Russia

Russia-Ukraine war

Russia ties Black Sea grain deal with Ukraine to halt in oil refinery strikes

Turkey seeks a Black Sea shipping deal, but Ukrainian officials say Russia 'always asks for more'

Exclusive: Mali’s Tuareg separatists seek Turkey talks, reveal Russian contact

Israel's genocide in Gaza

EU foreign policy chief says Israeli settlements should be treated like Russian-occupied Crimea

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Miliband has decisively broken with decades of UK inaction on Palestine

Chris Doyle

The UAE, like the US and Israel, is normalising a permanent state of war in the Middle East

David Hearst

Turkey replaces Russian oil and diesel imports from US as wars reverberate

How China eased pressure on oil markets by halting purchases and relying on reserves

Mecca agreement: Why Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan teamed up

How Iran and Ukraine are strategically sinking their rivals at sea

Omar Ashour

Pentagon leak is no surprise: UAE-Russia ties run deep

Andreas Krieg

Egypt secretly planned to supply Russia with rockets, Pentagon leak reveals

Why Iranians are calling for war with Azerbaijan

Here are the Middle East-related takeaways from the US intelligence leaks

Opec’s surprise cut: Is the global economy ready?

Rachel Ziemba

Saudi Arabia’s digital dream: Silicon Valley for the Middle East

Oil powers to slash production by more than one million barrels per day

UAE cancels Russia's MTS Bank licence, citing 'sanctions risk'

Turkey-Syria earthquake

Has Bashar al-Assad leveraged disaster for political gain?

Turkey elections 2023

Turkey elections: Erdogan 'rejects alliance' with Eurasianist party

As China embraces Russia, the western narrative needs a rethink

Marco Carnelos

Russia lobbies Iraq to open airspace for military flights to Syria