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A scorching heatwave has exacerbated Syria's electricity crisis [Getty]
Syria
Energy
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Syrians suffer under power cuts despite new gas shipments

Syrians are continuing to suffer prolonged power cuts that have greatly affected productivity, education, and healthcare despite new imports of gas

The New Arab Staff
12 August, 2025
A taxi driver tries to cool off by pouring water on his head on a hot summer day in Tehran, Iran on July 22, 2025. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Iran
MENA
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Heatwave hits water, electricity supplies across much of Iran

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 July, 2025
PARK OF FREEDOM, SULAYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ
Iraq Kurdistan
Energy
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Iraqi Kurds protest power cuts, one killed: sources

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 July, 2025
A view of the traffic lights as power cuts are occurring across the country, including in the capital, Tehran, Iran on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Iran
MENA
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Iran seeks to cap power outages despite rising summer load

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 May, 2025
Syria’s new photovoltaic power station would be built outside Damascus [Getty]
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria unveils solar power station to tackle energy shortages

The New Arab Staff
27 February, 2025
Man stands in front of machinery at a power plant
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria's 'three-phase plan' to address electricity crisis

Mohammad Alwawi
21 January, 2025
Iraq power cut
Iraq
Energy
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Iraq's power crisis worsens as PM seeks solution via Tehran

Dana Taib Menmy
08 January, 2025
Algeria
MENA
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Algerian fuel tanker on mercy mission to power-short Lebanon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 August, 2024
Turkey
Energy
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Iraq to import electricity from Turkey, diversify energy supply

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 July, 2024
Egypt
Energy
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Egypt will halt summer load-shedding power cuts Sunday: PM

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 July, 2024
Egypt
Energy
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Egypt needs $1.18 billion in fuel imports to end power cuts: PM

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 June, 2024
Egyptian government
MENA
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Egypt's PM vows to end blackouts, apologises to Egyptians

Thaer Mansour
25 June, 2024
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi
MENA
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Egyptians mock Sisi over deleting posts on unfulfilled vows

Thaer Mansour
12 June, 2024
Aden
MENA
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Yemeni security forces deploy in Aden as anger simmers over power outages

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 May, 2024
Daily life continues as temparature reach 50 centigrade in Baghdad, Iraq on August 12, 2023
Heatwave
Environment and Climate
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Regular power cuts in MENA make heatwave season unbearable

Mohammed El Said

Mohammed El-Said

29 August, 2023
Heatwave
MENA
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Power grids buckle across MENA countries in summer heatwave

The New Arab Staff
29 July, 2023
Electricity grid Oman
Oman
Energy
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Oman: Electrical grid problems leads to 'partial blackout'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 September, 2022
Iraq
MENA
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Protesters block roads in Iraq after third day of power cuts

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 August, 2022
Sulaimaniyah -ffo market 2
Ramadan 2022
MENA
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Iraqis greet Ramadan with high food prices, long power cuts

Dana Taib Menmy
04 April, 2022
Najib Mikati
MENA
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Egypt’s Sisi pledges to speed up supply of gas to Lebanon

Thaer Mansour
10 December, 2021
Lebanon's severe fuel crisis has sparked violence and brought much of the country to a halt [Getty]
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanese parliament to discuss fuel crisis on Friday

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 August, 2021