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Tuesday, 11 May, 2021

The Big Read
Iraqi Kurdistan’s authoritarian turn: western ally ‘discards idea of democracy’
The arrest and conviction of journalists and activists has revived concerns over a government dominated by two clans
Sunday, 9 May, 2021

Recreational drugs
Saudi Arabia drugs haul exposes Syria and Lebanon’s booming illicit trade
Amphetamine pills are smuggled into the Gulf in industrial quantities
Sunday, 25 April, 2021

Iraq
Baghdad Covid hospital fire kills at least 82
Iraq’s infrastructure has been crippled by decades of neglect despite oil wealth
Saturday, 24 April, 2021

News in-depthLebanon
Swiss probe Lebanon’s central bank chief over alleged $300m embezzlement
Leaked letter sets off latest scandal to hit longstanding governor as country’s economic and financial crisis worsens
Wednesday, 21 April, 2021

Denmark
Denmark pressures Syrian refugees to leave
Activists outraged as Copenhagen says Damascus safe for return
Tuesday, 13 April, 2021

Syria
Economic crisis begins to crack the bedrock of Assad’s Alawi support
Syria’s coastal areas prospered after supporting the president in wartime, but now sanctions and Covid are straining ties
Wednesday, 24 March, 2021

Press freedom
Iraqi dreams of democracy fade with arrests of journalists
Controversial verdicts in Kurdish and central Iraqi courts lead to fears for freedom of speech
Tuesday, 16 March, 2021

Lebanon
Lebanon crisis: PM stuck in office on less than $1,000 a month
Hassan Diab trapped as head of outgoing government for 7 months with state on brink of collapse
Monday, 15 March, 2021

Syrian crisis
Sanctions and court actions mark 10th anniversary of Syrian uprising
UK freezes assets of 6 Assad allies and bans them from travelling to Britain
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Tuesday, 9 March, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic
How global high flyers get vaccinated in the UAE
Executives join string of tycoons, politicians and royalty in securing access to the jab
Saturday, 6 March, 2021

Iraq
Pope Francis meets Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
Pontiff brings a message of hope to Iraq as it tries to recover from years of sectarian violence
Wednesday, 3 March, 2021

Lebanon
Lebanese currency plunges to new low fuelling nationwide protests
Sinking pound stokes rising inflation even as most workers’ wages are falling
Sunday, 28 February, 2021

News in-depthIraq
Shadowy militants in Iraq complicate US efforts to ease tensions
Biden administration’s first military attack in region comes as Washington seeks to re-engage with Iran on nuclear deal
Sunday, 28 February, 2021

Global InsightLebanon
Lebanon’s queue jumping affair threatens World Bank vaccine lifeline
International lender is reviewing the case of 16 MPs receiving the BioNTech/Pfizer jab
Friday, 26 February, 2021

UK politics & policy
Shamima Begum cannot return to UK for citizenship battle, Supreme Court rules
Decision in case of ‘jihadi bride’ represents victory for home secretary Priti Patel
Sunday, 21 February, 2021

Lebanon
Currency crisis leaves Lebanese cupboards bare
Hunger threatens to reignite unrest as dollar peg slips and inflation soars in heavily import-dependent country
Thursday, 18 February, 2021

Middle Eastern politics & society
Lebanese court removes judge from Beirut port explosion case
Victims condemn decision that follows legal complaint by two former ministers charged in the probe
Tuesday, 16 February, 2021

Syrian crisis
Syrian jihadi overhauls image in effort to hang on to power
HTS rebrands itself as the moderate face of Islamist militancy in opposition stronghold Idlib
Thursday, 4 February, 2021

Lebanon
Hizbollah critic Lokman Slim shot dead in Lebanon
Publisher and activist who documented country’s violent past had previously received death threats
Thursday, 4 February, 2021

Lebanon
Venezuelans in Lebanon wonder which country is worse
A diaspora’s untimely return to the Middle East from Latin America sparks nostalgia and regret
Thursday, 28 January, 2021

Lebanon
‘The country is falling apart’: Lebanon’s hospitals overwhelmed by Covid surge
Stricken nation’s pandemic response hindered by financial crisis and fallout from Beirut port blast
Sunday, 24 January, 2021

News in-depthSyria
American entrepreneurs wade into murky Syrian oil business
Analysts are sceptical that, even with US support, oil company can succeed in Kurdish-held area
Friday, 22 January, 2021

Iraq
First large attack in Baghdad for 3 years kills 32 people
Double suicide bombing underscores Iraq’s continuing vulnerability to terrorism
Tuesday, 19 January, 2021

Lebanon
Switzerland says it is investigating Lebanese central bank
Fresh blow for embattled Banque du Liban as it faces first European probe
Wednesday, 13 January, 2021

Middle Eastern politics & society
Israel launches air strikes against Iranian-linked targets in Syria
Dozens of soldiers reported killed in big bombing raid ahead of Trump’s departure