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Mina Aldroubi

Mina Aldroubi

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Abu Dhabi
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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Al Saraji mosque minaret being demolished in Basra on Friday. Photo: Mustafa Al Hussaini, director of Basra's antiquities department
Outrage over destruction of 300-year-old minaret in Iraq

Built in 1727, Al Saraji mosque was demolished on Friday

IraqJuly 14, 2023
United Nations aid convoys entered Syria through the Bab Al Hawa border crossing with Turkey, but the crossing was closed this week. AFP
Russia's veto of Syria border vote 'gives Assad control of millions of lives'

Russia's veto at UN Security Council hands power to Syrian regime, say experts and officials

MENAJuly 14, 2023
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to round off his tour in Northern Cyprus after visiting the Gulf next week, his office said. Reuters
Turkey's Erdogan set to start Gulf tour on Monday

The President will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE to enhance political and economic ties

MENAJuly 13, 2023
A protester in Karachi on Sunday during a demonstration to denounce the burning of a Quran in Sweden. AP
UN approves religious hatred motion after Quran burning

Session came after attack on Islamic faith this month when a Quran was burnt in Sweden

USJuly 12, 2023
Mariam Al Mheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment. Antonie Robertson / The National
UAE sets stricter emission target with 40% cut by 2030

Government looks for reductions from industry, agriculture and transport

Road to Net ZeroJuly 11, 2023
Sudanese flee from Khartoum in a vehicle carrying their belongings. AFP
Sudan's warring sides have no political will to end conflict, US says

Civil war between Sudan's army and paramilitary forces is entering its third month

MENAJuly 07, 2023
Elizabeth Tsurkov went missing after she travelled to Iraq for research for her doctoral degree. AFP
Iraq to investigate alleged kidnapping of Israeli-Russian academic

Researcher was last seen in Baghdad in March, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says

IraqJuly 07, 2023
Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov has been missing in Iraq for months. Ahmad Mohamad / AFP
Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah denies it has missing Israeli researcher

Her disappearance was not widely known until Israel accused the paramilitary group of holding her captive

MENAJuly 06, 2023
The power is back on at Baghdad International Airport. Reuters
Baghdad airport electricity back on after power cut

High temperatures have affected power supply across Iraq

IraqJuly 06, 2023
Sven Koopmans, the EU's Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process. Getty Images
EU pushes for joint plan to end Palestine-Israel conflict

Envoy's plea comes during period of escalating violence in occupied West Bank

MENAJune 29, 2023
Iraqi authorities thwarted an attempt to smuggle one million Captagon pills into the country in December last year. Picture: Interior Ministry
250,000 Captagon pills stored in a school seized in drugs bust

The country is a transit hub for the illegal drug trade and especially the amphetamine like stimulant

IraqJune 28, 2023
The Mosul dam was built by Saddam Hussein in 1986. Florian Neuhof / The National
Italy is providing private funds for Iraqi dam renovation

One of the largest dams in the region was seized by ISIS in 2014

IraqJune 27, 2023
Egyptian civil defence personnel search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed 13-storey building in Alexandria on Monday. EPA
Three bodies found under rubble of collapsed building in Egypt's Alexandria

Ambulances and hospitals are standing by to treat survivors

EgyptJune 27, 2023
Mr Di Maio meets with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in July last year. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
EU wants to improve ties with Gulf states and ease Iran tensions

Luigi Di Maio's appointment as special representative brings sides 'closer than ever'

MENAJune 22, 2023
Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Sabah meets Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, in Kuwait City on Wednesday. AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister hails ‘constructive’ Gulf tour

Hossein Amirabdollahian arrived in Abu Dhabi on Thursday after talks in Qatar, Oman and Kuwait

GulfJune 22, 2023
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