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Mina Aldroubi

Mina Aldroubi

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Mina joined The National in June 2017 after six years of working for news outlets in London. From 2011 to 2016, she worked as a London reporter for Asharq Al Awsat. She has conducted several high-profile interviews, including with London Mayor Saddiq Khan. She graduated in International Politics from City University and received her master’s degree in Middle East Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Mina was born in Baghdad, and raised in Amman and London.
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Gas flaring at the Daura oil refinery in Baghdad. The war has forced authorities to halt operations at Iraq’s oil terminals. AFP
Pressure grows on Iraq to set aside infighting and redirect vital oil exports blocked by Iran war

Deal between Baghdad and Erbil only way to overcome impasse and avert economic disaster, analysts and officials say

MENAMarch 14, 2026
Military personnel and Rafale jet fighters on the deck of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. AFP
French soldier killed in Iraq as Iranian-backed group warns of more attacks

Warning from Ashab Al Kahf follows drone attack on base in Erbil

MENAMarch 13, 2026
Iraqi security forces watch as protesters approach a bridge leading to Baghdad's Green Zone, where the US embassy is located, on March 1. AFP
Iraq in the crossfire: US interests and pro-Iran militias under attack

Baghdad and Erbil caught in middle of broad regional war

MENAMarch 06, 2026
US helicopters fly over Erbil International Airport in Iraq on Sunday. Reuters
AnalysisUS troops attacked in Erbil as Iraqi militants weigh up options

Political considerations may keep some factions quiet during US-Iran war, experts say

MENAMarch 01, 2026
Attacks on Iran followed weeks of escalating tension, failed diplomacy, and military build-ups that indicated confrontation was increasingly likely. Reuters
US-Israeli strikes on Iran: What we know so far

Strong Iranian retaliation is expected as region fears a wider conflict

MENAFebruary 28, 2026
Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani, right, receives US Special Envoy to Iraq Tom Barrack before attending the signing of agreements between Chevron Corporation and the Basra, Dhi Qar, and North Oil Companies. AFP
US envoy meets Al Maliki and Iraqi officials for government formation talks

Washington's special envoy conducts second visit to Iraq in space of few days

MENAFebruary 27, 2026
A photo of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stitched to a man's uniform, as he leaves after Friday prayers at Mosallah mosque in Tehran. EPA
Iran willing to give up enriched uranium, says Omani FM, but war still looms

More signals of an imminent war despite evidence of progress in talks with the US

MENAFebruary 27, 2026
A US military convoy escorts buses transporting ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq. Reuters
Russia and Turkey ready to take back ISIS prisoners from Iraq

Baghdad calls on other countries to allow return of citizens who travelled to fight for extremists

MENAFebruary 26, 2026
Iraq held elections in November but has yet to form a government amid competing influences from the US and Iran. EPA
AnalysisIran 'losing grip' over Iraqi politics as regime braces for US strikes

Tehran could become 'sinking ship' and fatally weakened if Trump orders attacks, say analysts

MENAFebruary 23, 2026
A mother and her child in a clinic at a temporary Sudanese refugee camp in Adre, Chad. Getty Images
UAE urges Ramadan ceasefire in Sudan as it condemns El Fasher atrocities

Only a political process can result in peace, says Mohamed Abushahab, UAE envoy to UN

MENAFebruary 20, 2026
The target of the operation was an 'international trafficking network'. Photo: @INIS_IQ / X
Iraqi and Syrian forces seize more than 400,000 Captagon pills

Nations are stepping up efforts to curb drug smuggling

MENAFebruary 19, 2026
A US military escort for buses transporting ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq. Reuters
Dozens of Europeans among ISIS prisoners transferred from Syria to Iraq

Nationalities of the more than 5,000 detainees transferred so far obtained by The National

MENAFebruary 12, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem. EPA
Netanyahu to push Trump for more Iran curbs as Araghchi says progress made

Israel urges wider curbs amid Oman-mediated US-Iran talks

MENAFebruary 08, 2026
American buses with ISIS fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces head from Syria to Iraq, in Qamishli, Syria. Reuters
Iraq receives more than 2,200 ISIS fighters from Syria

Investigations have begun to put those involved in terrorist crimes on trial, authorities say

MENAFebruary 08, 2026
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani met French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in Damascus
France tells Syria fighting ISIS is ‘priority'

Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot begins tour in Damascus before planned stops in Baghdad, Erbil and Beirut

MENAFebruary 05, 2026
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