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'
Syria after Assad
No peace with Israel 'if rights of Syrians are usurped', Sharaa says
Islamophobia
Europe's most powerful party is stoking a Muslim scare
Farid Hafez
Sahel
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
War on Iran
The UAE, like the US and Israel, is normalising a permanent state of war in the Middle East
David Hearst
Energy
Turkey replaces Russian oil and diesel imports from US as wars reverberate
War on Iran
How China eased pressure on oil markets by halting purchases and relying on reserves
Politics
Mecca agreement: Why Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan teamed up
War on Iran
How Iran and Ukraine are strategically sinking their rivals at sea
Omar Ashour
Russia-Ukraine war
UAE is 'country of focus' as US looks to target Russia's economic partners
Libya Crisis
Cables reveal secret preparations for Haftar's visit to Russian aircraft carrier
Russia-Ukraine war
Dubai-based Russian shipping company sanctioned
Russia-Ukraine war
Russia-Ukraine war: One year on, neither side has a clear path to victory
Marco Carnelos
Russia-Ukraine war
'Showroom for Iran and Turkey': How the war in Ukraine altered Middle East defence ties
Russia-Ukraine war
Morocco's economy risks heavy price with neutrality in Ukraine war
Arms Trade
American media love the arms trade, as long as the arms dealers are American
Gregory Shupak
Politics
Why Emirati statecraft needs Putin's networks
Andreas Krieg
Russia-Ukraine war
Seven ways the Russia-Ukraine war shaped the Middle East and North Africa
Russia-Ukraine war
Russia-Ukraine war: The many faces of Vladimir Putin
David Hearst
Russia-Ukraine war
How the Middle East is becoming Russia's economic lifeline
Russia-Ukraine war
Samantha Power's new 'war for democracy' should start at home
Joe Gill