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  • Middle East hotspots are ‘trying to survive’ as Ukraine war hits tourism hard

    Egypt, Turkey and more recently the UAE are three of the most popular destinations for Ukrainian and Russian tourists. The tourism sectors in Egypt and Turkey are already noting the effects, as analysts predict painful losses further down the road.

  • Analysis: Ukraine War: OPEC, Saudi Arabia Wants Russia as an Oil Ally

    For the OPEC+ oil cartel, wars are business as usual. In fact, wars among its own members are pretty normal, too. Iran and Iraq remained OPEC allies-cum-rivals during their 1980-1988 war. The oil ministers of Iraq and Kuwait sat down at the same table even after Baghdad invaded its neighbor in 1990. And today Saudi Arabia and Iran talk about oil even when Riyadh says that Tehran sponsors the Yemeni Houthis that are throwing missiles at the kingdom.

  • Iran won’t break with Russia over Ukraine. Here’s why.

    Russia fears that a further expansion of Iran’s nuclear program could lead to new conflict in the region and a bigger US military presence. It’s also in Russia’s interest that sanctions against Iran be lifted to expand trade relations in the form of a twenty-year cooperation document, while preventing Iran from improving relations with the West.

  • Turkey, Romania work to defuse sea mines possibly floating from Ukraine

    A mine that appeared Monday was the second reported in the waters near Turkey in three days. Turkey’s government had said previously that it was in contact with both Moscow and Kyiv about the weapons, but did not specify which side, if either, was responsible for the mines.

  • Ukraine war threatens food supplies in fragile Arab world

    Ukraine and Russia account for a third of global wheat and barley exports, which countries in the Middle East rely on to feed millions of people who subsist on subsidized bread and bargain noodles. They are also top exporters of other grains and the sunflower seed oil that is used for cooking.

  • Commentary: War in Ukraine Has Changed Iran Nuclear Deal Calculus

    While Biden’s trying to discourage China from helping sanctioned entities, he’s been slow to address the depth of anger among Gulf Arab allies over the Iran deal, damaging efforts to isolate Moscow.

  • Qatar, Saudi Arabia say the West mobilizes support for Ukraine but falls short in the Middle East

    At the Doha Forum, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the emir of Qatar, said his nation stands “with the millions of innocent and refugees” from Ukraine. But he added that he wanted “to remind” the international community of Palestinians, Syrians and Afghans who have similarly suffered and whom he said the international community has failed to do justice.

  • War in Ukraine Has Changed Iran Nuclear Deal Calculus

    Russia’s war on Ukraine is reshuffling Middle East diplomacy and forcing the U.S. to reassess the political costs of reviving the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran. Clinching the deal after a year of negotiations now hangs on a sticking point that people familiar with the talks say has emerged as the most politically explosive for the Biden administration -- whether to remove Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the U.S. list of terrorist organizations. The designation isn’t directly linked to the original pact, which curbed Tehran’s atomic activity in return for sanctions relief, but Iran’s insisted all along that it be scrapped.

  • What the Russian War in Ukraine Means for the Middle East

    They are torn between sympathizing with Ukrainians fleeing their homes and cities destroyed by Russian weapons and remembering how the world looked away as the same weapons were recking havoc on Syria and Libya only a few years ago.

  • Egypt requests IMF support as economy buffeted by Ukraine spillover

    On Monday, Egypt let its currency depreciate sharply after it had remained mostly steady for several years. Russia and Ukraine were the main exporters of wheat to Egypt - typically the world’s top importer - and major sources of tourism. “The rapidly changing global environment and spillovers related to the war in Ukraine are posing important challenges for countries around the world, including Egypt,” the IMF said in a statement.