Taylor Luck
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Fuel costs, and protests, add to challenge as Syria rebuilds (opens the original)
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The Syrian government’s recent decision to raise fuel costs, after an earlier increase in electricity prices, led to protests that upset a string of government successes. After conquering a country in ruins and containing sectarian strife, Syria’s postrevolutionary government is facing its most serious crisis yet – at the pumps. Energy prices that have spiked because of the Iran war forced the interim government this month to raise fuel prices by 26% and diesel by 40%, sparking nationwide protes
Fresh strikes by US and Iran risk further destabilizing the global economy (opens the original)
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Sept. 02, 2026, 5:47 p.m. ET | Amman, Jordan The United States and Iran traded strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday, ending a monthlong lull and risking a return to war with global consequences. U.S. military strikes across southern Iran on Tuesday targeted Iranian air defense sites, radar systems, and maritime assets, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Wednesday. The strikes followed “attempted attacks by the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hor
As US applies ‘D-Day’ economic pressures on Iran, the battle shifts to Iraq (opens the original)
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Aug. 25, 2026, 5:08 p.m. ET | Amman, Jordan As the United States ratchets up economic pressure on Iran, Tehran is widening its largest escape hatch, Iraq. Iran’s neighbor, whose political and economic spheres Tehran has dominated for two decades, is emerging as the regime’s last economic lifeline. To secure it, Iran is increasing its on-the-ground involvement through militias and money-launderers, officials and analysts say. That is putting pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, a self-s
With war slowing Saudi food imports, hydroponics provide a homegrown solution (opens the original)
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Aug. 17, 2026, 3:44 p.m. ET | Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia Growing in water tubes across Saudi Arabia are the roots of the kingdom’s Iran-proofed future. In the August heat of the central Saudi desert, by all accounts, these vegetables should not be growing: cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, kale. With daytime highs of 125 F, dropping only to 91 F overnight, growth slows at traditional farms. Cucumbers turn bitter, tomato flowers shrivel, leaves wilt, and pests such as whiteflies and spider mites run ram
With Middle East still at war, three regional powers ink a new alliance (opens the original)
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Aug. 11, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET | Amman, Jordan As the U.S.-Iran war grinds to a stalemate, a new alliance is emerging in and around the Middle East. Accelerated by the conflict – but not party to it – this new bloc says it aims to bring stability to a region at war. The new defense and security alliance, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, was cemented Friday in Mecca, one of Islam’s holiest cities. The so-called Mecca Joint Defense Agreement includes a NATO member, a nuclear power, and the
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