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Turkey's Baykar partners with Italy’s Leonardo on drones: What to know

A young man looks at the Bayraktar TB2 drone.

Saudi GDP grows 8.7% in 2022 due to oil, non-oil growth

Delegations attend the 46th ordinary session of the Council of Arab Central Banks and Monetary Authorities Governors, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 18, 2022.

Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia top MidEast recipients of US visas in 2022

A sign directs pedestrians towards the United States on January 16, 2019 in Tijuana, Mexico. Thousands of people from Mexico and Central America, many who arrived in caravans, hope to cross the border daily into America. The U.S. government is partially shut down as President Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Qatari FM meets Araghchi, Pezeshkian in Iran amid Gaza cease-fire talks

Iran's new foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi (L), meets with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (R) in Tehran, on Aug. 26, 2024.

Turkey's economy grows 5.6% in 2022, but labor’s income share shrinks

A fisherman sells his fish at a public market where customers shop in the historical district of Ulus in Ankara on December 30, 2022. (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt’s non-oil exports up 20% at start of 2022

AHMAD HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images

Saudi Arabia to host US-Ukraine talks on ending war with Russia

Steve Witkoff, special envoy to the Middle East, speaks to the press outside of the White House on March 6, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

Inflation in Turkey dips under 40%, lowest in nearly 2 years

Local residents walk past the Blue Mosque, in Istanbul on March 1, 2025, on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

Syria's draft constitution: Separation of powers, territorial unity and Islamic jurisprudence

Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa receives the country's constitutional declaration, which will be enforced throughout a five-year transitional period, before signing it at the presidential palace in Damascus on March 13, 2025. Sharaa said he hoped the constitutional declaration would mark the start of "a new history for Syria, where we replace oppression with justice", as he signed the document setting out the transitional period. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty I

UAE, Ukraine conclude trade deal talks, Emirates to help post-war reconstruction

Finalization of a historic Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Ukraine and the UAE.

United Arab Emirates