Middle East

  • Nov 2, 2021
  • 2 min read

Lebanon’s 2022 Middle East energy hopes face risks

Neighbours are promising energy-strapped Beirut new supplies of electricity and gas before the beginning of next year

Lebanon
  • Oct 27, 2021
  • 12 min read

Global South tightens social media grip amid protests

Social media's central role in facilitating protests is leading governments across the Global South to tighten controls

International
  • Oct 21, 2021
  • 2 min read

Climate change poses many threats to the Middle East

Areas around the Gulf are especially vulnerable to extreme weather, spiking heat, freshwater shortages and flooding

Middle East
  • Oct 13, 2021
  • 2 min read

Israel may use Amman water cooperation as a model

Israel and Jordan have agreed to increase water sales, as Washington pushes a regional working group

Israel
  • Oct 5, 2021
  • 7 min read

Struggling Mideast states will call on Arab identity

Although the dream of Arab unity has been dead for decades, it still influences regional politics

Middle East
  • Sep 16, 2021
  • 7 min read

Lebanon’s energy hopes depend on Mideast integration

Lebanon is seeking neighbours' assistance to alleviate its acute electricity and fuel crises

Middle East
  • Sep 8, 2021
  • 2 min read

Middle East concerns over Lebanon’s crisis will mount

Cairo, Amman and Damascus are looking at a complex US-backed plan to provide electricity, as Tehran offers rival plan

Middle East
  • Aug 26, 2021
  • 2 min read

Changing Mideast alliances will have regional drivers

An aspirational regional summit in Iraq highlights how the Middle East is moving away from the Trump era

Middle East