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Aramco's Manifa oil field
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Saudi Arabia’s refining strategy reflects a deliberate economic recalibration

Rather than exporting additional crude, it is now refining it at home, highlighting a policy shift to value-added products over raw commodity exports

Neil Quilliam 03 July 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Three decades of Syrian oil production

Since 2011, the Syrian economy has suffered from a devastating internal war and strict sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States, including on Syrian oil.In 2019, the US…

Al Majalla - London 03 June 2025
Riyadh is the capital of the future. shutterstock

Saudi Arabia’s trillion-riyal budget keeps reforms on track

A commitment to economic diversity and sustainable spending shows in the Kingdom's 2024 fiscal plans, demonstrating the reach of its Vision 2030 reforms and determination to end oil dependency

Faisal Faeq 11 December 2023
Landscape of Mutrah Corniche in Muscat, Oman.  The land of frankincense has been trading with its neighbours around the Arabian Gulf and the Arabian Sea for millennia. It now has cutting-edge ambitions for its future. Shutterstock

How Oman is developing a modern economy to match its long history as a trading nation

The land of frankincense has been trading with its neighbours around the Arabian Gulf and the Arabian Sea for millennia. It now has cutting-edge ambitions for its future.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 22 July 2023
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Ukraine: the war that shook the world

23 February 2026

The conflict has forced Russia to scale back its global footprint and NATO to boost its defence spending. Meanwhile, China and Middle powers have emerged as key beneficiaries.

Christopher Phillips
Reuters / Al Majalla
Politics

Trump has few good options on Iran

16 February 2026

As the US and Iran head to talks in Geneva, competing forces are pulling Trump in opposite directions. There are only two "good" scenarios in front of him, and neither will be easy to achieve.

Michael Horowitz
Reuters / Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Donald Trump answers a Supreme Court rebuke with new tariff threats

21 February 2026

The immediate economic impact will be more uncertainty

The Economist
Reuters-Al Majalla
Politics

Ex-Prince Andrew's arrest rocks the British monarchy

20 February 2026

His arrest is the first for a British royal in modern history and comes after it was revealed he had passed confidential state documents to US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Con Coughlin
Aliaa Aboukhaddour
Culture & Social Affairs

The Kuwaiti collector preserving Fairuz's legacy

16 February 2026

Faris Al-Muhanna dreams of one day creating a digital archive to safeguard the history and memory of Lebanon's most iconic artist for future generations

Charbel Khoury

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