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Qatar’s Estithmar Holding to acquire 49% of Syria’s Shahba bank
The move marks the first post-war foreign investment in Syria’s banking sector
China absorbs displaced alumina as Gulf outage deepens
The longer this split holds — raw material in one place, metal in another — the harder it becomes to…
MENA+ is investing in renewables nearly twice as fast as the rest of the world
Solar carried this growth, accounting for as much as 92% of the added capacity at about 11.8 GW
Qatar could extend FM on gas beyond June, Edison says
PLUS: Libya goes after corruption in oil sector
Turkish banks are eyeing Syria — and Stellantis is doubling down on Algeria
PLUS: Surprising exactly no one, business activity slumped last month in Qatar and Kuwait
Tehran, Washington agree to two-week ceasefire hours before Trump deadline
The Strait of Hormuz will be reopened for vessels to transit
MENA oil exporters search for sustainable rerouting alternatives
In an ideal world, energy exporters in the region would cooperate to establish a redundant network of pipelines
Emirates snubs aviation sector’s rising war-risk ins.
What we’re tracking this morning regionally and around the world
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