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Assad's Fall After 24-Year Rule In Syria Risks More Middle East Chaos
As Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow, the looters started raiding the presidential palace and people took to the streets of Damascus to celebrate his demise.
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After Iran Attacks Israel, World Races To Avoid Full-Scale War
The huge salvo of missiles and drones launched from the arid plains of Iran toward Israel was the kind of direct conflict between the Middle East powers that the world had long feared would mark the explosion of a full-blown regional war.
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Kuwait's New Ruler's First Job is To Fix Its Old Problems
Like his immediate predecessor, Kuwait's new ruler is taking over in his 80s and will be confronted with the same economy-hobbling political dysfunction that has for years doomed reforms.
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Qatar Indispensable In Middle East? Israel-Hamas War Raises Big Question
It took just a few hours after Hamas's assault on Israel for Qatar's prime minister to assemble a team at an undisclosed location in the capital, Doha.
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Why Saudi Arabia Rebuffed Biden's Pleas for More Oil
The US has accused Saudi Arabia of siding with Russia after it led OPEC+ in a shock decision to slash crude output, keeping oil prices high at a time of global concern about inflation.
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One Of The World's Richest Countries Is Becoming Hotter And Unlivable
Trying to catch a bus at the Maliya station in Kuwait City can be unbearable in the summer.
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Qatar May Struggle To Deliver The New-Look Taliban It Hyped
As the Taliban closed in on Kabul and tens of thousands of people overwhelmed its airport, it was the small Gulf state of Qatar that first opened its doors to evacuees, fast establishing itself as the West's main line of communication.
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A $600 Billion Wealth Fund Is Caught In A Political Power Struggle
A $600 billion sovereign wealth fund is caught in the crosshairs of a political power struggle that's roiling one of the world's richest countries.
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Saudi Crown Prince's New Year Reset Before Biden's Takeover
On a day that Saudi Arabia jolted the oil market with an output cut it called a "gesture of goodwill," the kingdom's de-facto ruler took center stage in a mirrored concert hall, ready to resolve a different crisis.
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Kuwait Doesn't Want To Be An Expat-Majority Nation Anymore
Kuwait's Prime Minister has said the country's expatriate population should be more than halved to 30% of the total, as the coronavirus pandemic and a slump in oil prices send shudders through Gulf economies.
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Move Over Saudi. Meet Stock Investors' New Darling In The Gulf
Once overshadowed by its bigger neighbors in the Gulf, Kuwait's market has emerged as the new darling of global investors
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Qatar Crisis Said To Be Deadlocked As Saudi Bloc Adds Demands
Efforts to resolve the standoff between Qatar and a Saudi-led alliance have reached an impasse, according to a Gulf official with direct knowledge of the matter, amid signs the bloc wants to extract more concessions from Doha.
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Qatar Crisis Mediators Said To Expect Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. Proposal
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are expected to relay to mediators what they want Qatar do to in return for ending their isolation of the tiny Gulf nation, according to a Gulf official with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Assad's Fall After 24-Year Rule In Syria Risks More Middle East Chaos
As Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow, the looters started raiding the presidential palace and people took to the streets of Damascus to celebrate his demise.
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After Iran Attacks Israel, World Races To Avoid Full-Scale War
The huge salvo of missiles and drones launched from the arid plains of Iran toward Israel was the kind of direct conflict between the Middle East powers that the world had long feared would mark the explosion of a full-blown regional war.
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Kuwait's New Ruler's First Job is To Fix Its Old Problems
Like his immediate predecessor, Kuwait's new ruler is taking over in his 80s and will be confronted with the same economy-hobbling political dysfunction that has for years doomed reforms.
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Qatar Indispensable In Middle East? Israel-Hamas War Raises Big Question
It took just a few hours after Hamas's assault on Israel for Qatar's prime minister to assemble a team at an undisclosed location in the capital, Doha.
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Why Saudi Arabia Rebuffed Biden's Pleas for More Oil
The US has accused Saudi Arabia of siding with Russia after it led OPEC+ in a shock decision to slash crude output, keeping oil prices high at a time of global concern about inflation.
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One Of The World's Richest Countries Is Becoming Hotter And Unlivable
Trying to catch a bus at the Maliya station in Kuwait City can be unbearable in the summer.
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Qatar May Struggle To Deliver The New-Look Taliban It Hyped
As the Taliban closed in on Kabul and tens of thousands of people overwhelmed its airport, it was the small Gulf state of Qatar that first opened its doors to evacuees, fast establishing itself as the West's main line of communication.
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A $600 Billion Wealth Fund Is Caught In A Political Power Struggle
A $600 billion sovereign wealth fund is caught in the crosshairs of a political power struggle that's roiling one of the world's richest countries.
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Saudi Crown Prince's New Year Reset Before Biden's Takeover
On a day that Saudi Arabia jolted the oil market with an output cut it called a "gesture of goodwill," the kingdom's de-facto ruler took center stage in a mirrored concert hall, ready to resolve a different crisis.
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Kuwait Doesn't Want To Be An Expat-Majority Nation Anymore
Kuwait's Prime Minister has said the country's expatriate population should be more than halved to 30% of the total, as the coronavirus pandemic and a slump in oil prices send shudders through Gulf economies.
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Move Over Saudi. Meet Stock Investors' New Darling In The Gulf
Once overshadowed by its bigger neighbors in the Gulf, Kuwait's market has emerged as the new darling of global investors
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Qatar Crisis Said To Be Deadlocked As Saudi Bloc Adds Demands
Efforts to resolve the standoff between Qatar and a Saudi-led alliance have reached an impasse, according to a Gulf official with direct knowledge of the matter, amid signs the bloc wants to extract more concessions from Doha.
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Qatar Crisis Mediators Said To Expect Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. Proposal
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are expected to relay to mediators what they want Qatar do to in return for ending their isolation of the tiny Gulf nation, according to a Gulf official with direct knowledge of the matter.
