<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Middle Eastern politics & society]]></title><description><![CDATA[Middle Eastern politics & society]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/stream/8635546c-c2db-4cbc-ae74-6196ebbc8c1f</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:03:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ft.com/stream/8635546c-c2db-4cbc-ae74-6196ebbc8c1f?format=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2025. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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But US influence will be decisive ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/981f42b4-6565-4b26-be49-ba06bddab193</link><guid isPermaLink="false">981f42b4-6565-4b26-be49-ba06bddab193</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 17:50:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia: A Modern History — tradition versus modernity ]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Commins’ nuanced analysis of the kingdom’s transformation highlights the ongoing tensions that the monarchy needs to manage]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8c4c9672-8cfb-4dfc-b840-6de0af864dd8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8c4c9672-8cfb-4dfc-b840-6de0af864dd8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 11:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia to ‘take stock’ of spending after oil price drop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finance minister tells FT the kingdom’s priority is to avoid long-running ‘trap of booms and busts’]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/2ac37f09-40b7-4767-a388-57c00d4ce184</link><guid isPermaLink="false">2ac37f09-40b7-4767-a388-57c00d4ce184</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 10:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel announces expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ministers hail decision as ‘historic’ but move likely to increase international condemnation]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f66432d0-16b8-4c6c-bab3-f571943c85dc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f66432d0-16b8-4c6c-bab3-f571943c85dc</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 06:57:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump warns Netanyahu not to strike Iran as US holds talks with Tehran]]></title><description><![CDATA[American president’s comments signal tensions with ally Israel]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/79247965-6b65-4773-8833-93833bd3ed07</link><guid isPermaLink="false">79247965-6b65-4773-8833-93833bd3ed07</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 18:41:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel and Syria hold direct talks to curb spiralling tensions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dialogue with new leadership in Damascus follows spate of Israeli air strikes ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1c82892a-23cf-4fe5-8e28-19c0c8d70d14</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1c82892a-23cf-4fe5-8e28-19c0c8d70d14</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 16:27:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe needs to keep up the pressure on Netanyahu]]></title><description><![CDATA[France and Britain have helped protect Israel from its enemies, but they should not defend the indefensible]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/548d2a75-ecac-4522-826c-f1d89cd4d1cd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">548d2a75-ecac-4522-826c-f1d89cd4d1cd</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 14:37:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel’s reinvasion of Gaza is a strategic disaster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Netanyahu’s war isn’t about protecting Israelis. It’s about protecting himself]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9c7b18fc-0285-46a3-b438-25f30f1fcb17</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9c7b18fc-0285-46a3-b438-25f30f1fcb17</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lebanon begins drive to defang militant groups]]></title><description><![CDATA[Push to demilitarise Palestinian factions seen as precursor to far tougher bid to disarm Hizbollah]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/891cb96f-0ea9-49a8-9b8d-ce11c4782ebe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">891cb96f-0ea9-49a8-9b8d-ce11c4782ebe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 12:44:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netanyahu says Israel probably killed Hamas chief as it intensifies Gaza offensive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Premier says propaganda pushed by Muslim minorities is driving European condemnation of latest offensive]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3a231f5a-9377-4b3d-841d-cde3c3e5660f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3a231f5a-9377-4b3d-841d-cde3c3e5660f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 20:23:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK and EU ratchet up pressure on Israel over Gaza offensive]]></title><description><![CDATA[International criticism of the military campaign in the Palestinian enclave increases]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0dc7feeb-0136-4229-8154-442daeb973fe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0dc7feeb-0136-4229-8154-442daeb973fe</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 19:41:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netanyahu says Israel plans to take over all of Gaza]]></title><description><![CDATA[Country begins allowing limited entry of aid after prime minister acknowledges strip is approaching starvation]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8f1f3372-ecfc-46ed-9003-14b240613388</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8f1f3372-ecfc-46ed-9003-14b240613388</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 22:06:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel to allow ‘basic’ aid into Gaza as military expands operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Decision will end an almost three-month blockade that has stopped food and medicine entering Palestinian enclave]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/133cc248-47bb-4b6b-8f0e-a7b6fb7de79e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">133cc248-47bb-4b6b-8f0e-a7b6fb7de79e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 21:18:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel expands Gaza ground offensive after days of air strikes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defence minister claims fresh fighting puts pressure on Hamas as latest round of talks begins in Qatar]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/28511fdd-b35d-4e19-96c6-75ae78840f2f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">28511fdd-b35d-4e19-96c6-75ae78840f2f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2025 14:49:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran steps up mass deportation of Afghan migrants]]></title><description><![CDATA[Islamic republic wants to return millions of refugees who entered country before and after the Taliban takeover]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/dd6b9f28-6672-4eb2-bf78-41adaba11019</link><guid isPermaLink="false">dd6b9f28-6672-4eb2-bf78-41adaba11019</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2025 12:00:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel launches new round of strikes against Houthis in Yemen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bombing of two ports comes after rebels repeatedly fired missiles into Israel despite truce with US]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ca834e90-4f34-410a-a644-bfe70e0a1899</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ca834e90-4f34-410a-a644-bfe70e0a1899</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 17:00:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel escalates Gaza strikes as it steps up pressure on ceasefire talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly 100 Palestinians killed on Friday as US leads truce-for-hostage negotiations in Qatar]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7e1f1c96-f68e-4f4f-ad78-b2f02b25ecf0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7e1f1c96-f68e-4f4f-ad78-b2f02b25ecf0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 12:00:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Benjamin Netanyahu still have Donald Trump’s ear? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in today’s newsletter, the US president’s shift in tone on Russia’s war in Ukraine ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e1e3a08b-ec90-41e4-bbb8-7d572cb12abb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e1e3a08b-ec90-41e4-bbb8-7d572cb12abb</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 13:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil prices fall on Trump’s Iran deal comments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Drop comes as US president says ‘serious negotiations’ are under way with Tehran]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/bd959380-9735-48e5-acdd-e02b4f701672</link><guid isPermaLink="false">bd959380-9735-48e5-acdd-e02b4f701672</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 09:12:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netanyahu downgraded to spectator on Trump’s Middle East tour]]></title><description><![CDATA[US president bypasses Israel as he eyes Gulf billions, meets Syrian leader and pursues détente with Iran]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b63267a5-055b-4125-afd2-f300bbcfc86b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b63267a5-055b-4125-afd2-f300bbcfc86b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 09:00:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qatar orders up to 210 Boeing jets during Trump visit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oil-rich Gulf state praised by US president as White House announces $243bn in business deals]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f14a9dfc-b9d6-44cd-8708-0d12c4d6f0e3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f14a9dfc-b9d6-44cd-8708-0d12c4d6f0e3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 17:53:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump holds warm meeting with ‘tough guy’ Syrian leader]]></title><description><![CDATA[US president meets with Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia after promising to lift sanctions on war-ravaged country]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/23afa500-cfd8-4fb7-b950-57be74714172</link><guid isPermaLink="false">23afa500-cfd8-4fb7-b950-57be74714172</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 16:42:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump seeks bromance and billions as he heads to Gulf]]></title><description><![CDATA[US president expects flurry of deals on first official foreign trip but Israel’s war in Gaza is roiling the region]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4d9cbf87-755f-4cea-abb0-00f052a96c55</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4d9cbf87-755f-4cea-abb0-00f052a96c55</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 02:56:47 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>