Syrian Airlines will resume flights from Damascus to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, starting on Tuesday ... rebels ousted Assad on December 8 took off from Damascus airport to Aleppo in the country's north, AFP journalists saw. mam-aya/dcp

Global Forecast as of 12:00 GMT Friday, January 17, 2025

Global Forecast as of 12:00 GMT Friday, January 17, 2025

The meteorological drought that swept through the Fertile Crescent (stretching from the Tigris and Euphrates to the Nile Valley) in the 2000s finally

E ven before the ceasefire in Gaza Donald Trump had begun to reshape the Middle East. He was influential in pushing Israel to a truce with Lebanon in November. The fragile deal struck between Israel and Hamas on January 15th further reduces the intensity of the fighting in the region and resets Israel’s domestic politics.

But as a new government takes shape in Damascus, Syrians and foreign observers alike worry about how inclusive, representative, and Islamist it may be. The country’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Shara, is a former al Qaeda militant,

Assad’s regime on December 8 has put Syria in the spotlight once again. Following over a decade of conflict, the killing of

UAE state-owned renewable energy firm Masdar announced on Tuesday plans to create a new solar and battery energy facility that will deliver 1 gigawatt of uninterrupted clean power and is expected to cost around $6 billion.

Kenya and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) on Tuesday aimed at boosting trade, investments and creating jobs.

While major ruptures are not expected, Gulf states are urging a tougher stance on Israel and a softening toward Iran, positions that differ greatly from the president-elect’s first term.

After 45 years of dreaming about returning to Syria, Professor Oussama Khatib, is finally set to revisit his beloved Aleppo. "I left Aleppo many years ago, but it has remained in my heart all these years,