Natasha Turak is a correspondent at CNBC, based in Dubai, where she covers the Middle East. Her reporting spans a range of topics including geopolitics, wars, weapons sales, energy, emerging markets, and elections. Natasha's work has been featured in various outlets such as NBC Connecticut, CNBC Africa, and NBC News.
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Natasha Turak's coverage revolves around world affairs, government & politics, and evolving stories. She focuses on topics such as international relations, conflicts in the Middle East (specifically Israel and Hamas), Russia-Ukraine conflict, cybersecurity, climate change, energy issues including fossil fuels and aviation industry.
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By: Natasha Turak, Emma Graham
Key Points“Hezbollah finds itself in its greatest predicament since its foundation,” one regional expert told CNBC.
By: Emma Graham, Natasha Turak
The tariffs could be a form of U.S. leverage over the decisions of the fragile Al Sharaa government, one analyst suggested.
By: Natasha Turak
Russian business in the UAE has ballooned since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as its citizens fled sanctions and mandatory conscription.
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his UAE counterpart, President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Moscow on Thursday, with the countries pledging to double trade over the next five years. CNBC's Natasha Turak has been covering the relationship between the two nations and joins Squawk Box Europe with the details.
By: Natasha Turak
Key Points ‘Snapback' sanctions were built into the original 2015 Iranian nuclear deal and are meant to act as a guardrail in case Iran commits a “significant non-performance” of the agreement.
Key Points The writedown comes amid lower global oil prices and a growing fiscal deficit for the Saudi kingdom.
Key Points Iraq is OPEC's second-largest oil producer. The country's power grid has faced decades of corruption, mismanagement, and conflict.
By: Natasha Turak
Saudi AI 'champion' Humain, owned by the kingdom's massive Public Investment Fund, has partnerships with Nvidia, AMD and Groq.
By: Natasha Turak
The 38-page document envisions "voluntary" relocation of Gaza's population, AI-powered "smart cities", and a manufacturing hub named after Elon Musk.
By: Natasha Turak
The news comes as Turkey struggles with an economy battered by years of high inflation and a recent series of devastating earthquakes that killed more than 46,000 people and left millions homeless.
