Natasha Turak
@NatashaTurak
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American abroad. Mideast correspondent at @CNBC , formerly @fDiMagazine @FT and @Tunisia_Live . Marathon runner. Foreign policy and cat enthusiast.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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If I have to write the words “tensions are rising” in copy one more time, I swear to god
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This is incredible. The BTS fan army is NO JOKE
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I think that’s what we call saying the quiet part out loud
Wayne LaPierre says at the NRA event that "gun hating politicians should never go to bed unafraid of what this association and all of our millions of members can do to their political careers" 😳
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How does someone on a civil servant salary manage to privately fly himself to Davos?
#Lebanon
's ex-foreign minister
#GebranBassil
tries to defend Davos trip as his country faces economic collapse
#WEF2020
#Davos
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The Bayraktar TB2 and its impressive performance in Ukraine, as well as a range of other weapons systems, have cemented
#Turkey
's status as a formidable player in the global arms manufacturing industry
#Turkiye
:
Turkish President Erdogan:
"Turkyie has increased from 62 defense industry projects to over 750 projects and from a budget of 5.5 billion dollars to 75 billion dollars."
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K-pop’s
@BTS_twt
donated $1 million to
#BlackLivesMatter
, its fan army matched it in a day — and now John Cena’s on board too
@OneInAnARMY
@naija0329
#MatchAMillion
@JohnCena
@Daisy_hrt
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NATO to expand? Chief says
#Finland
— which borders Russia — would be warmly welcomed to the alliance via
@smeredith19
@CNBCi
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Scenes from some beautiful hikes in southern Turkey last week 🇹🇷
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Turkey's currency drops to new record low on S-400 tensions, but more volatility lies ahead - my story on
#Turkey
today as the lira hits a record 7.94 to the dollar, w/ insight from
@AgatheDemarais
@TheEIU_Europe
@emeyersson
@tashecon
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Angela Merkel leaves office the most popular politician in the country, with an approval rating of 69% and a profound legacy shaping the last 16 years of German history.
Author & prof. Matt Qvortrup: “She kept the ship afloat and, in a way, she's now done her duty. She can go.”
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Trump on how he can be certain NK won’t renege on denuclearization pledges as regime has repeatedly done before: “My instinct, my ability, my talent -- I just know when someone wants to make a deal”
#TrumpKimSummit
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The people most powerful in Putin’s circle are the ones that won’t suffer from
#sanctions
"because
#Russia
has something that a lot of other countries where sanctions have been effective do not have: oil and gas. And we're not going to sanction that" Fmr US ambassador
@McFaul
"These sanctions are not going to change Putin's thinking during the course of this war... we're not going to count and measure the effects of sanctions in weeks. It's going to be months, and I actually think years,"
@McFaul
says.
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same
in retrospect, it was a mistake not being a billionaire before heading into this pandemic
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Syrians distributing food aid to European (Greek) refugees during World War II as hundreds of thousands of Eastern and Southern Europeans fled fascist armies for refugee camps and safety in the Middle East. 1942. A forgotten episode of history worth remembering.
#Syria
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Algeria’s protests are absolutely historic. A country long silenced by the fear of its violent past, people from all corners of society are demanding change — peacefully — and no, they don’t want to be compared to the Arab Spring. My story
#algeria
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Armenia - an absolutely magical country. One I’ll definitely visit again
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It is a big deal to see such established American foreign policy figures like Richard Haas — who served in both Bush administrations — saying this
“I’m sorry it’s come to this. But we have to [be] sanctioning [Israel],” said Richard Haass, former pres of
@CFR_org
& former member of both Bush administrations.
It’s time for 🇺🇸 to “condition arms deliveries & sanction goods [from] W Bank settlements.”
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U.S. will work with the UAE to thwart drone attacks, Centcom chief says. Guided-missile destroyer USS Cole has been deployed to UAE waters & the U.S. is sending F-22s to the region.
"We think this is just one friend helping another in a time of crisis."
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Welp, turns out I wrote 27 articles in 31 days for the month of March. Ain’t no rest for the wicked, I guess
@CNBC
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Leaders of France and Germany in poignant show of unity 100 years after WW1 - “The message, if we want to live up to the sacrifice of those soldiers who said 'Never again!', is to never yield to our weakest instincts, nor to efforts to divide us.” -Macron
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Saudi
#oil
shipments to the US have nearly quadrupled since February to a whopping 1.46mil bpd in first half of April, a level not seen since 2014 - my wrap w/ insight from
@TankerTrackers
@Samir_Madani
@EnergzdEconomy
@tamasvarga
@RystadEnergy
#OOTT
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Goodbye, American soft power:
@McDonalds
exiting
#Russia
after 32 years is the end of an era. My feature today on the symbolism, the economics, and the politics behind one of the first American cultural staples to enter the Soviet Union
@CNBC
#McDonalds
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Probably not what Adam Smith envisioned but knowing the Scottish diet, I feel he’d be cool with it
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UPDATE: THREE KILLED, SIX WOUNDED IN EXPLOSION OF FUEL TRUCK TANKERS IN ABU DHABI - State news agency
#UAE
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Happy 50th birthday
#UAE
!!! The first photo - a day after I first moved to
#Dubai
3 years ago. The second, when my beloved sister came to visit. This country punches way above its weight in every way and I’m so happy to get to call it home. Happy
#NationalDayUAE
! 🇦🇪❤️
#UAE50
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Off to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and blissfully without internet for the next week, maa salaama twitter! 🏔 🇹🇿
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Saudi Arabia is dramatically changing its oil exports to China and the US. What that means, w/ data from
@TankerTrackers
& expert insight from
@ClipperData
@Kayrros
@mattvsmith01
@antoine_halff
@Samir_Madani
@EnergzdEconomy
#OOTT
#saudi
#china
#oil
@CNBCi
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Is $20 oil coming in 2020?
#OPEC
deal collapse sparks price war as Saudi Arabia and Russia switch to market share strategy
@CNBC
@bizrpt
#OOTT
#coronavirus
@alikhedery
@CroftHelima
@EnergzdEconomy
@Samir_Madani
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The end to the Gulf crisis is still a long way away, despite progress — my article w/ comment from
@andreas_krieg
@MikeRStephens
@aliShihabi
@Abdulkhaleq_UAE
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That is a flex
In 1797, the Persian Qajar Shah, Fat'h Ali Shah, was given an Encyclopedia Brittanica. He read the whole thing. So he decided to change his own title. He added the line "Most Formidable Lord and Master of the Encyclopedia Brittanica"
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@RealArancini
@MarioNawfal
How is this a “hit piece”?? He’s literally incriminating HIMSELF in his own video by bragging about multi-million dollar fraud in crystal clear terms 🤦🏽♀️
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holy wow, e-retailers snapping up brick & mortar like there's no tomorrow. This at the same time as Boohoo announces Debenhams acquisition for £55m in cash
It's a UK retail bonanza! 🎉
#Asos
confirms it is in exclusive discussions with administrators of Arcadia over acquisition of TopShop, TopMan, MissSelfridge and HIIT brands.
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Took a break from the monotony and went for 13,000 feet of social distancing ~
@skydivedubai
was AMAZING! thank you!! ☁️ ✈️
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Spent the last 10 hours trying to coherently put into words why and how
#Afghanistan
fell to the Taliban so staggeringly quickly. The reasons - like the country itself - are complicated and tragic. Co-written w/
@abigailngwy
and
@amanda_m_macias
@CNBC
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UAE cancels visa-free regime for Ukrainians just days into Russian invasion
#Ukraine
#UkraineRussiaWar
#Russia
#UAE
@Ryan_Bohl
@RANEnetwork
@Ukraine
@UKRinUAE
@MFA_Ukraine
@CNBC
@CNBCMiddleEast
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Paris is in my thoughts always, but I have to say this is the most French reaction I have ever seen
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Russia’s targeting of infrastructure that transports food is not a coincidence
The target of the Russian missile attacked in Kyiv this morning was a facility that works on railway cars to transport grain. Officials let us in to have a look. The place is gutted
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70% of
#Dubai
companies expect to go out of business within six months due to coronavirus pandemic, a survey by the Dubai Chamber reveals
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This photo taken a year ago today, my first day in Dubai. So grateful to my first year of living in this vibrant community and all the growth & friendships that have come with it. (and that’s the face of someone who’s escaped London winters for good). 🙏🏼❤️🇦🇪
#dxb
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Some snaps from my trip to Iraq a few weeks ago. Hard to describe the feeling of finally being in the country I’ve read and written about for so many years. More to come
#Iraq
#Iraqitwitter
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"Growing up is deleting the draft paragraph you wanted to send and replying 'ok'."
I saw this line somewhere and it's helped me make so many better decisions of late...
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UK-Russia trade was worth $14 billion in 2016. Will be interesting to see how severe any potential sanctions coming out of Westminster for
#Skripal
are — and will this finally spur the passage of a UK Magnitsky Act?
@Billbrowder
#Russia
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When your Emirati friends can’t have big Iftar gatherings because of Covid so they send you homemade iftar food to your house instead 😍😍 I love this country.
#Ramadan
Mubarak! 🇦🇪 🌙
(my housemate Blue over here tried to fast but failed immediately)
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What a super strict lockdown will get me to do 😅 Half marathon in my driveway done! (Also have no idea how strava registered that elevation, Dubai is flat as a pancake 😂) 33 mins slower than my race time but hey, working with what I’ve got here!
#lockdownlife
#running
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Kosovo harnesses legacy of war to train Ukrainians to clear mines
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“Our delegation is coming back, the EU is coming back to Kyiv, and I am sure that other delegations and embassies from member states will follow.” -EU's Borrell after EU ambassador returns to Kyiv after evacuating on Feb. 24
#Ukraine
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The ongoing
#Whatsapp
/Facebook/Insta trifecta outage is a reminder that having one company own 3 of the world's most-used communication and small business platforms is... maybe worth reexamining
#facebookdown
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A belated Merry Christmas from the Turak family 🤗🎄✨ Very grateful to have been able to spend the last week with my favorite four people in the world, no matter how much it requires us all to spend on PCR tests and last minute travel changes 😂❤️
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“People are just shocked” - Turkey's lira plunges after Erdogan sacks third central bank chief in two years
My story ft. insight from
@tashecon
@emeyersson
@commerzbank
@SocGen_UK
@CanSelcuki
#turkey
#lira
@CNBC
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Bidding everyone Ramadan Kareem from the incredible Taj Mahal this morning! ✨🌙🇮🇳
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PAKISTAN! Some glorious hiking along the Karakoram mountain range, Rapakoshi peak in the distance. Stunning part of the planet.
#pakistan
#getoutside
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Ballistic missiles intercepted over Abu Dhabi; U.S. State Department issues alert
@CNBC
#UAE
#UAEattack
#Houthis
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If anyone finds any typos my writing, please take it up with my editor, who is in fact a French bulldog
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#SAUDI
: A smart strategy or 'corporate bullying'? What began as a pitch to multinationals may become an ultimatum: relocate your HQs to KSA, or lose out on lucrative govt contracts. My story today ft
@MikeRStephens
@Ryan_Bohl
@NAlShaikh
@Stratfor
@FPRI
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A controversial take: are millennials to blame for soaring inflation? One CIO seems to think so.
But this generation gets blamed for everything & faces the highest debt burden in history, so we highlighted some stats challenging that argument —>
@CNBC
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Biden's snub of Saudi's Crown Prince is a 'warning' — and a relationship downgrade. But how realistic is this aim to sideline MBS, who in effect runs KSA & is arguably the region's most powerful man? My story
@MaplecroftRisk
@MikeRStephens
@aliShihabi
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Some final UAE hikes to close out the season ~ Mleiha and Ras al Khaimah, you’re always glorious
#outdoorUAE
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My god
WATCH: This Lebanese wedding photographer captured a bride and groom getting married just as a massive explosion rocked
#Beirut
.
The couple were unharmed in the blast and took refuge in a house before continuing their nuptials
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“I don’t know anyone in Israel or
#Palestine
that takes the peace plan seriously” - and without Palestinian buy-in, “the plan is totally unrealistic and a waste of time.” Words from
@YMekelberg
&
@Ibishblog
re Kushner’s
#PeacetoProsperity
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Start & end of match. ALLEZ LES BLEUS!!!!!!!!!! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
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Your Western thinktank funding cheatsheet for the Qatar-GCC conflict - while Gulf state patronage doesn't necessarily mean researcher bias, this is still pretty eye-popping. IISS funded 50% by Bahrain, Brookings $ from Qatar, CSIS and MEI $20mil+ from UAE
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Britain’s response to Kremlin aggression has been “puny”, as per
@edwardlucas
, and he’s absolutely right. A crucial read in light of
#Skripal
@Billbrowder
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We need to amplify these voices from the Muslim community - read
@ImamSuhaibWebb
statement on
#CharlieHebdo
http://t.co/91HOvVgzVF
#Islam
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Oh my lord I am DEAD -
Lawyer: “I’m here live, it’s not — I’m not a cat”
Judge: “I can see that”
🤣🤣🤣🤣
A lawyer using Zoom had to let a judge know that he wasn’t a cat after inadvertently activating a face filter
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Small perk about this weird life is I can now make waffles in the middle of the workday 🧇
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Cristiano Ronaldo signs with Saudi Arabian football club Al Nassr for reported record-breaking salary
@CNBCMiddleEast
#Ronaldo
@AlNassrFC_EN
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Lebanon’s tale of two time zones: “This whole thing is a Dumb and Dumber movie…the decision was dumb, but the sectarian-based reaction was even dumber (& more dangerous)” -
@dan_azzi
@CNBC
#Lebanon
@AliHShaib
@Beirutspring
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Setting into 2019 with a stunning hike up Rwanda’s Mt Bisoke volcano, long days in the rural Northern Province and a new love for solo travelling
#Rwanda
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Driving through the river formerly known as the Sheikh Zayed Highway this morning ~ a few days of rain and the UAE is under water 🌊
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A question I'm hearing constantly: Why would
#Iran
want to attack foreign tankers in its backyard? Some possible answers, with insight from
@AnisehBassiri
@AliVaez
@EurasiaGroup
@andreas_krieg
@Ibishblog
@CrisisGroup
#GulfOfOman
#tankerattacks
#OOTT
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This is horrifying.
The desperation is complete. Afghans don’t want to be left behind as US evacuates.
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Israel’s decision to give 5,000 vaccine doses to Palestinian health workers is woefully inadequate, rights group says
@OmarSShakir
@Ibishblog
@hrw
@palestine
@ThePCRF
@PalestineCenter
@PalestineToday
@Palestine_UN
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It looks like Ergodan really camembert to see French products on his shelves any longer... I fear this will brie the end of the relationship
... I’ll see my way out
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Here’s me exploring Dubai’s waterfront scene as public beaches reopened after two months of lockdown. Take a look! 🇦🇪 🌊
@CNBCi
@CNBCMiddleEast
#dubai
After two months of lockdown, residents in Dubai are now allowed to visit public beaches and partake in water activities. But some social distancing precautions still apply. CNBC’s
@NatashaTurak
tells us more during a day off at the beach.
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UK spies appear to be getting rinsed in the Russia report for not even bothering to investigate alleged attempts to influence the EU referendum ~
#RussiaReport
Russia Report is not detailing interference in political events - rather its damning over the failure by government and spies to even look.
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"The danger of labelling an activity 'patriotic' is that it means anyone who disagrees with it is by default not a patriot." - RT
@pptsapper
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Saudi Arabia hires new crop of lobbyists with Joe Biden poised to roll back Trump-era relationship
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The UAE is serious about developing its indigenous defense industry. What does this mean for US, Chinese or Russian defense partnerships?
@HeikoBorchert
@Jack_Watling
@DBDesRoches
@awhawth
@andreas_krieg
#UAE
#defense
@davyreid73
@theemmagraham
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The very talented
@Samir_Madani
of
@TankerTrackers
on
@CNBCi
today talking Strait of Hormuz, East Asian oil supply, Saudi exports and how the UK-Iran tanker standoff can best be solved
#OOTT
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