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Mina Aldroubi

Mina Aldroubi

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Abu Dhabi
Mina joined The National in June 2017 after six years of working for news outlets in London. From 2011 to 2016, she worked as a London reporter for Asharq Al Awsat. She has conducted several high-profile interviews, including with London Mayor Saddiq Khan. She graduated in International Politics from City University and received her master’s degree in Middle East Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Mina was born in Baghdad, and raised in Amman and London.
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Israeli rescuers search in the rubble on Sunday after a retaliatory Iranian strike on Bat Yam. AFP
Turkey leads global calls for Israel and Iran to step back from brink

Officials call for restraint and calm fearing regional escalation

MENAJune 15, 2025
A Houthi soldier mans a machine gun mounted on a vehicle while on patrol during an anti-US and anti-Israel protest in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday. EPA
Houthis strike at Israel in co-ordination with Iran

Attack is the first by a Tehran-backed group since start of Israeli strikes on Iran on Friday

MENAJune 15, 2025
An emergency worker carries a dog from a building damaged in an overnight strike in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Saturday. Getty Images
Tel Aviv residents wake up to destruction following Iranian strikes

Search teams hunt for people trapped under rubble

MENAJune 14, 2025
The US embassy in Baghdad. Experts say the evacuation of US embassy staff in the Middle East suggests preparations for a possible Israeli or American strike on Iran as regional tension rises. AP
US embassy evacuations signal threat of strike on Iran, experts say

Move seen as preparation for regional escalation as new round of nuclear talks approaches

MENAJune 12, 2025
The US embassy in Manama, Bahrain, said staffing levels remain unchanged despite reports of non-essential personnel being withdrawn from diplomatic missions in the Middle East. AP
US embassy in Bahrain operating as normal despite Trump's evacuation order

Washington issued the warning as tension rises over Iran's nuclear programme

MENAJune 12, 2025
Syrians load a car with their belongings as they prepare to leave a refugee camp in Azraq, Jordan, to return to Deraa, southern Syria. AFP
Half a million Syrians return home from across region since Assad fall

At least 700,000 expected to return from Turkey in the coming months, UN data shows

MENAJune 12, 2025
A woman wearing a burkini on a beach in Latakia on Wednesday. AFP
Syrian women unsettled by government’s burkini order when swimming

Ministry of Tourism's new guidelines raise fears of growing conservatism under new government

MENAJune 11, 2025
Children wave goodbye to former neighbours as a lorry leaves Rukban in January. Matt Kynaston / The National
Syria's notorious desert refugee camp closes

Isolated desert camp housed thousands of people and was cut off from the world for years

MENAJune 08, 2025
Many Syrians celebrated the removal of the authoritarian Assad regime and remain cautiously optimistic about the future. Getty Images
Syrians cautiously optimistic about future under Al Shara

Sectarian violence, Israeli interference and Kurdish reconciliation continue to pose challenges for government

MENAJune 08, 2025
Tribesmen loyal to Houthi rebels hold up their weapons as they attend a gathering in Sanaa. AFP
UN urges Houthis to release aid workers held for year

Two have died while in detention with dozens more arrested by rebel group

MENAJune 04, 2025
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani, right, receives Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at Baghdad International Airport. AFP
Lebanon's President Aoun in Baghdad to bolster ties

Visit comes after tension caused by his remarks on Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces

MENAJune 01, 2025
A youth carries an empty box from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Rafah. AFP
Israeli gunfire at Gaza aid distribution point kills dozens

More than 100 injured as troops open fire at centre run by US and Israeli-backed foundation, authorities say

MENAJune 01, 2025
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, left, is received by Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani at Damascus International Airport on Saturday. AFP
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister pledges financial support for Syria state staff

Prince Faisal bin Farhan met the Syrian President in Damascus for talks focused on strengthening government institutions and the economy

BusinessMay 31, 2025
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was informed by Iraq last year that the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq was no longer needed. AP
UN mission in Iraq closes Mosul office as it winds down operations

Unami was set up in 2003 to help assist the government to rebuild the state after decades of conflict

MENAMay 30, 2025
Pope Leo XIV met members of the Eastern Church during his first full week in charge at the Vatican. EPA
Bringer of peace: What the Middle East is expecting of Pope Leo

Leaders of the Eastern Church are urging the new pontiff to bridge ties between west and east

MENAMay 16, 2025
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