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    Raya Jalabi

    Middle East correspondent

    Raya Jalabi is the FT's Middle East correspondent, covering Iraq, Syria and Lebanon from her base in Beirut. Before joining the FT in 2022, she covered Saudi Arabia and Iraq for Reuters, and was a news editor and reporter at The Guardian in New York.
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    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Lebanon
      Re-opening of Beirut blast probe reignites feud inside Lebanon’s judiciary

      Stalled investigation has been mired by accusations of interference and rows over role of judges

      3 hours ago
    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Lebanon
      Lebanon devalues official exchange rate by 90%

      Central bank move to re-peg the currency still leaves the pound far above its parallel black market rate

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      News in-depthNadhim Zahawi
      From Iraqi oilfields to Tory HQ: how Nadhim Zahawi mixed business and politics

      The UK Conservative party chair’s tax travails are the latest chapter in a career that has brought him great wealth

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Lebanon
      Lebanon prosecutor challenges reopening of Beirut explosion probe

      Investigation into 2020 tragedy had been frozen amid accusations of high-level political meddling and impropriety

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Iraq
      Iraq sacks central bank governor as dinar slides in value

      Former governor Ali Mohsen al-Allaq returns as Baghdad struggles with a lack of dollars

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Lebanon
      European investigators arrive in Beirut for corruption probe

      Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh alleged to have laundered public money

    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      Syria
      Syria racked by fuel crisis ‘in worst year yet’

      Acute shortages have paralysed regime-held parts of the country as economy nears brink of collapse

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      News in-depthLebanon
      Lebanon water crisis fuels cholera outbreak: ‘Things are coming to a head’

      Nearly half of cases are children as fears grow that disease could become endemic

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      News in-depthFIFA World Cup
      Qatar World Cup provides rare source of unity to Arab states

      Anger at western hectoring and giant-killing performances have fostered a sense of solidarity

    • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Iran targets Kurds sheltering in Iraq: ‘We’re being used as a scapegoat’

      Tehran seeks to blame dissident groups across the border for anti-government protests

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      Cracks in the US Treasury bond market

      Large asset managers are invested in companies allegedly linked to Uyghur Muslims repression

    • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
      Turkish politics
      Turkish jets strike Kurdish militants after Istanbul bombing

      Foreign minister says ‘it’s reckoning time’ following overnight attacks in Syria and Iraq

    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Crypto broker Genesis halts withdrawals

      Iraq reels from $2.5bn tax ‘heist of the century’

    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      Iraq
      Iraq reels from $2.5bn tax ‘heist of the century’

      Bumper fraud implicates Baghdad elite and poses challenge for new prime minister

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      News in-depthRenewable energy
      Lebanon’s failing state forces unplanned shift to solar power

      Households and businesses are installing renewables to bypass power crisis

    • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
      Food security
      Ukraine grain deal collapse revives fears of bread queues and hunger

      Russian withdrawal from Black Sea initiative could have ‘catastrophic consequences’ for poorer countries

    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      Lebanon
      Lebanese president steps down with no replacement in sight

      Fractious political class unable to agree on a successor to Michel Aoun

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      News in-depthMiddle Eastern politics & society
      Lebanon and Israel agree maritime deal despite decades of hostility

      Accord marks rare instance of co-operation and pragmatism between two foes that have never held diplomatic ties

    • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Iraq names new leaders and breaks year-long political deadlock

      Abdul Latif Rashid defeats incumbent Barham Salih and paves way for new government to be formed

    • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Syrian soldiers killed in attack as fighting picks up

      At least 18 killed after bomb on a military bus near Damascus

    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
      Eastern Mediterranean tensions
      Israel says it has reached deal with Lebanon over maritime border

      Agreement paves way for both countries to develop gasfields in eastern Mediterranean

    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      Eastern Mediterranean tensions
      Israel-Lebanon deal on maritime border dispute falters

      Hopes had been high for agreement that would have paved way for use of disputed gasfield

    • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Israel and Lebanon near deal on maritime border dispute

      Agreement would pave way for use of gasfields in eastern Mediterranean Sea

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Iraq
      US citizen killed in Iranian attack in northern Iraq

      Tehran accuses dissidents in neighbouring country of fanning protests

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      Lebanon
      Lebanon in move to re-peg its currency for first time in 25 years

      Finance ministry says plan to slash pound is dependent on adoption of long-delayed recovery plan

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