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Egypt

Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker (C-R) meets with Danish Ambassador to Egypt Svend Olling (L) in Cairo. (Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy)

Egypt and Denmark deepen renewable energy partnership

Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in London, UK, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (AP)

Turkey set to sign free trade deal with Britain

Iraq

A file picture shows Iraqi security forces standing near Iraq central bank in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)

Iraq’s currency devalued amid public outcry

UAE

UAE Minister of Energy and Industry Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei attends a news conference after an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria. (AP)

With expansion of capacity, UAE to play more assertive role in OPEC

Saudi Arabia

A woman shopper at a supermarket in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh. (AFP)

Saudi suspension of Turkish food imports, according to exporters

Egypt

Banks and office buildings on the Nile River in Cairo. (REUTERS)

Egypt’s GDP grows driven by mega-projects

Syria

A merchant writes ‘Made in Aleppo’ on a stand in a trade fair dedicated to war-hit businesses from Aleppo looking to make a revival, in the Syrian capital Damascus’s Tekkiyeh Sulimaniyeh complex, on November 2. (AFP)

Aleppo artisans seeking to renew hope at Damascus fair

economy

An aerial view shows the newly arrived foundation platform of Leviathan natural gas field, in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Haifa, Israel. (REUTERS)

Chevron stakes gas future on Middle East

Kurdistan

An Iraqi Kurd collects figs from a tree in a field in the Kurdish town of Akre, 500 kms north of Baghdad. (AFP)

Iraqi Kurds go back to farming to make ends meet