Economy

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

The desert boomtown seeks to be an alternative shipping hub for the Gulf, bypassing the flashpoint Strait of Hormuz

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

Tunisia secured a $500m Saudi loan during crown prince's controversial visit

Gulf powers to pump billions into Jordan and Bahrain

Turkey will usher in austerity programmes to mitigate rising inflation

Gulf stock offerings take nose-dive in 2016: Report

The EU’s New Year’s Resolution for the MENA region

Tania Ildefonso Ocampos

Saudi faces harsh financial cuts amid $53bn budget deficit

Turkey's economic turn to the East

David Barchard

Saudi king admits 'painful' but necessary economic reforms

Arab bankers: US financial rules turn us into 'spies for the CIA'

Algerian Premier Sellal seeks to bolster Africa’s low regional trade levels

Saudi austerity: Nationalisation planned ahead of $35bn mineral hub launch

Amazon said to consider acquiring Dubai-based online retailer for $1bn

Saudi Arabia to pay money it owes to private firms

Taxis, Uber and Amman’s transportation conundrum

Saudi's first global bonds worth record $17.5bn: State media