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Saudi Public Investment Fund reports $11 billion loss for 2022

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UAE's Dubai ranks fourth in luxury residential sales in 2022

Boats are anchored in the Dubai Creek surrounded by high-rise buildings in the Gult emirate, on February 18, 2023. - Home to towering skyscrapers and ultra-luxury villas, Dubai saw record real estate transactions in 2022, largely due to an influx of wealthy investors, especially from Russia. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Arab states make up 24% of Israel’s 2022 arms exports including drones

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Women will overthrow Iran's Islamic republic: Nobel laureate

Mohammadi urged Iranians to report abuses

Agence France-Presse

Iranian singer ready 'to pay price for freedom' after 74 lashes

The death Mahsa Amini sparked protests in and outside of Iran

Agence France-Presse

2022 in review: Israel's great survivor Bibi Netanyahu makes a comeback

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2022 In Review

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Al-Monitor Staff

By Al-Monitor Staff

Analysis

Wary of Houthis, Gulf states fear blowback of US escalation in Yemen

This handout screen grab captured from a video shows Houthi fighters' takeover of the Galaxy Leader Cargo on the Red Sea coast off Hudaydah, Yemen, Nov. 20, 2023.

Jennifer Gnana

By Jennifer Gnana

In Dubai, reporting on Gulf energy policy and politics

Egyptian-UK activist begins hunger strike in prison: family

Jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has begun a hunger strike after hearing that his mother Laila Soueif, 68, had been hospitalised after refusing food for more than 150 days, the family says.

Agence France-Presse

Saudi Arabia’s 2022 GDP breaks record, exceeds $1 trillion

An aerial view shows the Kingdom Centre skyscraper (Kingdom Tower) and the King Fahad road in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on May 24, 2020. (Photo by FAISAL AL-NASSER/AFP via Getty Images)