Economy

Syria's Assad raises penalty on foreign currency use to seven years hard labour

Syrian pound has dropped to 1,200 to dollar on black market in recent weeks, despite official exchange rate fixed at 434 to greenback

Aramco: Saudi Arabia launches IPO of world's largest oil company

Saudi Arabia set to proceed with Aramco IPO: Reports

Sudan will cut subsidies, implement safety net programmes: Finance minister

Lebanese lawyers sue The Economist magazine over 'defamatory' article

Egypt and the IMF: Success or failure?

'Secret embargo': Saudi Arabia stops Turkish exports from entering kingdom

Turkey fires central bank governor for refusing to tow line on interest rates

Saudi Arabia woos investors months after Khashoggi murder: Report

Turkey to inject $4.9bn into ailing banks as part of economy reform package

Egypt is staring into an economic abyss that could take generations to reverse

Yehia Hamed

Saudi Aramco now the most profitable company in the world, say credit agencies

EU adds United Arab Emirates and Oman to tax haven blacklist

Oman’s Duqm, a new port city for the Middle East?

Mahmoud Abbas suspends PA's controversial social security law

Resist or leave? Meet the young Jordanians facing hard choices

Palestinian farmers caught between Israeli rock and PA hard place

Alaa Tartir

Qatar to impose 100 percent tax on alcohol

UAE to deposit $3bn in Pakistan central bank to help ease economic turmoil

Four Libyan oil export ports reopen after closures for bad weather

Hunger games: Turkey eyes leading Middle East role through halal industry