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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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      Smoke rises from the area of the Kuwait International Airport after a reported drone strike hit a fuel depot on March 25. AFP
      Iran launches new wave of attacks on Gulf states after UN condemnation

      Missile and drone interceptions reported by the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

      MENAMarch 26, 2026
      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
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