Stories from 2020: the year of Covid-19 and beyond
As we look back on the year 2020 it is undeniable that there is one story that has defined the year. But beyond the coronavirus, what have been the defining stories from The National’s newsroom? Ir...
25 Dec 202024min
Will Azerbaijan's victory in Nagorno-Karabakh lead to lasting peace?
On December 10, Azerbaijan held a triumphant military parade in its capital, Baku. Two-and-a-half months after the start of a conflict over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region in the west of the cou...
18 Dec 202014min
Memories of Mosul three years after ISIS
It is three years since then Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi declared the gruelling battle against the most feared terror group in history was over. ISIS had been defeated. The conflict itself ...
10 Dec 202028min
How new tech is helping the UAE farm the deserts
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit - global trade ground to a halt. Around the world people were scrambling to buy essentials as supermarket shelves emptied. But the UAE, a country that relies on imports ...
1 Dec 202013min
Iran's secret affair with Al Qaeda
On August 7, Habib Daoud, a Lebanese professor of history in Iran, was gunned down on a street in northern Tehran. Killed alongside him was his 27-year-old daughter Maryam. The assassin was riding a m...
26 Nov 202023min
Why are people fleeing Ethiopia's Tigray region?
In 2019, Abiy Ahmed was riding high. For a year he had been Ethiopia’s prime minister, having emerged from byzantine internal jockeying at a time of deep unease and anger. He had ushered in a series o...
19 Nov 202024min
The changes in the Middle East after Joe Biden takes office
For nearly four years, US President Donald Trump has torn up America’s foreign policy handbook. The implications, both at home and abroad, have been significant. Most recently, Trump’s administration ...
12 Nov 202023min
Why superstorms are the new normal
The Philippines is no stranger to storms. The country's group of islands weather around 20 storms and typhoons a year. But when news of supertyphoon Goni was announced, it took action, preparing itsel...
5 Nov 202017min
