Mina Al-Oraibi

Four deputies, one son-in-law: Iraqi PM’s cabinet deal exposes huge cost of consensus thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026…

From Palestine and Israel, to Yemen and Iraq, discussed the latest regional developments with the ever-insightful @BeckyCNN - kicking off with a discussion of @nmladenov ‘s oped in @TheNationalNews

Today, we honour the victims of the Hamas massacre of #7October. That one day in history changed Israel profoundly. The war that followed brought devastation to Gaza on a scale that will shape Palestinians for years. While the dead deserve remembrance, the living deserve a future. In my op-ed for @TheNationalNews, I argue that grief has no nationality, and that neither Israelis nor Palestinians can afford a return to the cycle that has repeatedly produced war, insecurity and loss. thenationalnews.com/opinion/commen…

Iraq devalues currency as war and Hormuz closure squeeze cash thenationalnews.com/business/marke…

Iran war energy price shock large but contained so far, IMF chief @KGeorgieva
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A new 403km railway is being built in Jordan with UAE investment.

The $2.5bn Aqaba–Al Shidiya–Maan project is expected to connect major mining centres with the Port of Aqaba and eventually carry around 16 million tonnes of phosphate and potash every year.
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Syria says Israel is building a new military fortification along territory it considers occupied in the Golan Heights.
The proposed line would run 2–3km parallel to the 1974 armistice line, as US-brokered talks between Israel and Syria continue.
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Saudi Aramco is offering its Arab Light crude to Asian buyers at a $5-a-barrel discount to the regional benchmark for November — the lowest level in six years.

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l UAE and Syria central banks have agreed to cooperate on payment systems, fintech, monetary policy, financial stability and more.

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And so, the American military presence in Iraq came to an end today officially. Long drawn out, but still significant. After 23 years and 6 months, the US leaves Iraq, after previous attempts to leave failed war.gov/News/Releases/…

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri set to be Morocco's first female PM - and the Arab world’s second ever woman to be named PM thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026…

With UNGA wrapping up, sat down with @UNReliefChief , who warned that without series efforts to de-escalate, we face a world war youtu.be/p0t-7hd4DI4

France's TotalEnergies seeks stake in consortium to build Syrian-Iraqi pipeline thenationalnews.com/news/europe/20…

Hopes for a GCC-Iran meeting to being about a breakthrough were quite limited to start with.. Bahrain had declared it would not meet with the Iranians several days ago

Simultaneous attacks by Iran-backed groups against Saudi Arabia point to renewed proxy alignment thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026…

This is quite the story by @aleeharissi : Yemeni rebels used @AnthropicAI @claudeai to design and build guided weapons thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026…

Two-state solution 'practically impossible' if Gaza plan not implemented, @nmladenov tells me at Hili Forum @TheNationalNews
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@AnwarGargash speaks at Hili Forum on relationship with Iran- ‘relations are easier to build trust - trust is the mountain we must climb.. the way out of this conflict is not through threatening your neighbours.. starting point must be pragmatism’

Speaking in Abu Dhabi @majedalansari says ‘the crisis happening here in the Gulf is truly international… if you look at trade coming in an out of Hormuz, there is no geography that isn’t affected. Erosion of deterrence is a global problem’

Seven years after 600 died in pro-reform protests, Iraqis seek answers from prominent militias leader admitting killing of activists thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026…