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A gas facility off the Suez Desert Road outside Cairo, Egypt, on 1 September 2020.
 Reuters

Egypt repays energy firms with an eye on self sufficiency

Cairo hopes to gain the trust of partners through its regular payments to energy firms, so that they will be more inclined to invest in gas exploration activities

Sharif Mohammad 20 May 2026
Al Majalla

Oil prices soar as US-Iran war sparks supply worries

European gas prices have jumped by 30% after some big GCC oil and gas producers cut supplies, and now a vital maritime trade route is being threatened. The stakes have seldom been higher.

Thuraya Shahin 04 March 2026
Al Majalla

The six noble gases countries are fighting over

Odourless, colourless gases such as helium, neon, radon, argon, krypton, and xenon power key industries. They are rare, difficult to extract, and hugely valuable, yet largely under the radar.

Abdulfattah Khattab 07 December 2025
Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (C) at a Brussels summit aimed at supporting Syria's transition on March 17, 2025. NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP

An EEZ with Türkiye puts Syria's economic recovery at risk

Damascus must weigh the risks and benefits of an exclusive economic zone with Ankara against the broader implications for its international standing and reconstruction efforts

Neil Quilliam 01 April 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Oil and gas remain the cornerstone of global energy

Global energy demand in this year’s WOO is set to expand by 24% in the period to 2050, driven by significant expansion in the non-OECD region. The outlook sees the need for an expansion in all energy…

Al Majalla - London 07 January 2025
A US Apache attack helicopter patrols above an oil production facility near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's north-eastern
Hasakah province on October 27, 2020. Delil Souleiman/AFP

Syria’s oil industry was once booming. Could it be again?

War sent oil firms running while the loss of territorial control in the oil- and gas-rich north-east left the Kurds with the hydrocarbons and Damascus reliant on Iran. Will the good times roll again?

Manaf Saad 17 August 2024
A series of red lines were drawn at a meeting of gas producing countries in Algiers. Al Majalla looks at what they are, where they came from, and what they may mean for energy markets. Ewan White

Top global gas producers set four red lines

A series of red lines were drawn at a meeting of gas-producing countries in Algiers. Al Majalla looks at what they are, where they came from, and what they may mean for energy markets.

Rabia Khreis 18 March 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Not just a ‘pipe’ dream, Morocco-Nigeria gas line set to transform Africa

The 5,600 km project will serve 17 countries and could help Europe move on from its dependence on Russian gas after the invasion of Ukraine

Mohamed Sharki 24 March 2023
The gas compressor station, a part of Polish section of the Yamal pipeline that links Russia with western Europe which is owned by a joint venture of Gazprom and PGNiG but it is operated by Poland's state-owned gas transmission company Gaz-System, is seen in Gabinek near Wloclawek, Poland May 23, 2022.REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

EU Countries Agree Gas Price Cap To Contain Energy Crisis

European Union energy ministers agreed on a gas price cap, after weeks of talks on the emergency measure that has split opinion across the bloc as it seeks to tame the energy crisis. The cap is…

19 December 2022
The city of London's financial district can be seen in the distance as a person walks near a row of residential housing in south London, Britain, August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

Britain Launches Scheme To Pay Homes to Curb Electricity Use

Britain's National Grid on Friday launched a scheme to pay homeowners and businesses to curb their electricity use when demand is high to help prevent blackouts over the winter. National Grid last…

04 November 2022
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Exclusive interview with the man who caught Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
A supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a Brazilian flag after a closing campaign rally, one day before the general election, in Sao Paulo, on 3 October, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Politics

Who will be Brazil’s next president?

04, Oct 2026

Neither Lula nor Bolsonaro won an outright majority, so the two men will face off on 25 October in an election that could serve as a bellwether of Donald Trump's influence in Latin America

The Economist
Opinion

Russia boosts its defence budget with an eye on Europe

02, Oct 2026

Putin seems to have concluded that to secure a decisive victory in Ukraine, he needs to go after the countries in Europe that are supporting Kyiv

Con Coughlin
A digital billboard displays fuel prices at a petrol station in Berlin on 2 October 2026. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Business & Economy

G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of reserve diesel

03, Oct 2026

Analysts believe that Trump is hoping to lower domestic fuel prices before the November midterm elections, which could see Democrats win a majority of seats in Congress

Alexandra Sharp
A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
Politics

US troops leave Iraq, but double down in the region

30, Sep 2026

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Caroline Rose

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