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Gulf energy giants pledge net zero – but plan to stick with oil

October 28, 2021 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here October 28, 2021]

A surge of new net zero pledges from the Middle East’s oil producing nations has raised expectations ahead of the United Nations COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow starting Sunday – but campaigners say the promises fall far short of what is needed.

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Irked US squeezes Iraq with cash delays, short waivers | AFP

February 15, 2020February 16, 2020 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here February 15, 2020]

Baghdad (AFP) – Irked by Iraq’s close ties to neighbouring Iran, Washington has begun following through on threats to squeeze Baghdad’s fragile economy with delays to crucial cash deliveries and shortened sanctions waivers.

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Iraq sets up ‘loophole’ in US sanctions to buy Iranian power | AFP

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here July 2, 2019]

Baghdad (AFP) – Iraq is establishing a financial “loophole” to continue buying vital gas and electricity from Iran despite US sanctions, AFP has learned, mirroring a European mechanism that came into effect Friday.

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Don’t ‘politicise’ electricity, Iraq minister urges as summer nears | AFP

May 15, 2019May 17, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here May 15, 2019]

Baghdad (AFP) – With temperatures rising on both the weather and security fronts across the region, Iraq’s freshman electricity minister is warning that politicising his country’s power sector could have ripple effects around the world.

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US energy chief in Baghdad as sanctions waiver runs out | AFP

December 11, 2018December 11, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here December 11, 2018]

Baghdad (AFP) – US Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday Iraq should partner with American companies to become energy independent, as Baghdad’s waiver from US sanctions on Iran nears its expiry.

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Syrian hospital saves lives by going solar | AFP

May 30, 2017June 6, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on May 30, 2017]

Beirut (AFP) – Neo-natal wards and emergency rooms in a northern Syrian hospital will from Tuesday have uninterrupted electricity for the first time in years thanks to new solar panels, a charity said.

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I’ve reached the highlight of my career: figuring out ways to eat my way to a story. But really - tracing Doha’s transformation through the stories of a few of its famous eateries was both eye-opening and mouthwatering. The city’s oldest restaurateurs told me how gentrification forced them to move locations, an explosion in the worker presence expanded their customer base and their smashing of taboos created new social spaces. Read the story in my bio and slide into my DMs for recommendations.
Like any country, Qatar is a complicated place, with complicated stories and complicated stratifications. An ultra-bright spotlight has been shown on the country and its rights record since it won hosting rights to FIFA’s World Cup 2022 - but the floodlights have sometimes missed the details.
This ball made it from Doha to a displacement camp in northern Syria, where kids pushed out of their homes by more than a decade of war played a few matches with it, and circled back to Qatar in time for the #worldcup2022 kickoff on Sunday.
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