DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East from February 2021 to February 2024.

Chinese plastics plants that buy liquefied petroleum gas are turning to the Middle East to replace tariff-hit imports from the US, disrupting global flows and reviving moribund freight rates.

These shifts - along with the frozen conflict in Libya- reflect the aspirations of the US, EU and their regional allies for a Middle East where non-state armed groups are either integrated ...

Middle East Energy (MEE) 2025 opens tomorrow at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), ushering in the largest and most ambitious edition in the event’s 49-year history. Held under the patronage ...

Christians in Gaza said that they had "lost a man who fought every day in every direction to protect this small herd of his." Information ...

The new business, Aquila Capital Middle East, will look to deploy capital ... national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry ...

The Middle East nation aims to boost its oil and gas production in the coming years, and the new sour gas project is crucial to its strategy to further boost gas output in the long term.

Bahrain will receive its first liquefied natural gas cargo as soon as this month, becoming the latest Middle Eastern nation to import the fuel as energy demand soars. The Seapeak Bahrain floating ...

However, in the Middle East he continues down his predecessors’ misbegotten path—apparently ready to wage new, even more destructive wars. In short, America’s record in the Middle East is ...

A combination of newly imposed tariffs by the US and plummeting oil prices has caused a major decline in stock markets in the Middle East. Tadawul’s decline (by 6.78 percent) was the biggest ...

The U.S. is increasing its military presence in the Middle East as a war of words between Iran and President Donald Trump over Iran's nuclear ambitions sent tensions spiraling in recent days.

As part of the Pentagon’s effort to beef up its defenses in the Middle East, at least half a dozen B-2 bombers were sent to the island of Diego Garcia. The presence of stealth aircraft in the ...