Mirette Magdy is an economic journalist at Yahoo Finance. She specializes in energy policy and regulation, renewable energy, and commodities markets, covering regional interests across North America, APAC, and LATAM. Mirette's work has been featured in prominent outlets including Fortune, Bloomberg Law, and the Miami Herald.
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Suez Canal gets oil-tanker boost amid Hormuz Strait shutdown The Hormuz strait has been effectively shut since shortly after the Iran conflict erupted on February 28.
The number of oil tankers crossing Egypt's Suez Canal surged by almost a third in April and drove revenue to the highest since early 2024.
By: Zainab Fattah, Mirette Magdy, Dinesh Nair, Fiona Macdonald, Alex Dooler
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan is best known as the defacto business chief of Abu Dhabi’s wealthy ruling family and the man at the helm of a $1.5 trillion empire. Behind the scenes, he has taken on another role: Diplomatic emissary charged with helping rebuild the United Arab Emirates’ relationship with Iran.
Egypt’s recent state-asset sales have satisfied the targets of an International Monetary Fund review, according to people familiar with the matter, easing the path to unlock about $1.6 billion in financing for an economy buffeted by the Iran war.
By: Sherif Tarek, Mirette Magdy
The International Monetary Fund and Egypt reached a preliminary deal on the country’s latest program review, putting Cairo on track to unlock more than $1.6 billion in financing.
Kuwait-based Zain is poised to invest more than $1.5 billion in Syria after it won the rights to operate a mobile-phone network in the war-torn nation, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Egyptian inflation slowed for a third consecutive month, though new risks to US-Iran peace talks may prompt caution when the central bank decides on interest rates later on Thursday.
Saudi Arabia’s economy saw its sharpest quarterly contraction since the Covid-19 pandemic, as the US-Israeli war against Iran poses challenges to the vital oil industry.
Saudi economy shrinks most since 2020 as war roils oil exports Gross domestic product shrank 4.8% year-on-year in the three months through June.
Egypt unlocked about $1.8 billion in financing after clearing the penultimate review of its expanded International Monetary Fund program.
