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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike on the Lebanese village of Nabatieh Al Faouqa yesterday. Such attacks have continued despite US-brokered negotiations between Lebanon and Israel. AFP

Don't condemn Lebanon to repeat its past

EditorialJuly 17, 2026

Police officers surrounded by the wreckage of the Pan Am flight 103 that exploded and crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. AFP

Lockerbie bombing: Pan Am baggage policy documents in focus as trial looms

USJuly 16, 2026

A branch of Delivery Hero in Berlin. The company has agreed to be taken over by US ride-hailing giant Uber. AFP

Talabat owner Delivery Hero acquired by Uber in $14.8bn deal

BusinessJuly 16, 2026

The Rumaila oilfield in Basra could be linked to Jordan by two pipelines. Reuters

Strait of Hormuz crisis prompts Iraq and Jordan to revisit oil pipeline plan

MENAJuly 16, 2026

A fast-growing class of private family offices in the Gulf has been deepening its exposure to markets in North America. Bloomberg

Gulf backers of US activist hedge funds may soon have to show their faces

MarketsJuly 16, 2026

Iran’s July 7 attack on three cargo ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz sparked the latest escalation. Reuters

Why freedom of navigation must return to Strait of Hormuz

EditorialJuly 16, 2026

Ahmad Al Shara has had an array of security problems to contend with since coming to power in 2024. Photo: Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian President replaces intelligence chief

MENAJuly 15, 2026

A TV broadcast shows air strikes hitting Sanaa airport on Monday. Yemen's internationally recognised government said its forces targeted the runway in the Houthi-controlled capital to block an Iranian plane from landing. EPA

Ignoring Yemen only delays the next crisis

EditorialJuly 15, 2026

A sailor observes an oil tanker moored at one of Iraq's southern offshore terminals on April 24. Seafarers are essential, yet maritime law and frameworks seem unable to cope with how the conflict in Gulf waters affects their lives. Reuters

Seafarers must not be an afterthought

EditorialJuly 14, 2026

The National

Shadi's take on attempts to save the US-Iran agreement

CartoonJuly 13, 2026

A visitor to Doha's Museum of Islamic Art on Thursday. Gulf security is no longer a purely military matter. AFP

Gulf countries are in a grey zone between war and peace

CommentJuly 12, 2026

UK prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham needs to address several Palestinian issues to win back pro-Gaza lobby support, senior figures say. AFP

Middle East experts urge Andy Burnham to go further on Palestinian policy

MENAJuly 10, 2026

Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council announced the seizure of more than 67 billion dinars ($51 million) in June during the country's latest crackdown on corruption. Photo: INA

Why Iraq needs a different approach to fighting corruption

CommentJuly 10, 2026

Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara, right, meets French President Emmanuel Macron at the People's Palace in Damascus on Tuesday. EPA

Why security remains Syria's main challenge

EditorialJuly 10, 2026

The National

Shadi's take on the Lebanon-Israel talks scheduled for Rome

CartoonJuly 10, 2026

A member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps outside a Tehran police facility destroyed during a US-Israeli strike on March 4. Getty

Who is calling the shots in Iran?

EditorialJuly 09, 2026

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