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          Turkey

          People buy food outside a market at Eminonu commercial area in Istanbul. Turkey raised fuel taxes by 6 per cent to address its widening fiscal deficit and stabilise the country's finances without affecting the 2025 inflation goal. AP

          How will Turkey's 6% fuel tax rise impact inflation?

          EconomyDecember 31, 2024
          People gather to celebrate the opposition takeover of Damascus, following the Friday prayers, at Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria earlier this month. EPA

          In 2025, the world should prepare to enter uncharted territory

          CommentDecember 31, 2024
          Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan in September 1993. AFP

          Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan 'ready to work with Turkey for peace'

          MENADecember 29, 2024
          More than 10 million people have been displaced within war-torn Sudan, according to figures released on June 11 by the International Organisation for Migration. AFP

          UAE supports diplomatic efforts to resolve crisis in Sudan

          UAEDecember 28, 2024
          People shop at the Mahmutpasa bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey. The central bank has been raising interest rates since mid-2023 to bring down inflation. EPA

          Turkey cuts interest rates for first time in nearly two years

          EconomyDecember 26, 2024
          President Sheikh Mohamed with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at Al Shati Palace. Photo: UAE Presidential Court

          President Sheikh Mohamed meets Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan to discuss regional conflict

          UAEDecember 25, 2024
          Hayat Tahrir Al Sham leader Ahmad Al Shara, centre, speaks at a meeting of Syrian armed opposition groups to discuss their dissolution and merger under the ministry of defence

          Syrian factions agree to disband and join defence ministry

          MENADecember 24, 2024
          The handout picture released by the Jordanian Foreign Ministry shows Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (L) being received by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) in Damascus on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Jordanian Foreign Ministry / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

          Syria's rebels court diplomacy as world flocks to assess their regime

          MENADecember 23, 2024
          US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the announcement of Mr Trump's Middle East peace plan, in Washington in January 2020. AFP

          Israel and Turkey are betting on Trump's Pax Americana

          OpinionDecember 22, 2024
          Iqbal Khan, chief executive of Fajr Capital, says the company is looking to more than double its assets under management to $7 billion by the end of the decade. Victor Besa / The National

          Dubai's Fajr Capital seeks string of deals in 2025, CEO says

          EconomyDecember 20, 2024
          Hundreds of people protested in central Damascus on Thursday, calling for democracy and women’s rights. AP

          UN chief Guterres demands halt to Israeli operations in Syria

          MENADecember 19, 2024
          Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, left, gestures to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, second right, after a group picture during the D-8 summit in Cairo. AFP

          Egypt hosts presidents of Iran and Turkey at summit of eight Muslim-majority nations

          MENADecember 19, 2024
          Syrian families living in Turkey walk towards the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria. Turkey hosts more than three million Syrian refugees. Getty Images

          Nearly one million Syrian refugees expected to return by June 2025

          MENADecember 18, 2024
          A woman gestures as she waits outside the Turkish Embassy, after fighters of the ruling Syrian body ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 14, 2024. REUTERS / Amr Abdallah Dalsh

          Turkey is not alone in wanting to shape Syria's destiny

          CommentDecember 15, 2024
          Turkey has appointed an interim charge d'affaires to Syria as it reopens its embassy in Damascus. AFP

          Turkey appoints envoy to Damascus after 12-year diplomatic freeze

          MENADecember 13, 2024
          Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poses with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Ankara on Wednesday. Reuters

          Ethiopia and Somalia sign landmark Turkish-brokered deal

          MENADecember 12, 2024