As a pioneer in media investment, Qatar has emerged as a regional leader in the media and entertainment segments. Since the inception of its first mass media outlets – both radio and TV – in the late ...

Qatar emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic in robust shape, delivering a vaccine programme that had, as of May 2024, administered 7.6m doses and protected the vast majority of the population. Moreover, ...

The ICT sector is entering a new phase following more than a decade of conflict that disrupted infrastructure and constrained network expansion and digitalisation. As Syrians return and reconstruction ...

Syria’s banking sector entered 2026 with a clearer legal path to global reintegration and recovery, although liquidity, capital quality and depositor confidence have yet to return to levels needed to ...

Syria’s transport network is entering a period of reconstruction in which restoring connectivity is as important as expanding capacity. Roads, railways, ports, airports and border facilities underpin ...

Interview: Sheikh Ali Alwaleed Al Thani, CEO, Investment Promotion Agency Qatar (Invest Qatar), on how infrastructure expansion enhances the country’s position on the global market SHEIKH ALI AL ...

Reconstruction has laid solid foundations for the revitalisation of Syria’s education and health care sectors, setting the stage for a new chapter of growth and opportunity. Building on this early ...

On Bahrain's evolution as a specialised financial centre and the digitalisation of wholesale finance across the GCC How would you characterise Bahrain’s financial sector after it underwent significant ...

Interview: Bader Al Kharafi, Vice-Chairman and Group CEO, Zain, on how telecommunications investment can support Syria's reconstruction By what means can telecommunications underpin economic recovery ...

Syria has entered the second year of its transition with a tailwind few would have predicted even as recently as 2023. The sanctions that walled the economy off from the world have largely been lifted ...

Demand in Syria’s real estate sector is demonstrating early signs of recovery, supported by returning households, diaspora capital, business reopening and renewed investor interest. The sector is ...