impasse threatens stability

Kate Dourian | North Africa | янв 9, 2024

A picture taken during an organised tour by Yemen's Huthi rebels on November 22, 2023 shows the Galaxy Leader cargo ship (R), seized by Huthi fighters two days earlier, approaching the port in the Red Sea off Yemen's province of Hodeida. The Bahamas-flagged, British-owned Galaxy Leader, operated by a Japanese firm but having links to an Israeli businessman, was headed from Turkey to India when it was seized and re-routed to Hodeida November 19, according to maritime security company Ambrey. The Huthis said

Middle East economies navigate treacherous straits as Gaza war infects Red Sea

Samuel Wendel | Gulf | янв 6, 2024

A worker arranges products on a shelf as nearby labels reading in Arabic "national product" are displayed on packaged items at a supermarket in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on December 26, 2023, as part of a wider campaign urging Palestinians to boycott Israeli products and buy locally made goods. Since the war in Gaza began, a slew of boycott posters, stickers and leaflets has cropped up across the occupied West Bank. Many Palestinians are looking for alternatives as calls to ban Israeli goods also g

Prospects dim for post-war Palestinian economic recovery

David Rosenberg | Palestine | янв 2, 2024

A man works in a vegetable field in Fujairah on November 28, 2023. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Global food demand to give Gulf’s liquids-to-chemicals strategy a leg up

Sebastian Castelier | Gulf | дек 27, 2023

An Asian farmer harvests wheat in a field in the Tabuk region, some 1500 kilometers northwest of the Saudi capital Riyadh, on April 7, 2016. Agriculture remains as problematic economic activity due to the high cost of the suppling water in a desert kingdom suffering shortage of water sources. (Photo by MOHAMED HWAITY / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMED HWAITY/AFP via Getty Images)

Can artificial intelligence aid climate solutions in the Middle East?

Karen Young | Gulf | дек 22, 2023

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SALAM FARAJ An Iraqi money dealer counts Iranian rial banknotes bearing a portrait of the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at an exchange office in Baghdad on February 3, 2012. Tens of thousands of Iranian visitors have been finding difficulty in using the Iranian currency in Iraq due to a depreciation of the rial against the dollar. AFP PHOTO/ ALI AL-SAADI (Photo credit should read ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/GettyImages)

How will uncertainty and government policies impact Iran’s economic outlook in 2024?

Bijan Khajehpour | Iran | дек 18, 2023

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