1:43pm

UAE’s first sukuk restructuring forecast

Yield on Dana Gas’s $920m Islamic bond soars

Tea with FT Middle East

Muneef Tarmoom
After more than a decade at one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, the Emirati investor’s new venture aims to connect Gulf capital with the farmers of Latin America. “It’s totally different, in the sense that you don’t have that security net, you’re on your own,” he says over tea at Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace hotel.
– Camilla Hall
1:22pm

Iraqi bourse reflects recovery struggle

Stock exchange battles for post-conflict growth

11:48pm

Syria opposition conference collapses

Failure highlights breakdown of Annan peace plan

11:30pm

Monitors caught up in Syria violence

Explosion in Idlib province kills 20 and damaged UN vehicles

7:58pm

Iran condemns plans for tighter Gulf union

Tehran describes GCC moves as ‘plot’

5:21pm

Tea with FT Middle East: Nart Bouran

IRAN 8:44pm

Nuclear watchdog and Iran agree to more talks

Progress made despite lack of agreement on access to sites

From COMMENT 7:38pm

Iran’s leader must choose between enmity and economy

Despite the limitations of the diplomatic process, there is much the west can do, writes Ray Takeyh

From AFRICA 7:17pm

Islamist rebels block Mali aid convoy

Insurgents hold up humanitarian relief in Timbuktu

From AFRICA 7:10pm

W African bloc threatens Mali with sanctions

Coup leaders and allies accused of blocking civilian rule

May 15, 2012

Iran hangs nuclear scientist’s ‘killer’

Man reportedly confessed to being Mossad assassin

May 15, 2012

Early investor in Asia rings the changes

Investment company rebrands to lure Gulf funds

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY May 14, 2012

Lebanon clashes leave two dead

Fighting continues on streets of Tripoli

From COMMENT May 14, 2012

Middle East: Febrile and fragmented

Treatment of minorities poses test for emerging order

May 14, 2012

Iran’s power struggle surfaces over talks

President feels sidelined over regime’s nuclear negotiations

ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT May 14, 2012

Palestinians to end prison hunger strike

Israel agrees to ease conditions in jails

May 14, 2012

Gulf leaders look at tighter political ties

Six-member group seeks to close ranks from Arab turmoil

May 14, 2012

Qataris adopt debt as a luxury accessory

Nation leads Gulf trend for leveraged spending

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY May 14, 2012

Boycott threatens unity conference on Syria

Umbrella group hit by internal feuding

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY May 14, 2012

Syrian troops and rebels clash in Rastan

Activists say 23 soldiers killed in fighting

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