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Philippe Naggar

Philippe Naggar

Philippe Naggar is a French-Egyptian journalist. Based in Abu Dhabi, he covers news across the Middle East and the Gulf region. He previously lived for several years in Tehran, giving him a solid expertise on Iran

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Iran peace diplomacy shifts to Cairo

Egypt

Iran peace diplomacy shifts to Cairo

The foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are due to meet in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the fragile US-Iran peace framework, as Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed 47 people and wounded nearly 100, dealing a severe blow to the ceasefire the agreement was supposed to deliver.

Iran's World Cup: When a theocracy tries to control a stadium in America

Iran

Iran's World Cup: When a theocracy tries to control a stadium in America

When Iran's Team Melli takes to the field in Los Angeles on Monday against New Zealand, the game will be about far more than football. It will be a confrontation between a theocratic regime desperate to control its image abroad and the millions of Iranians - at home and in exile - who refuse to let it.

Iran's players got their visas

Iran

Iran's players got their visas

Iran's national football team will travel to the United States by charter flight on June 14 — just one day before their opening World Cup match against New Zealand in Los Angeles, the Iranian Football Federation confirmed Tuesday.

Iran strikes the Gulf: Explosions rock Kuwait and Bahrain

Bahrain

Iran strikes the Gulf: Explosions rock Kuwait and Bahrain

Explosions were heard near Kuwait International Airport and in Bahrain's capital Manama on Saturday, AFP correspondents reported, shortly after Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced they had struck "enemy bases" in the region.

Trump: Iran has promised, no nuclear weapon, ever

Iran

Trump: Iran has promised, no nuclear weapon, ever

President Donald Trump announced that Iran has committed to never obtaining a nuclear weapon, whether by building or buying one, marking a potentially significant breakthrough in negotiations to end the US-Iran war.

The World Cup's most uncomfortable visa application

Iran

The World Cup's most uncomfortable visa application

Iran's Football Federation has asked FIFA to help obtain multi-entry visas for its players so they can travel between their Mexican base camp and their matches in the United States, federation president Mehdi Taj announced Thursday.

Abu Dhabi's soft power in Africa runs on asphalt

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi's soft power in Africa runs on asphalt

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) is making significant strides across three infrastructure projects in Africa, with road rehabilitation programmes in Togo, Madagascar and Nigeria progressing at pace.

Hajj attendance surges despite regional conflict

Saudi Arabia

Hajj attendance surges despite regional conflict

More than 1.5 million Muslim pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj, a figure that already exceeds last year's foreign arrivals, with the pilgrimage itself not beginning until Monday.

The IRGC tried to infiltrate Kuwait. It didn't go as planned

Kuwait

The IRGC tried to infiltrate Kuwait. It didn't go as planned

Kuwait has revealed that four Iranian military officers arrested in early May while attempting to enter the country by sea have confessed to belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and being tasked with infiltrating Bubiyan Island, Kuwait's largest island located close to the Iranian coast.

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