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    Andrew England

    Middle East Editor

    Andrew England is the Middle East editor. He was previously MIddle East and Africa news editor. Prior to that, he spent 17 years based in the Middle East and Africa as a foreign correspondent. His posts included Southern Africa bureau chief, Abu Dhabi bureau chief and Middle East and North Africa correspondent.

    He joined the Financial Times in 2004 as East Africa correspondent. Before joining the FT, he was East Africa correspondent for the Associated Press.

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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Yemen
      Houthis blamed for Bahraini soldiers’ deaths on Yemen border

      Drone strike comes despite efforts to secure long-term peace with Saudi-led coalition

      Yemeni troopers loyal to the Houthis march during a military parade in Sana’a this month commemorating the 9th anniversary of seizure of northern Yemen
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      China welcomes Syrian president Assad for summit

      First visit since start of civil war as Beijing expands its influence in Middle East

      Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, centre, and his wife Asma arrive in Hangzhou, China on Thursday
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Yemen
      US pushes Saudi Arabia and UAE to heal divisions over Yemen

      Washington worries differences between the Gulf neighbours could upend efforts to secure deal to end civil war

      Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the UAE’s President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      US-Iran tensions
      Iran nuclear crisis lingers for White House despite prisoner swap

      More diplomacy possible in New York this week, but rivals must overcome decades of distrust

      US nationals Siamak Namazi, Emad Sharqi, and Morad Tahbaz, who were among five prisoners released from Iran, disembark from a plane upon landing in Doha, Qatar
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      US-Iran tensions
      Iran releases prisoners in swap deal with US

      Exchange agreed after months of negotiations has potential to de-escalate tensions between arch foes

      Siamak Namazi and Morad Tahbaz, who were released during a prisoner swap deal between the US and Iran, arrive at Doha International Airport, Qatar
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Person in the News
      Mohammed VI: Morocco’s monarch faces an earthquake-hit country

      The reserved king is trying to show he is in control following the most devastating tremor in 60 years

      A man in glasses and a dark-blue turban stands amid a background of a graphic shockwave and cracked concrete and a green pentagram from Morocco’s flag
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Libya
      Libya flood victims buried in mass graves as anger builds over failed defences

      At least 5,500 people killed by disaster that devastated eastern city of Derna

      A digger stands next to the grave. The bodies are contained in white coverings
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Libya
      More than 5,000 bodies recovered in Libya flood disaster

      Death toll expected to rise after Storm Daniel devastates eastern city

      Men walk in the rubble of buildings destroyed by flooding in Derna, eastern Libya
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Libya
      Libya’s divisions exposed in city laid waste by floods

      Recovery and rebuilding efforts hampered by country’s chaotic and fractured politics

      An overturned car among rubble next to a damaged building following a storm in Derna, Libya on September 12 2023
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Natural disasters
      10,000 missing as floods hit Libya after Storm Daniel

      Large parts of coastal city of Derna swept away after dams burst

      A man in flood-hit Derna
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Middle East & North Africa
      Libya flooding leaves hundreds feared dead

      Storm Daniel crosses Mediterranean to strike north African coast, with reports of dam bursts causing devastation in city of Derna

      Vehicles piled up along a coastal road in Derna, Libya
    • Saturday, 9 September, 2023
      G20
      US and EU back new India-Middle East transport corridor

      Project agreed on G20 sidelines would counter growing Chinese influence in Arab states

    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Telegraph Media Group Ltd
      Daily Mail in talks over Qatari funding for Telegraph bid

      Gulf finance in demand as rival media groups circle conservative broadsheet

      A copy of the Daily Telegraph
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      US and Palestinian officials in Riyadh for talks on Saudi-Israel deal

      Negotiations come ahead of possible meeting between Joe Biden and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman at G20 summit

      Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman meeting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Saudi Arabia in April
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      The rise of the middle powers
      ‘Bridges with everyone’: how Saudi Arabia and UAE are positioning themselves for power

      Confident oil-rich Gulf states are forging new alliances in Asia and redefining their longstanding relationship with the US

      A montage of an Arab man, landmarks and a world map
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      Saudi Arabia
      Saudi forces accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants

      Human rights group says border guards at frontier with Yemen opened fire on unarmed civilians

      Ethiopian Tigray migrants stand in lines
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Iran nuclear deal
      US asks Iran to stop selling drones to Russia

      Washington raises issue in indirect talks aiming to de-escalate nuclear crisis

      In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian army, Iran-made drones are displayed in a ceremony
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      News in-depthArtificial intelligence
      Saudi Arabia and UAE race to buy Nvidia chips to power AI ambitions

      Gulf nations acquire thousands of GPUs amid global shortage of semiconductors needed to build large language models

      Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Nvidia chief Jensen Huang
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      Saudi Arabia pushes to join fighter jet project with UK, Italy and Japan

      Request creates tension between partners in landmark three-way combat aircraft programme

      An artist’s impression of what the final design could look like for the next-generation of fighter jets developed under the Global Combat Air Programme
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      US-Iran tensions
      Iran transfers five imprisoned Americans to house arrest

      Washington expected to release $6bn of Tehran’s frozen money in diplomatic breakthrough

      A prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran’s Evin prison
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Abu Dhabi National Oil Co
      Abu Dhabi oil giant builds internal ‘investment bank’ to chase $50bn in global deals

      Adnoc amasses 50-strong team as UAE state oil group seeks to diversify business and expand overseas

      Sultan al-Jaber
    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      Qatar Investment Authority
      Qatar sovereign fund seeks stake in Mukesh Ambani’s retail arm

      QIA considers investing in Reliance as Indian conglomerate looks to expand consumer businesses

    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      Food security
      Russia pushes plan to supply grain to Africa and cut out Ukraine

      Kremlin proposal would involve both Qatar and Turkey but neither has agreed to the idea

      A market in Yemen
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Turkey
      UAE and Turkey sign multibillion-dollar agreements

      Erdoğan seeks support for economy with trade and business deals and backing for earthquake reconstruction

      Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, left, and UAE leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan on Turkish president’s tour of Gulf state
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Turkish economy
      Saudi Arabia agrees deal to buy Turkish drones

      President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan drums up business as he embarks on Gulf tour

      Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan pictured shaking hands with Saudi officials during a welcoming ceremony in Jeddah
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